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Book (stand-alone)GuidelineBlue finance guidance notes
Microfinance for small-scale fisheries
2020Also available in:
This “microfinance for small-scale fisheries” brochure is one of the Blue Finance guidance notes, prepared under FAO's Blue Growth Initiative. Other brochures in the Blue Finance guidance notes series cover subjects such as insurance for small-scale fisheries and aquaculture, blue bonds, blended finance and innovative investment approaches. The Blue Finance guidance notes aim to provide governmental, non-governmental, private and public stakeholders with information, resources and concrete pathways for obtaining finance to support blue growth transitions at local, national, regional and global scales. This brochure describes why microfinance is important for small-scale fisheries and aquaculture and gives insight in microfinance and how it works. The benefits of microfinance for small-scale fisheries are listed and challenges and solutions are discussed. The brochure shows how to create an enabling environment for credit and microfinance provision in support of blue growth and presents models for the provision of microfinance services to small-scale fishers. It also contains some case studies from successful aquaculture and fisheries microfinance projects in the Gambia, India and Viet Nam. -
Policy briefPolicy briefMaking healthy diets a reality in Fiji
The role of policy in supporting food systems that work for health
2021Also available in:
No results found.The Fijian Government’s agenda and strategic priorities – as informed by their international and national commitments – end up the shaping Fijian food systems, and the diets of Fijians. This agenda influences policy decisions and can either support or deter Fijian food systems from providing affordable and healthy diets for its population in a sustainable manner. Each food system function has an impact on food availability and accessibility and provides entry points for policy measures to support healthy diets. Since a wide range of sectors with varying agendas and strategic priorities are engaged in the food system, these brief outlines diverse policy measures that can align or conflict with each other and either support or impede Fijians from achieving affordable and healthy diets. However, for policy to be effective and achieve sustainable measurable results, the capacities of individuals, organisations and the policy enabling environment need to be strong. This brief also analyzes the major challenges and bottlenecks for effective policy design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureEvidence-based risk management along the livestock production and market chain: Regional Overview 2019
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No results found.Poultry production in Southeast Asia has been challenged by various animal disease threats including highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI, also referred to as ‘bird flu’), and other emerging zoonotic and transboundary animal diseases. To mitigate the risk, emergence and spread of new pandemic disease threats, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (FAO-ECTAD) in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is implementing the project Evidence-Based Risk Management along the Livestock Production and Market Chain in the region. The project implementation began in 2017 in four countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Myanmar and Viet Nam.