Gender and aquaculture value chains: A review of key issues and implications for research

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationRoyal Tropical Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationWorldFishen_US
cg.contributor.crpAquatic Agricultural Systemsen_US
cg.contributor.crpFishen_US
cg.contributor.crpLivestock and Fishen_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2017.12.038en_US
cg.issn0044-8486en_US
cg.journalAquacultureen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriFISHen_US
cg.subject.ilriGENDERen_US
cg.subject.ilriMARKETSen_US
cg.subject.ilriVALUE CHAINSen_US
cg.subject.ilriWOMENen_US
cg.volume493en_US
dc.contributor.authorKruijssen, Froukjeen_US
dc.contributor.authorMcDougall, C.L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAsseldonk, I.J.M. vanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-27T13:26:31Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-02-27T13:26:31Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/91197en_US
dc.titleGender and aquaculture value chains: A review of key issues and implications for researchen_US
dcterms.abstractAlthough aquaculture is the fastest growing food producing sector in the world and generates significant employment opportunities at multiple scales, men and women are not necessarily able to participate in aquaculture value chains in the same way, and benefits may not be evenly distributed between them. This paper aims to elucidate current knowledge of gendered engagement in and returns from aquaculture value chains. It does so by presenting a review of existing evidence on gender issues in aquaculture value chains along five key dimensions: gender division of labor, distribution of benefits, access and control over assets and resources, gender and social norms, power relations and governance. Subsequently, the potential results for value chain performance and potential upgrading pathways are presented. The review shows that there is limited high quality sex-disaggregated data regarding aquaculture value chains, in particular related to the distribution of benefits in the chain. It also shows that evidence is limited regarding other aspects of the quality of women's participation in and returns from these chains. Existing evidence, however, indicates gendered imbalances in all five dimensions assessed, with formal and informal barriers, including gender norms, limiting women's equal engagement and returns. The specifics were found to vary by context and to be shaped in relation to factors such as class, needs, and social and religious norms. The impact of gender inequity on value chain performance was also found to be an area of literature for which evidence is still limited. While the upgrading pathways as described in the literature may result in economic upgrading, they may have limited effect on improving inequity or social conditions in the chain, if they do not take underlying inequities in institutions into account. Together the evidence indicates the need for research to elucidate practical ways to increase women's engagement in and returns from aquaculture value chains through addressing formal and informal barriers to women's control over assets, including shifting underlying gender norms and relations towards gender equality.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKruijssen, F., McDougall, C.L. and Asseldonk, I.J.M. van. 2017. Gender and aquaculture value chains: A review of key issues and implications for research. Aquacultureen_US
dcterms.extentpp. 328-337en_US
dcterms.issued2018-08en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherElsevieren_US
dcterms.subjectaquacultureen_US
dcterms.subjectfishen_US
dcterms.subjectresearchen_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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