Empowering Women in Small-Scale Fisheries for Sustainable Food Systems (2020-2021)
Ghana, 2020 - 2023
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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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291
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Width:
255
Range:
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| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Able to sell during the lean season | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Always have fish available to sell | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Always have fish available to sell when fish is especially out of season | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Am not able to buy more fish to process which reduces my profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Be able to sell for profit when fish is out of season | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Because of inactivity of processing, my business goes down | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Because of the risk of some leftover fish which are not sold I have decided to process them and sell | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Because there's no fish to process my source of income has reduced very low | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Been able to save enough fish to sell when fish is out of season | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Business slows down | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Business becomes very bad since no income is coming home from any different source | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Business comes down due to inactivity | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Business goes down and this affects my income level since there's no easy access to fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Business income decreases because of no processing | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Business is still as usual nothing has changed | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Buy more fish to store when fish is in abundance and sell at a higher price during lean season | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Buying more fish and processing against the lean season increases my profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Changes has in the environment has reduced my cash flow because of lack of fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Changes have a negative impact on my business since there's no fish to work with or sell with the kenkey | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Changes have decrease my income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Changes have improved my supply of fish to my customers and increased income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Changes have reduced my income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Changes in environment has a negative impact on my business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Changes in environment has had a negative impact on my business due to the fact that there's no fish to trade with | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Changes in environment has had a negative impact on my business since I can't get fish to process, we tend to feed on the little capital I have | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Changes in the environment has had a negative impact on my business, since there's no fish to process, my income level reduces | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Cost of processing fish increases and there's a reduction in income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Currently I am able to get more profit when I sell later in the proceeding year | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Dwindling incomes. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Dwindling of my capital | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Even though I have increased prices slightly there has been no impact in my business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Even though I increase prices there are no known changes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Even though I increase prices, there has not been any impacts on my business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| From the sale of processed fish I don't make a lot of profit but buttress it with my other alternative livelihood | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Gets idle because I don't have any alternative in terms of business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Good preservation methods | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Good quality of fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Greatly.Now the season is unpredictable such that even in the high season,there are days when there is no fish and days when there is bumper harvest. I process fish in accordance with the situation at a particular time to avoid loss of fish which could le | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Has increased the prices of fish sold to consumers | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I am OK with my business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I am forced to sell the fresh and processed fish cheap to pay back to fishermen on time | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I am operating at a loss when there is no fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I become idle and have nothing else to depend on | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I become idle around this time with no source of income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I buy from Cold store which isn't the best | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I buy from wholesalers and middle men which is very expensive and it reduces my profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I buy less fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I can't get enough fish from the fishermen because there isn't much fish and I have no source of income when it happens | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I change what I do around this time.,.I sell cooked beans and gari | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I do not do any thing differently | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I do not have enough capital to buy and store so I am forced to sell even at unfavourable prices | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I do not smoke when there is no fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I don't get enough profit around this time since I don't get much fish to buy | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I don't get the desired quantity which reduces my profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I don't have money to keep the home and take care of my children because there is no fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I don't make much profit when the price goes up | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I face hardships in taking care of my family and I run out of capital often | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I get idle around this time, life becomes difficult as am not able to take care of my children | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I get more profit in the low season | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I have decided to travel to Tema to buy the imported fish when locally caught fish is not available | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I have increased the prices to stay in business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I have no seen any impacts | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I have not changed the way I do my business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I have not experienced any impacts | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I have nothing to do at this time, I get idle | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I have strategized such that I sell in very remote areas during the bumper harvest and do not sell fish during the low season. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I have to limit my trading activities to Tapa Abotoase where as I used supply to Accra. This have reduced my income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I make a lot more profit around this time | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I make a lot of more when fish is expensive | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I need to increase my capital so I can buy more fish because price increases around this time, but I make a lot of profit once I get fish to buy | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I only buy when my suppliers are ready and have fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I order not to starve I have resorted to alternative livelihood.