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DOI	10.1002/aff2.174
	Is nutrition-sensitive fish farming a panacea for Africa's increasing malnutrition burden? The case of Sierra Leone
	Okeke-Ogbuafor, Nwamaka; Gray, Tim; Sankoh, Salieu; Bangura, Abigail Abibatu; Stead, Selina; Rajah, Edward
发表日期	2024
ISSN	2693-8847
起始页码	4
结束页码	3
卷号	4 期号:3
英文摘要	Fish is vital for reducing hunger and malnutrition. However, the combined impact of climate change and overfishing is increasing the hunger and malnutrition burden on the African continent and its population of over 200 million people who depend on marine capture fishing and related activities for survival. Fish farming was introduced to alleviate these problems, and our study assessed the extent to which current fish farming activities in the least developed countries (LDCs) like Sierra Leone provide sufficient micro- and macro-nutrients for local communities. The present study which is based on data from 300 survey questionnaires and 77 semi-structured interviews administered in three communities in Sierra Leone, and from two expert judgments which investigated the nutritional impact of fish farming activities in Sierra Leone, revealed that (1) there is a range of sub-standard fish farming activities from sampled farms; (2) that these activities could diminish the nutritional quality of farmed fish; and (3) that coastal communities were suspicious of eating or investing in fish farming. To alleviate Africa's increasing malnutrition, burden, our research highlights the need for investment in nutrition-sensitive fish farming - a refocus from an emphasis on increasing production and income. The nutritional quality of farmed fish is a more basic consideration than the quantity of production for securing a healthy and economically viable fish farming sector for LDCs like Sierra Leone. Fish is vital for reducing Africa's increasing malnutrition. However, fish farmers from Least Developing Countries (LDCs) like Sierra Leone, practice a range of sub-standard fish farming activities which could diminish the nutritional quality of farmed fish. To alleviate Africa's increasing malnutrition burden, our research highlights the need for investment in nutrition-sensitive fish farming-a refocus from an emphasis on increasing production and income. image
英文关键词	Africa; consumer behaviour; fish farming; food production; least developed countries; nutrition-sensitive; Sierra Leone
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Fisheries
WOS类目	Fisheries
WOS记录号	WOS:001237606400001
来源期刊	AQUACULTURE, FISH AND FISHERIES
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/302296
作者单位	University of Glasgow; Newcastle University - UK; University of Leeds; American University of Nigeria
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Okeke-Ogbuafor, Nwamaka,Gray, Tim,Sankoh, Salieu,et al. Is nutrition-sensitive fish farming a panacea for Africa's increasing malnutrition burden? The case of Sierra Leone[J],2024,4(3).
APA	Okeke-Ogbuafor, Nwamaka,Gray, Tim,Sankoh, Salieu,Bangura, Abigail Abibatu,Stead, Selina,&Rajah, Edward.(2024).Is nutrition-sensitive fish farming a panacea for Africa's increasing malnutrition burden? The case of Sierra Leone.AQUACULTURE, FISH AND FISHERIES,4(3).
MLA	Okeke-Ogbuafor, Nwamaka,et al."Is nutrition-sensitive fish farming a panacea for Africa's increasing malnutrition burden? The case of Sierra Leone".AQUACULTURE, FISH AND FISHERIES 4.3(2024).