Asian women – finding additional income, improving fish quality

Posted on February 17, 2012 by | Leave a comment

 

Women sewing, Linay, Philippines. Photo: RFLP

The February Newsletter of the FAO-Spain Regional Fisheries Livelihood Program (RFLP) has stories of women’s  contribuitons to improving fish quality and of finding additional income earning opportunities outside the fisheries supply chain.

 
Check out these news articles about women in coastal fishing communities in Indonesia, Philippines and Sri Lanka.
 
Indonesia: Tackling post harvest losses in NTT
 
Philippines: Linay women see better prospects in sewing than fishing
 
Philippines: fish, panties, brief, anyone?
 
Sri Lanka: Better fish drying techniques offer higher incomes for Sri Lankan fisher women
 
 

 

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