Economically feasible options for increased women participation in Kenyan aquaculture value chain

Ndanga, Leah Z.B.; Quagrainie, Kwamena K.; Dennis, Jennifer

doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.08.012

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“…While the emergence of modern retail outlets has increased employment opportunities for women, the gender imbalance in employment remains a major social issue, particularly in developing countries (Ndanga et al 2013;Barrientos 2014). The result of these challenges is that the contribution of agri-food industries to raising living standards and empowering women is far below its potential.…”

Section: Social Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is a widely accepted approach to examining the value defined by consumers and how different chain actors operating in an industry create and deliver this value through their various activities, interrelationships and interactions (Taylor 2005;Soosay et al 2012). Value chain analysis not only helps to determine the dynamics of chains, such as chain flows, governance and power influences, but also assesses the performance of chain actors and industry competitiveness (Ndanga et al 2013;Petersen et al 2014). This approach is also useful in identifying constraints affecting value chain performance, so that strategies for sustainable development of an industry can be devised (Crittenden et al 2011;Ndanga et al 2013).…”

Section: Research Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Value chain analysis not only helps to determine the dynamics of chains, such as chain flows, governance and power influences, but also assesses the performance of chain actors and industry competitiveness (Ndanga et al 2013;Petersen et al 2014). This approach is also useful in identifying constraints affecting value chain performance, so that strategies for sustainable development of an industry can be devised (Crittenden et al 2011;Ndanga et al 2013).…”

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Value chain performance improvement for sustainable mango industry development in Pakistan

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Pakistan is one of the world's leading mango producing and exporting countries. However, Pakistan's mango industry is beset with a number of chain-wide challenges that not only lower the value of mangoes to consumers and reduce the profitability of value chain actors, but also hinder the industry's potential contribution to the country's socio-economic development. As a result, there is now a growing realisation that the mango industry must be developed on a sustainable basis. This coincides with an accelerating drive towards sustainable development of agri-food industries around the world, in order to provide growing populations with adequate supplies of safe and affordable food.Thus, this study aimed to find out how the performance of value chains could be improved in order to bring sustainable development to Pakistan's mango industry. It focused on four issues: 1) consumers' mango value preferences and the implications of these preferences for the industry's development; 2) the structure and performance of the mango industry; 3) constraints on sustainable development of the industry; and 4) measures needed to address consumer, economic, social and environmental issues in the value chains so as to promote industry's sustainable development.A conceptual framework that integrated value chain and triple bottom line (TBL) sustainable development approaches was developed arguing that sustainable development could not be achieved without improving economic, social and environmental performance across entire value chains. A case study methodology was adopted and the case study participants included consumers, value chain actors and public stakeholders in the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh.To understand mango value preferences, five focus group discussions involving 40 consumers and a survey of 450 consumers was conducted. Thematic content analysis was performed on focus group data whereas descriptive statistics and clusters analysis were employed to analyse survey data. In order to understand the industry's structure, performance and constraints, 150 in-depth interviews were held with value chain actors such as retailers, wholesalers, commission agents, exporters, preharvest contractors, growers and input suppliers and representatives of public stakeholders. Data from the interviews were analysed using thematic content analysis.Consumer data showed the importance of both intrinsic (search and experience) and extrinsic (safety and marketing) quality attributes in mango buying. In-depth analysis of these attributes revealed three consumer segments -mango lovers, value seekers and safety conscious. Mango lovers concentrated primarily on search and experience attributes and safety conscious attached more importance to safety related attributes. Value seekers however considered all attributes important. In general consumers expressed their dissatisfaction with the mango value delivered to them because of use of Calcium III carbide for mango ripening, retailer malpractices and ineffective government regula...

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Value chain performance improvement for sustainable mango industry development in Pakistan

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“…This finding corroborates with previous findings. Several works showed that restricted access to assets, particularly the lack of access to knowledge and training, constrains women's involvement (Kumar Barman, 2001;Veliu et al, 2009;Weeratunge et al, 2012;Ndanga et al, 2013). These restrictions are commanded by the norms, which also affect women's Table 3.…”

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Disparities and influential factors to mens and womens involvement in freshwater aquaculture in Madagascar

Razafindrabe¹,

Sugino²,

Ishihara³

et al. 2019

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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This research identifies the factors determining the individual decision to get involved in the aquaculture sector for both men and women through a case study in Madagascar. A rich body of scholarly literature shows that women play an important contribution in the aquaculture sector, particularly in South Asia and Africa. The literature shows that multiple factors, such as lack of access to assets and gender norms, hinder women's full participation. Data were collected through observations, interviews, and questionnaires in the northwestern part of Madagascar, where a Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) project was carried out to promote aquaculture. To reveal the difference between men's and women's involvement, the quantitative data on involvement variables were analyzed by the Mann-Whitney U test (U'), while hierarchical cluster analysis and random forest analysis were used to determine the factors influencing the involvement of men and women. This study confirms that men have higher involvement in aquaculture than women do. It suggests that decisionmaking power and gender norms prevalent in this region are the most influential factors that establish both men's and women's engagement in aquaculture.

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“…Furthermore, gender issues, like the opportunities for increased women participation and responsibility in the labor market through aquaculture development may gain more prominence. However, this seems to primarily have been an issue for developing countries (Veliu et al 2009;Ndanga et al 2013).…”

Section: Effects On Cultural Fabric and Other Social Aspectsmentioning

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The Socio-economic Dimensions of Offshore Aquaculture in a Multi-use Setting

Krause¹,

Mikkelsen

2017

Aquaculture Perspective of Multi-Use Sites in the Open Ocean

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Decision-making within the marine realm is a complex process, which endorses ecological, societal and economic needs and they must therefore be managed jointly. Much of the formerly "free oceans" is nowadays subject to intensive uses, thus making the need to optimise the management of the resources within a multifunctional and multi-use(r) context apparent. The high competition for functions and uses of inshore and nearshore waters has given strong incentives to investigate the opportunities of moving industrial activities offshore. The current raise of offshore aquaculture is one prominent example of this. However, our understanding of the social dimensions and effects of offshore aquaculture is yet incomplete. We need to consider also how different multi-use settings for offshore aquaculture affect the socio-economic outcomes on various levels. During the development of offshore aquaculture, this multifunctional perspective has emerged especially for the combination with offshore wind farms. This synergy of two different stakeholders, the so-called multifunctional utilisation of marine areas, can be viewed as a new concept by the implementation of integrated, consensus-based resource planning conditions. We suggest a typology of social dimensions of marine aquaculture, based on the literature of "traditional" nearshore aquaculture. Based on this typology we discuss the current level of knowledge on the socio-economic dimensions of multi-use offshore aquaculture and point to further research needs.

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Economically feasible options for increased women participation in Kenyan aquaculture value chain

Cited by 33 publications

References 10 publications

Value chain performance improvement for sustainable mango industry development in Pakistan

Value chain performance improvement for sustainable mango industry development in Pakistan

Disparities and influential factors to mens and womens involvement in freshwater aquaculture in Madagascar

The Socio-economic Dimensions of Offshore Aquaculture in a Multi-use Setting

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