Communications Earth & Environment (Aug 2022)
Proximity to small-scale inland and coastal fisheries is associated with improved income and food security
- Fiona A. Simmance,
- Gianluigi Nico,
- Simon Funge-Smith,
- Xavier Basurto,
- Nicole Franz,
- Shwu J. Teoh,
- Kendra A. Byrd,
- Jeppe Kolding,
- Molly Ahern,
- Philippa J. Cohen,
- Bonface Nankwenya,
- Edith Gondwe,
- John Virdin,
- Sloans Chimatiro,
- Joseph Nagoli,
- Emmanuel Kaunda,
- Shakuntala H. Thilsted,
- David J. Mills
Affiliations
- Fiona A. Simmance
- WorldFish
- Gianluigi Nico
- Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Simon Funge-Smith
- Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Xavier Basurto
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
- Nicole Franz
- Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Shwu J. Teoh
- WorldFish
- Kendra A. Byrd
- WorldFish
- Jeppe Kolding
- University of Bergen
- Molly Ahern
- Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Philippa J. Cohen
- WorldFish
- Bonface Nankwenya
- WorldFish
- Edith Gondwe
- Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- John Virdin
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
- Sloans Chimatiro
- WorldFish
- Joseph Nagoli
- WorldFish
- Emmanuel Kaunda
- Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Shakuntala H. Thilsted
- WorldFish
- David J. Mills
- WorldFish
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00496-5
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 3,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Small-scale inland and coastal fisheries improve physical and economic access to food for communities in Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda, according to analyses of nationally representative data.