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Combinaison de la chaîne de valeur du poisson après récolte et des interventions favorisant le changement social en Zambie et au Malawi (CultivAf)

Bien que les ressources halieutiques soient un moyen de subsistance essentiel pour 700 millions de personnes dans le monde, elles ne sont pas exploitées à leur plein potentiel en Afrique. Ce projet consiste à examiner des interventions en vue de réduire la pauvreté et d'améliorer la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle à l'aide d'innovations après récolte dans la chaîne de valeur du poisson.

Manutention du poisson après récolte en Zambie et au Malawi
Dans la plaine inondable de Barotse en Zambie et le bassin du lac Chilwa au Malawi, la manutention inadéquate du poisson après récolte est monnaie courante. Cela entraîne des pertes économiques importantes et pourrait réduire la valeur nutritive du poisson. D'autres difficultés sont également présentes. Les normes sociales et les relations de puissance dans l'industrie sont inéquitables. La part des avantages économiques des hommes et des femmes est réduite et inéquitable dans toute la chaîne de valeur du poisson.

Amélioration des conditions
Le projet vise à améliorer le rendement, la gouvernance et l'équité des chaînes de valeur du poisson au Malawi et en Zambie. La méthode utilisée par l'équipe de recherche combinera des pratiques techniques de manutention et de transformation du poisson aux innovations sociales et aux approches transformatrices des rapports hommes-femmes. Ces approches aident les collectivités à comprendre et à remettre en question les normes sociales qui mènent à des inégalités entre les sexes.

Les chercheurs effectueront une évaluation initiale des pertes actuelles sur les plans de la biomasse, de la valeur économique et de la valeur nutritive du poisson après récolte dans la chaîne de valeur locale. Ils utiliseront des approches participatives afin de cerner et de mettre à l'essai différentes pratiques de manutention et de transformation du poisson, comme le saumurage, le séchage au soleil et le fumage.

De meilleures pratiques, de meilleures conditions de vie
L'équipe intégrera ensuite les interventions favorisant le changement social et les approches transformatrices des rapports hommes-femmes afin d'aborder les problèmes présents dans les chaînes de valeur du poisson. Adoptées à grande échelle, ces interventions devraient entraîner les avantages suivants :
-réduction des pertes de poissons et de nutriments;
-augmentation continue des avantages économiques;
-amélioration de l'équité dans le partage des avantages entre les hommes et les femmes.

Ces interventions amélioreront également les niveaux de sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle.

Direction du projet
Ce projet est le fruit d'un partenariat réunissant le ministère des Pêches de la Zambie, l'Université de Zambie et le Chancellor College de l'Université du Malawi, et est subventionné par le fonds Cultiver l'avenir de l'Afrique (CultivAf), un programme conjoint de l'Australian International Food Security Research Centre, qui est une composante de l'Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, et le CRDI. CultivAf finance la recherche visant à accroître la sécurité alimentaire à long terme en Afrique de l'Est et en Afrique australe.

No projet
107837
État du projet
Terminé
Date de fin
Durée
30 months
Agent(e) responsable du crdi
Jemimah Njuki
Financement total
CA$ 1,433,599.00
Emplacement
Malawi
Zambie
Programmes
Agriculture et sécurité alimentaire
Cultiver l’avenir de l’Afrique 
Pays de l’institution
zambia
Chargé(e) de projet
Dr. Alexander Shula Kefi
Institution
Zambia. Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock
Pays de l’institution
malawi
Chargé(e) de projet
Dr. Magani Katundu
Institution
University of Malawi
Pays de l’institution
zambia
Chargé(e) de projet
Dr. Nyambe Lisulo Mkandawire
Institution
Council of the University of Zambia

Résultats

Gender accommodative versus transformative approaches : a comparative assessment within a post-harvest fish loss reduction intervention

Gender accommodative versus transformative approaches : a comparative assessment within a post-harvest fish loss reduction intervention

Article

The study investigated influence on decision-making powers in relation to income generated through fishing, processing, or trading fish; ownership status of key value chain assets; and changes in gender attitudes. In small-scale fisheries women often lack access to or control over fishing gear resources and assets. Results suggest that the use of a transformative approach helped build a critical consciousness at community and other levels and led to greater gains for women and the community. Extension and value chain development programs in small-scale fisheries, aquaculture, and agriculture increasingly recognize gender constraints that create disadvantages for women and other social groups.

