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Grassroots potential unleashed. Good news from West African fishing communities.

Year of publication 2003

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 24

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The booklet profiles seven poor fishing communities in West Africa that are participating in their own development as never before through the Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme (SFLP). This Programme is a partnership between 25 West African governments, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Unites Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID). It uses two main tools: the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach and the Code of Conduct for Respons ible Fisheries to reduce poverty in small-scale fishing communities. SFLP (Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme) PMEDP (Programme pour des moyens d'existence durables)

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