Empowering Women in Small-Scale Fisheries for Sustainable Food Systems (2020-2021)
Malawi, 2020 - 2021
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1.4.5 What are the main problems with where you get your fish from? (e.g. access problems to the site, limited choices, distance to where you can select fresher fish?) (x1_4_5_what_are_the_main_pro)
Data file: data_anon_focus_groups_discussions
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255
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| Value | Category | Cases | |
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| -In high season, they can go week on end without buying because of high demand -They sometimes face transportation barrier, the easier is by bought and when they can't find or access it they are forced to use a car which is expensive and puts a strain on | 1 |
9.1%
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| 1. High Order Prices- Due to the competition when ordering the fish, the prices go high and this disadvantages all those with little capital. 2. Low Capital - Most of the women indicated that one major drawback for their business is their lower capacity t | 1 |
9.1%
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| 1. Low Capital- Most of the women indicated that one major drawback for their business is their lower capacity to order and process fish for their business. This scenario disadvantages them since at times, other business people from other areas come to bu | 2 |
18.2%
|
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| 1. Low Capital- Most of the women indicated that one major drawback for their business is their lower capacity to order. The women indicated that their capital is small hence they are unable to boost it because they also have households’ demands which | 1 |
9.1%
|
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| During windy, chilly or rainy seasons low amount of fish is caught, this affects availability of fish and results in high prices which lays heavy on the small scale fishing business women who mostly have low capital. They have to travel to other areas in | 1 |
9.1%
|
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| Inability to get fish when it is windy Little capital | 1 |
9.1%
|
|
| Increase in buying price results in low profits Less capital affects the size of the business | 1 |
9.1%
|
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| Insults against the business women | 1 |
9.1%
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| Low catch of fish causes a rise in fish prices Men have a more respected say in fishing and fish business than women | 1 |
9.1%
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| The rise and fall of prices makes fish business unpredictable, unstable and oftentimes lead the business women into heavy losses Stealing of fish by helping hands available on the dock | 1 |
9.1%
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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.