( soap when there is no fish to process) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I process and store more fish during the high season to sell during the low season to maximise profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I process less amount of fish since access to fish is limited and this affects my ability to employ more labourers and my business income reduces | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I process less in a month and it has affected my income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I process less, and it has reduce my income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I rely on this business to cater for my children,it becomes difficult to provide for them around this time | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I resort to stock fish farms and this keeps me in business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I sell prepared food around this time | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I stay home around this time because the fish is expensive and this dwindles the business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I try to process more and this increases my profit margin | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I use this time to do farming | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| If I get fish to sell around this time I make more profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| If there is no fish I do not process at all | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Income fluctuates | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Income is increased as a lot of people are not engaged because of the increment in prices. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Income reduces | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Income reduces drastically and it affects our livelihood as well | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Increase availability | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Increase in income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Increase in lifespan of fish for a longer period | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Increase lifespan of fish for up to 4 months to sell during the lean season | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Increased in profit | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| Increased in profit margins | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Increased profit as many people are not selling this time | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Increasing prices has given me some profit to still remain in business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It affect our finances and livelihood | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It affect our finances as we prefinance the fishing expedition so if the catch is low we lose money. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It affects our profit as we don't get enough to buy | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It causes financial strain to my family | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has a negative impact on my business, because we feed on the little capital I have | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has a negative impact on my finances because there's no fish to trade with | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has a positive impact on my business because after selling more profits is realised | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has a positive impact on my business, because after selling i make a lot of profits | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has affected my constant supply of income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has affected my finances | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has affected my income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has decreased my income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has had a positive impact on my business since i get to sell at a higher price due to scarcity of fish in the system | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has helped to maximise profit to some extent | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has helped to maximise some profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has impacted business because of the fluctuating prices | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has increase my income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has increased my income | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| It has increased my income level | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has increased my income margins | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has kept my business in the balance and increase my income margine | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has kept my cash flow in balance | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has made fish expensive and I don't have money to buy and stay in business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has made my income dwindled | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| It has made my income reduced | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has made our income low and because are capital is low we are not able to buy, process and preserve more during bumper season | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has negatively impacted our income and livelihood | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has reduce my income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It has reduced my income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It have affected our revenue | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It have brought hardships to me and my family | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It have made me run into debt | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It have not negatively impacted my business that much because I used frozen fish from the Cold store when I don't get fish from my landing site | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It have reduced the volume of the trading and our income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It helps me to maximise profits | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It increases my profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It is a problem because we can not predict when we can get fish. The uncertainty affects our income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It is likely I might mismanage my capital if I do not get constant supply of fish to process and therefore find it difficult to survive. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It leads to losses if care is not taken as the fish is over priced | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It makes life difficult as we have nothing to sustain us | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| It puts financial strain on my family | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It reduces my profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Lack of access to fish has a negative impact on my business and livelihood | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Life becomes difficult as there is no source of income | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| My business capital reduces since we had to feed on it. We're not engaged in any productive processing | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My business sees further progress | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My capital can no longer buy what I used to buy | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My income flactuates | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My income has dwindled | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My income has reduced significantly | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My income have decreased | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| My income have dwindled | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My income have not been stable | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My income have reduced | 7 |
2.4%
|
|
| My income have reduced and I have to resort to hawking Gari to augment my income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My income increases due to the extra price i add because fish is not readily available for processing | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My income is low | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My income level reduces | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My income margine increases | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My income reduces because of unavailability of fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My income reduces because of unavailability of fish to sell | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My monthly income has reduced | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My production has reduced, and it has affected my income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My profit fluctuates badly and I am unable to account at the end of a month | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My profit increases around this time | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My profit increases around this time if only I get fish to buy and sell | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My profit margin decreased because I'm unable to get cheaper fish to maximise profit on | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My profit margin is still the same | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My profit reduces as I don't get enough fish to trade with | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My source of livelihood have dwindled | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| NA | 8 |
