Empowering Women in Small-Scale Fisheries for Sustainable Food Systems (2020-2021)
Malawi, 2020 - 2021
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1.8.20 How have these changes impacted on your business? (x1_8_20_how_have_these_chang)
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295
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| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -It changes the type of fish that can be sold -hurry the preservation and processing process | 1 |
0.3%
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| As a result of bad weather hence the business is not making more profits | 1 |
0.3%
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| At higher prices customers are difficult to find | 1 |
0.3%
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| Bulk buying to cut on costs and increase profits | 1 |
0.3%
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| Business is profitable | 1 |
0.3%
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| Business remains the same | 1 |
0.3%
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| Business went down because I have small amount of capital | 1 |
0.3%
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| Buy more fish for increased profits | 1 |
0.3%
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| Buying Prices have gone high while selling prices are still the same hence profits have reduced | 1 |
0.3%
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| Dry weather are windy and as a result it negatively affect the availability of fish | 1 |
0.3%
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| Due to lack of money we. behave money | 1 |
0.3%
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| Due to low supply on the market, it has increased profits | 1 |
0.3%
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| Fish last long | 1 |
0.3%
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| Fish last longer | 1 |
0.3%
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| Fish last longer without going bad | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Fish stays longer | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Fishermen are unable to fish because of winds on the lake, this deceased supply and consequently increases price | 1 |
0.3%
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| Get more profits | 2 |
0.7%
|
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| Gets more profits | 14 |
4.7%
|
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| Good | 1 |
0.3%
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| Has helped to keep the business going | 1 |
0.3%
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| Has increased the fish shelf life hence increasing profits | 1 |
0.3%
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| Has kept revenue earnings steady and stable | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Has kept the business going | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Has kept the business going. At least reaching break-even point in sales | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Has not changed | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Has stabilized business earnings | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Have increased my revenue at times when fish is rare although not so often | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Have reduced profits | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Have reduced the profit margin | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Haven't changed the way of doing business due to lack of adequate capital | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Help to increase profits due to increased shelf life | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Helped to increase profits as was able to sell fish in times when fish was scarce | 2 |
0.7%
|
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| Helped to increase profits because we sell almost at all times | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Helped to increase the profits | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Helped to stock more fish and sold for a longer time hence increasing profits | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Helped to sustain the business since didn't lose the capital due to losses | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| High income | 5 |
1.7%
|
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| High prices when buying but low prices when selling | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Higher income | 1 |
0.3%
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| I get more profits | 1 |
0.3%
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| I lose a lot , and no profit It has been hard to take care of my family | 1 |
0.3%
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| I loss a lot cause I have so many people to pay on the work that I have assigned them | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| I normally don't go at the market place I jus go and do my business | 1 |
0.3%
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| Improved my profits | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Improved profit especially during times that fish becomes rare | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Improved profitability | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Improved profitability during periods of low fish availability | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Improved quality of the fish and increased fish shelf life | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Increase income | 1 |
0.3%
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| Increase my profits | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Increase profits because of high selling price on the market due to fish unavailability | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Increase shelf life hence increasing profits | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Increased my profits | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Increased profits | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Increased profits as the fish was sold during lean period hence the prices were higher | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Increased profits due to high prices | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Increased quality and Selling price | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Increased quality of the fish and shelf life | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Increased revenue during periods that fish is rare | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Increased sales | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Increased the income margin hence boosting my capital | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Increased the income since was able to sell when fish was scarce | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Increased the quality and shelf life for the fish hence increasing profits | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Increased the sales | 2 |
0.7%
|
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| Increases business earnings | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Increases revenue earnings when fish is in short supply | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Increases revenue earnings when fish supply at the market is low | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Increases revenue earnings when fish supply is low | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Increases revenue when fish is in low supply | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| It has helped to increase shelf life and allows to sell the fish at a high price since fish is not sold in a hurry. This increases the income | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| It has impacted her business positively because she now sells more | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| It has increased my profits. I used to sell at lower prices I n order to avoid rotting | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| It has reduced the losses she incurs | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| It increases returns | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Its last longer without going bad | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Kept revenue earnings stable | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Kept revenue earnings stable at least to the break-even point | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Kept the business revenue earnings stable | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Last long without going bad | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Last longer without going bad | 3 |
1%
|