Auteur ou autrice(s) : Cole, Steven M., Kaminski, Alexander M., McDougall, Cynthia, Kefi, Alexander S., Marinda, Pamela A., Maliko, Modern, Mtonga, Johans

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Langage : Anglais

Improving fish post-harvest management and marketing in Malawi and Zambia

Improving fish post-harvest management and marketing in Malawi and Zambia

Brief

This policy brief provides an overview of the project, which increased the adoption of innovations for post-harvest management of fish and addressed social norms governing benefit sharing across fish value chains. By utilizing the introduced technologies, fish processors increased their gross margins from 4.7% to 25.26%, while traders saw an increase from 22.8% to 25.3%. Poor processing and management of fish products results in losses worth up to US$5 billion each year. Limited involvement of women further weakens the economic value of fish at household, community and regional levels. Women’s ownership of fishing assets increased over the course of the project, from 44% to 76%.

Auteur ou autrice(s) : Cole, Steven, Kefi, Alexander Shula, Katundu, Mangani, Mkandawire, Nyambe Lisulo

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Langage : Anglais

Improving fish post-harvest management and marketing in Malawi and Zambia : project profile

Improving fish post-harvest management and marketing in Malawi and Zambia : project profile

Brief

Working with fishing communities in Barotse (Barotse floodplain, Zambia) and Lake Chilwa (Malawi), and other partners, the project will analyze fish value chains, including the differing roles of men and women, to understand how losses occur in fish volume, nutrient content, and economic value. Researchers will evaluate post-harvest fish processing practices to improve their effectiveness, reduce losses, and promote greater equity among the men and women who work in the fisheries sector. Poor processing and management are major factors, resulting in losses worth up to US$5 billion each year.

Auteur ou autrice(s) : Cultivate Africa’s Future (CultiAf)

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Langage : Anglais

Gender transformative change in Malawian and Zambian fishery value chains : gender outcomes

Gender transformative change in Malawian and Zambian fishery value chains : gender outcomes

Brief

This brief explains the gender transformative approach which was adopted throughout the project to address harmful social and gender norms and power relations that constrain women fishery producers. The project developed and tested postharvest fish processing technologies (solar tent dryers, smoking kilns, salting) to help reduce losses. Qualitative and quantitative methods were employed to uncover the complex causes of fish post-harvest loss with a special focus on processing. Women’s Empowerment in Fisheries Index (WEFI) is a valuable instrument for application in small-scale fishery settings to assess gendered dynamics.

Auteur ou autrice(s) : Cole, Steven M., Kaminski, Alexander M., Magalasi, Mufunanji, Nagoli, Joseph, Binauli, Lucy

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Langage : Anglais

Improving livelihood security and gender relations in rural Zambia and Malawi through post-harvest fish value chain innovations and social change interventions - final technical report

Improving livelihood security and gender relations in rural Zambia and Malawi through post-harvest fish value chain innovations and social change interventions - final technical report

Report

The project identifies and evaluates interventions to improve livelihood security and gender relations through post-harvest fish value chain innovations: first by targeting the processing node in the value chain to reduce losses and improve the quality of fish being processed; second, by piloting women-sensitive technologies that help decrease time and labor burdens of women; and third, through design and testing of social change interventions that highlight gendered roles and power relations in the value chain, and in particular within the processing node.

