A Sea of options: Sea plants offer a promising option for women in coastal communities to develop small businesses

Novaczek, Irene (2004) A Sea of options: Sea plants offer a promising option for women in coastal communities to develop small businesses. Yemaya (15). pp. 7-8. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

Marine plants have been used as medicine, especially in Asian countries, for centuries. The high degree to which sea plants are used as food by Japanese people is believed to contribute to the relatively low incidence of heart disease and some cancers in that country. In 1999, while travelling around the Pacific Islands, I noted that in that region, sea plants are not used as medicine by the herbalists who provide many rural health care services. Outside of Fiji, where half a dozen species are eaten and sold in the market, there is also relatively little use of sea plants as food.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM154
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Pacific Islands, Women, Sea Plants, Medicinal Plants, Diseases, Resources, Markets, Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	24 Sep 2021 06:28
Last Modified:	25 Jul 2022 06:14
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/277

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