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FISHERIES

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

Ghana, 2020 - 2023
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GHA_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 09, 2023
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Mar 10, 2023
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1.6.2 Do you think there is much fish loss and waste in small scale fishery value chains? And how much of a problem is this? (x1_6_2_do_you_think_there_is)

Data file: data_anon_kii

Overview

Valid: 7
Type: Discrete
Width: 255
Range: -
Format: character

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Value Category Cases
Agrees there is much loss from capture, preserve, landed, discharged ( bare ground). In processing, poor processing leads to loss and waste . For SSF 20 % of fish is lost along value chain however very little is wasted because they process bad fish by s 1
14.3%
No. The women smoke, fry and dry fish caught especially when in excess. Some have cold facilities to store excess fish. This is not a problem at all. 1
14.3%
Yes . There is IUU and fish start deteriorating before it reaches the shore. So losses start before the women get the fish. Also due to financial challenges women are given credit only when cash sales is not possible. Therefore they spend long hours try t 1
14.3%
Yes it is, a problem . However bad fish is processed into fermented fish product 1
14.3%
Yes there is huge fish loss due to lack of access to good cold storage facility at the landing beach. Also the fishermen do not follow good practises such as taking ice to sea so the fish starts deteriorating at sea before it us brought in. 1
14.3%
Yes. It is not much of a issue because the women do not like to lose fish so the take action by selling at a lower price or processing into lesser products such as salted dried fish or fermented fish 1
14.3%
Yes. There is lot of wastage when it comes to sun drying, in the raining season most of the fish is washed away into drains. Canoes landing in the evenings leads to a lot of fresh fish deteriorating and wastage as there is no cold storage facilties. Pro 1
14.3%
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.
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