Auteur ou autrice(s) : Kefi, Alexander Shula, Katundu, Mangani, Mkandawire, Nyambe Lisulo

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Langage : Anglais

Gender-transformative approaches to address inequalities in food, nutrition and economic outcomes in aquatic agricultural systems

Gender-transformative approaches to address inequalities in food, nutrition and economic outcomes in aquatic agricultural systems

Paper

Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) uses gender-transformative approaches to help achieve the goal of enhancing development outcomes of resource-poor women and men and their families. This paper details the approaches utilized by the program and their implementation in its five learning hubs (Solomon Islands, Philippines, Cambodia, Bangladesh and Zambia), located in areas where dependence on aquatic agricultural systems is high.

Auteur ou autrice(s) : Cole, Steven M., Kantor, Paula, Sarapura, Silvia, Rajaratnam, Surendran

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Langage : Anglais

Changement transformateur des relations entre les sexes dans la chaîne de valeur du secteur des pêches : résultats relatifs au genre

Changement transformateur des relations entre les sexes dans la chaîne de valeur du secteur des pêches : résultats relatifs au genre

Dossiers

Auteur ou autrice(s) : Cole, Steven M., Kaminski, Alexander M., Magalasi, Mufunanji, Nagoli, Joseph, Binauli, Lucy Binauli

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Langage : French

Social and gender analysis report : Barotse Floodplain, Western Province, Zambia

Social and gender analysis report : Barotse Floodplain, Western Province, Zambia

Paper

The report presents a review of literature relevant to livelihoods, ecosystem services, and gender and social relations in Zambia, with a specific focus on the Western Province, where Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) is currently implemented. It also presents a synthesis of findings of social and gender analyses (2013) in ten communities situated in and around the Barotse Floodplain. Women in the floodplain are heavily engaged in fish processing, with children often assisting their mothers or female relatives in drying fish. Findings in this comprehensive study report provide contextual and baseline data for ongoing monitoring of the AAS program.

Auteur ou autrice(s) : Rajaratnam, Surendran, Cole, Steven M., Fox, Karyn M., Dierksmeirer, Benjamin, Puskur, Ranjitha, Zulu, Festus, Jiau, Teoh Shwu, Situmo, Judy

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Langage : Anglais

Collaborative effort to operationalize the gender transformative approach in the Barotse Floodplain

Collaborative effort to operationalize the gender transformative approach in the Barotse Floodplain

Study

Agricultural interventions that aim at alleviating rural poverty have important gender implications. The paper explores a Gender Transformative Approach recognizing that fishing, post- harvest processing, and trading are all gendered activities. On the Barotse Floodplain (Zambia) women are relegated to perform tasks within less profitable nodes of the fish value chain. The assessment of ecosystem services in a select number of Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) focal communities included women’s and men’s perspectives and diverse provisioning, regulating and cultural ecosystem services.

Auteur ou autrice(s) : Cole, Steven M., van Koppen, Barbara, Puskur, Ranjitha, Estrada, Natalia, DeClerck, Fabrice, Baidu-Forson, Joseph Jojo, Remans, Roseline, Mapedza, Everisto, Longley, Catherine, Muyaule, Conrad, Zulu, Festus

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Langage : Anglais

Postharvest fish losses and unequal gender relations : drivers of the socialecological trap in the Barotse Floodplain fishery, Zambia

Postharvest fish losses and unequal gender relations : drivers of the socialecological trap in the Barotse Floodplain fishery, Zambia

Article

The paper examines existing fishery-dependent livelihood contexts in terms of a “social-ecological trap,” a process whereby rigid and persistent behavioral responses are applied due to lack of capacity to adapt beyond this thinking. A gender lens is used to look beyond the primary sector (fishing) and to include considerations of a secondary sector (postharvest fish processing) as an important dimension in the social-ecological trap paradigm. Findings show that postharvest fish losses and unequal gender relations are two drivers of the “trap” in the floodplain fishery. This process highlights interconnections between people and their natural environment as elements of social-ecological systems.

Auteur ou autrice(s) : Cole, Steven M., McDougall, Cynthia, Kaminski, Alexander M., Kefi, Alexander S., Chilala, Alex, Chisule, Gethings

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Langage : Anglais