Risks and uncertainties: With the transformation of Lake Victoria’s fisheries into a lucrative, export-oriented industry, the poor, especially women who process lower-value fish for domestic markets, are feeling the repercussions

Medard, Modesta (2010) Risks and uncertainties: With the transformation of Lake Victoria’s fisheries into a lucrative, export-oriented industry, the poor, especially women who process lower-value fish for domestic markets, are feeling the repercussions. Yemaya (34). pp. 13-15. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

Lake Victoria, whose waters are shared by three countries, namely, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, supports Africa’s largest inland fishery. Its most valuable products are Nile perch, dagaa and tilapia. The Lake Victoria fishery has come under increasing pressure in the last two decades as fish stocks have declined steadily since production peaked in the early 1990s. However, the demand for Nile perch in Europe, America and Asia, and for dagaa in regional and domestic markets, continues to grow.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM296
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Lake Victoria, Exports, Fish Marketing, Fish Processing, Income, Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	23 Sep 2021 06:44
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2022 06:22
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/583

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