One in two seafood workers is a woman. This worldwide desktop study by the FAO, the first of its kind, presents what is known, and what remains to be investigated in this crucial component of the seafood industry.
The objectives of the Aquaculture for Food Security, Poverty Alleviation and Nutrition (AFSPAN) project were to strengthen the knowledge base and develop new and more rigorous methodologies of quantifying the contribution of aquaculture to combat hunger and po…