C., Bene and S., Heck (2005) Fish and food security in Africa. NAGA, Vol.28 (3-4). pp. 8-13. ISSN 1511-8533
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Today, in sub-Saharan Africa, one out of every two people (49%) lives on less than $1 a day (World Bank 2004a). While in other regions chronic hunger is receding, in sub-Saharan Africa malnutrition is still rising in both absolute and relative terms. More than one third (34%) of the subSaharan African population is undernourished (FAO 2003) – an increase of 9 million since the 1996 World Food Summit – with dramatic and sometimes irreversible consequences on the physical, social and economic development of the communities concerned. Between 15 000 and 20 000 African women die each year (41–55 every day) due to severe iron-defi ciency anemia. Vitamin A defi ciency in children is common across the whole continent, contributing to the deaths of more than half a million African children annually (UNICEF 2004).
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Food Security, Africa, Nutrition, Poverty, Fisheries Resources, Women, Fish Processing, AIDS, Sub-Saharan Africa, Vendors, Fish Marketing, Capture Fisheries, Aquaculture |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Varsha V icsf |
| Date Deposited: | 25 May 2022 03:58 |
| Last Modified: | 25 May 2022 03:58 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/13398 |
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