Empowering Women in Small-Scale Fisheries for Sustainable Food Systems (2020-2021)

Malawi, 2020 - 2021

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MWI_2020-2021_EWSFSFS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS

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Nicole Franz, Lena Westlund, Molly Ahern

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Fishery Surveys

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Feb 06, 2023

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1.6.5 Why did you lose/throw away fish? (x1_6_5_why_did_you_lose_thro)

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Value	Cases
Fish is sold at lower prices either because there is high supply on the market and the fish sometimes is of low quality.	1	20%
Fish was lost due to rotting as a result of fish being wet with the rains	1	20%
It went stale due to bad weather, they could not dry	1	20%
Most women lose part of their fish due to rotting as a result of rains or inadequate sunlight affecting the drying process. It was indicated that in most cases this happens between December and March. The drying period for fish may vary from a day to abou	1	20%
The fish was rotten because the fish was wet with the rains. Some of the women have been losing their fish due to bad weather as the sun rays are not adequate to dry the fish.	1	20%

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.

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