Monthly Archives: July 2014

FAO-COFI Approves Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries

The first ever international instrument dedicated entirely to an immensely important sector finally recognises the massive role of small-scale fisheries.

The Guidelines can be seen here http://www.fao.org/cofi/23885-09a60857a289b96d28c31433643996c84.pdf

Nicole Franz is Fishery Policy Analyst at FAO and she wrote a blog for Global Partnership for Oceans (see full detail at http://www.globalpartnershipforoceans.org/fao-adopts-small-scale-fisheries-guidelines)

We have taken the liberty of précising this as follows:

AwF agrees action agenda

Aquaculture without Frontiers (AwF) Executive Committee met last weekend and is pleased with progress being made and has agreed on an action agenda for the rest of the year.

Utilising its affiliation status with the World Aquaculture Society the organisation has held sessions and meetings in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Dec 2013); Seattle, USA (Feb 2014) and Adelaide, Australia (June 2014) and has plans for Guadalajara, Mexico (Nov 2014), New Orleans (Feb 2015) and Jeju, Korea (May 2015).

Executive Director, Roy Palmer, said “The organisation has gone through many changes in recent times but has remained solid and with the strategies now agreed and a touch of good fortune we will see a far stronger and sustainable AwF into the future. We have a very pro-active strategy and with the tremendous support we get from our great volunteers we are very confident that we will be able engage in many projects from here  into the foreseeable future.”

African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) – opportunity

African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) is a career-development program that equips top women agricultural scientists across sub-Saharan Africa to accelerate agricultural gains by strengthening their research and leadership skills, through tailored fellowships. AWARD is a catalyst for innovations with high potential to contribute to the prosperity and well-being of African smallholder farmers, especially women. AWARD Fellows benefit from two-year fellowships focused on fostering mentoring partnerships, building science skills, and developing leadership capacity. Fellows stay in their institutions, continue their research, and travel to AWARD training courses held in various locations in Africa.