Open borders, closed opportunities: Opening up of the Thailand-Cambodia border to allow for ‘official’ trade has affected small-scale fish traders, mostly women

Kusakabe, Kyoko (2009) Open borders, closed opportunities: Opening up of the Thailand-Cambodia border to allow for ‘official’ trade has affected small-scale fish traders, mostly women. Yemaya (31). pp. 2-3. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

Cambodia’s inland fisheries sector is one of the most productive in the world. The annual per capita catch is 20 kg, against an estimated 4.5 kg in Bangladesh and 0.5 kg in India. More than one million people in the country depend on fisheries for income and food security. Freshwater fish is exported mainly to Thailand, through the border points of Poipet in Cambodia and Aranyaprathet in Thailand. Thousands of Cambodian traders set up stalls on the border, and over 4,000 of them were estimated to have crossed the border each day in 2003.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM280
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Cambodia, Thailand, Borders, Trade, Women, Conflicts, Fish Stock, Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	23 Sep 2021 07:12
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2022 06:54
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/567

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