2.7%
|
|
| NO change | 3 |
1%
|
|
| NO changes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| No | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| No source of income to feed my family | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| No change | 16 |
5.5%
|
|
| No change has occurred | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| No changes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| No changes. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| No fish to process, I use this time to do farming | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| No impact | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| No serious impact is felt because i increase prices on the little fish that is caught by our boat | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| No source of income for livelihood | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| None | 3 |
1%
|
|
| Nothing has changed | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| Now I only process if there is fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Now I only process when there is fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Now when fresh is too expensive and the partially processed is also too expensive I decide not to process at all and that will mean my profits are lowered | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| On days that a lot of fish is harvested, I process more and sell later | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Our income have falling because we need to sell at reduced prices to sustain our regular clients | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Our incomes are dwindling | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| People do not consume much when it's expensive this reduces my profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Price is expensive and am not able to buy as much fish as I would want to buy which reduces my profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Process more fish to avoid shortage, and this practice has kept my income in the balance | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Processing in the lean season gives more income and boost my business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Processing more fish in the lean season gives me more income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Processing more gives me more profits | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Processing more in the lean season has increased my income more than in the main season | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Profit is increased at this time as fish becomes scarce | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Profit is reduced as we buy from wholesalers which is too expensive | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Profit is reduced, we don't get enough to sell to make profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Profit margin increases and i get to have extra income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Prolongment of lifespan of fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Reduced income as we don't get enough fish to sell | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Reduced profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Sell to gain more | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Sell to make profit during lean season | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Since I buy more fish I'm able to gain more profit than I used to get previously | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Since I try to buy a few quantity at a time, I don't get enough profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| So i can sell to make profit during lean season | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Store and sell later when fish is out of season | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Store fish to prolong lifespan and sell to during lean season for profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Store to use later when fish is expensive | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| The cost of living becomes very high as I don't have any source of income because am not working normally as I should due to scarcity of fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| The fish is expensive therefore it is difficult to sell and make profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| The impact on my business is bad since I cannot break even though I even travel to other parts of the country to get fish to sell | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| The little we get to buy we make a lot of profit from it | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| The processing is no longer lucrative. Currently I sell in small quantities and do other alternative livelihood to stay in business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| The profits I get are now insufficient | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| There are currently no changes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| There are currently no known impacts. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| There are no negative or positive impact | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| There has been no known impact | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| There is a negative impact on business, since no income is coming in from the processing because of scarcity of fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| There is an instability in business, since availability and access to fish is scarce and these affects my income base | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| There is sharp rise and fall in prices so I am unable to account for my profits at the end of the month | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| These days I only process when there is fish in abundance so business is not yielding much profits. This is because l do not get a lot to process at a time and can not preserve since the shelf life of the fish has decreased because of the chemicals the f | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Though I try to process and store because of my limited capital and lack of credit it is difficult to remain profitable | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Though we smoke more fish when it is in abundance, the has not been any significant impact | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| To increase life span of fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| To prolong lifespan of fish | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| To sell at higher price during lean season | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| To sell when fish is scares to make extra profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Try to buy more fish and it has maximise my profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Unable to buy more fish because price is high which reduces profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| We are financial constrained | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| We are not able to get our preferred species to process | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| We buy from Cold store which is expensive | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| We buy from the cold store which is sometimes unsafe and it affects my business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| We can not sell due to high prices | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| We do not have a steady flow of income these days it keeps fluctuating creating uncertainty | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| We do not make enough to take care of our family | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| We don't get fish to buy and makes business dormant | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| We don't get fish to buy and process to sell which affects livelihoods | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| We get idle with nothing to do | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| We have nothing to do at this time, no source of income | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| We need a lot of money to buy fish during this period | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| We still do what we do | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| When I sell my preserved fish during the low season, I maximise profit slightly | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Yes it has eaten up my capital as I can't buy as much as before | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Yes, I've minimise my cost of production | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Yes, i make enough profit through increase prices to sustain my business since there's scarcity of fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Yes, it has a negative impact on my business since there's no fish to process or trade with | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Yes, my income generation has reduced | 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.