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| Last longer without processing | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Last much longer to store | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Like now it's windy, this means fishermen can't fish. Supplt is low And this causes an increase in selling price on the market | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Loses | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Loss of money | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Loss of profits | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Lost some customers due to high prices | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Low income produce | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Low prices on the market due to high supply lead to losses | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Low profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Low profits because of competition on the market | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Low profits even a deficit due to high supply on the market | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Low sales | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Makes more profits | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Makes more profits | 5 |
1.7%
|
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| Manages to buy fewer fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| More income | 16 |
5.4%
|
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| More of fish are dying and their is no business In the market And people are not buying fish (usipa) | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| More profits | 3 |
1%
|
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| My business I'd going down | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| My business has gone down | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| No change | 7 |
2.4%
|
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| No change, it's what we do | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| No changes | 36 |
12.2%
|
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| No impact | 8 |
2.7%
|
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| No impact noted | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| No impact since we also buy at high price | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| No impact sine this is done to balance the buying price and the selling price | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| No nothing has impacted on my business | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| None | 2 |
0.7%
|
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| Not changed much because the prices are vulnerable to changes depending on the buyer's demand | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Not impacted | 2 |
0.7%
|
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| Not much | 2 |
0.7%
|
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| Not much though cause I sell and buy fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Not really | 3 |
1%
|
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| Not really , at the times the weather | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Orders small quantities | 1 |
0.3%
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| Prevented loss of my products | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Prices have gone up hence profits have reduced | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Processing to avoid spoilage | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Profits have gone down | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Profits have reduced | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Profits reduced | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Profits reduced hence doing other supplementary business | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Prolonged period for the fish before it gets bad | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Prolonged storage time before it gets bad | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Reduce loses | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Reduced amount of fish bought due to high prices | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Reduced amount of fish taken to sell | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Reduced business revenue | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Reduced days of going to the market and hence reduction in revenue | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Reduced days of going to the market hence less sales | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Reduced days of going to the market to sell fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Reduced loss of fish and Gets more profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Reduced prices | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Reduced profits | 3 |
1%
|
|
| Reduced revenue earnings | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Reduced revenue earnings from the business because of low volume of sales due to reluctance of customers to pay the high prices | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Reduced revenue earnings from the fish trade | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Reduced sales | 6 |
2%
|
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| Reduced sales and profits | 2 |
0.7%
|
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| Reduced sales because of less quantities bought | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Reduced sales quantity | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Reduced sales revenue | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Respondent has not changed anything | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Respondent has not changed what she does in business | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Sales and profits keep reducing | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Sales have reduced | 3 |
1%
|
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| Sales revenue earnings have dropped | 8 |
2.7%
|
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| Seasons | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Seasons sometimes become very bad for us to buy fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| She able to sometimes sell fish when they become scarce | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| She is able to sell fish even when supply is low or out of season | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| She is able to sell fish when the supply is low | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| She is able to supply fish even when they are out of season or supply is low. She makes huge profits that way | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Since we don't have materials We lose a lot We find less money We wish to have money to own our properties | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Since we had the training we are much different from the others and we produce quality fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Some losses | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Some times I have less money to help in my family | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Sometimes yes | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Spends more time at the landing site to buy fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Supply of fish is low | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Take some breaks when fish is not available | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| The change of weather rand the business I'd so down | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| The changes helped to increase profits but not much as the fish prices could not be maintained high | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| The price of the fish decreases | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| The process has increased shelf life and increased profits | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| The processing increased the fish shelf life and also enhanced quality | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| The time that I was in lilongwe I lost everything When the plane was sprashing chemical | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| The weather at times because conducive | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| There is a high supply of usipa at the moment, she buys more so that she should atleast have a sizeable profit since prices are low | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| This didn't help as the prices could not be maintained upwards due to high supply of fish on the market | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| This has increased the fish shelf life and quality hence selling at a higher price | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| This helped to increase profits as I was able to sell when fish was scarce | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| This increases business profits | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| We don't get profits | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| We use most of these to improve our business by having our own knowledge | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| When weather changes | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Will last longer without spoilage | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Winds on the lake means decrease in fish supply and increased prices | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Yes, there are less or no losses to the fish that I buy | 1 |
0.3%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.