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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Nile perch and the hungry of Lake Victoria: Gender, status and food in an East African fishery
Food Policy, Volume 33, No. 1, Year 2008
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Description
Lake Victoria supports Africa's largest inland fishery, and its most valuable product is the Nile perch, much of which is exported. This has given rise to arguments claiming a direct linear relationship between perch exports and disturbingly high rates of malnutrition along the lake's shores. In this paper, we argue that this argument is seriously flawed for it is unable to explain how it is that the income from the Nile perch fishery fails to translate into a well-fed riparian population. We draw on field work carried out in 2001 that (a) set out to establish exactly how much malnutrition there was on the lake's shores; and (b) sought to identify what happened to the income the fishery generates. We argue that because men control much of the fishery, and women are held responsible for the upkeep of their families, little of this income makes its way back into the households of the region, giving rise to the levels of malnutrition we observed. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Geheb, Kim
Uganda, Jinja
Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization
Kalloch, Sarah
Uganda, Jinja
Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization
Medard, Modesta
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute Tafiri
Nyapendi, Anne Therese
Kenya, Mombasa
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
Uganda, Jinja
National Fisheries Resources Research Institute
Lwenya, Carolyne
Kenya, Mombasa
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
Kyangwa, Mercy
Uganda, Jinja
National Fisheries Resources Research Institute
Statistics
Citations: 168
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.foodpol.2007.06.001
ISSN:
03069192
Research Areas
Food Security
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Participants Gender
Male
Female