What can the experiences of rural women in Solomon Islands teach us about innovation in aquatic food systems?
In Solomon Islands, women's groups play an important role in promoting socially inclusive development and women's empowerment. In this paper, we summarise the experiences of a 5-year participatory action research partnership to enhance rural livelihood activities based on aquatic foods. The women's...
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| author | Batalofo, Margaret Pollard, Alice Ride, Anouk Hauona, Edlyn Van Der Ploeg, Jan Isihanua, Mathew Roscher, Matthew Sukulu, Meshach Eriksson, Hampus |
| author_browse | Batalofo, Margaret Eriksson, Hampus Hauona, Edlyn Isihanua, Mathew Pollard, Alice Ride, Anouk Roscher, Matthew Sukulu, Meshach Van Der Ploeg, Jan |
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| description | In Solomon Islands, women's groups play an important role in promoting socially inclusive development and women's empowerment. In this paper, we summarise the experiences of a 5-year participatory action research partnership to enhance rural livelihood activities based on aquatic foods. The women's savings groups that participated in this research identified solar-powered freezers as an innovation suitable to their skills and environment. The 12 freezers we used in our partnership to pilot this innovation had tangible benefits. More than 700 unique users accessed the freezers, 3900 kg of fish was stored and over USD6,000 was saved in total; however, accumulation of savings varied greatly between groups. The women's groups demonstrated that operating solar-powered freezers can be financially viable, and the innovation integrated well with their livelihood activities. This conclusion provides an alternative to dominant development narratives, which tend to focus on building large-scale infrastructure, and often exclude women. Existing marketing skills and cooperation were strengths on which the women built. Poor-quality technology was the biggest impediment to success. Solving this basic problem should be a priority for any future cold-storage initiative. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1315842025-12-08T10:11:39Z What can the experiences of rural women in Solomon Islands teach us about innovation in aquatic food systems? Batalofo, Margaret Pollard, Alice Ride, Anouk Hauona, Edlyn Van Der Ploeg, Jan Isihanua, Mathew Roscher, Matthew Sukulu, Meshach Eriksson, Hampus rural development participatory action research fish research partnerships solar-powered freezers women’s collectives In Solomon Islands, women's groups play an important role in promoting socially inclusive development and women's empowerment. In this paper, we summarise the experiences of a 5-year participatory action research partnership to enhance rural livelihood activities based on aquatic foods. The women's savings groups that participated in this research identified solar-powered freezers as an innovation suitable to their skills and environment. The 12 freezers we used in our partnership to pilot this innovation had tangible benefits. More than 700 unique users accessed the freezers, 3900 kg of fish was stored and over USD6,000 was saved in total; however, accumulation of savings varied greatly between groups. The women's groups demonstrated that operating solar-powered freezers can be financially viable, and the innovation integrated well with their livelihood activities. This conclusion provides an alternative to dominant development narratives, which tend to focus on building large-scale infrastructure, and often exclude women. Existing marketing skills and cooperation were strengths on which the women built. Poor-quality technology was the biggest impediment to success. Solving this basic problem should be a priority for any future cold-storage initiative. 2024-04 2023-08-17T21:13:15Z 2023-08-17T21:13:15Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131584 en Open Access application/pdf Wiley Margaret Batalofo, Alice Pollard, Anouk Ride, Edlyn Hauona, Jan Van Der Ploeg, Mathew Isihanua, Matthew Roscher, Meshach Sukulu, Hampus Eriksson. (30/7/2023). What can the experiences of rural women in Solomon Islands teach us about innovation in aquatic food systems. Asia Pacific Viewpoint. |
| spellingShingle | rural development participatory action research fish research partnerships solar-powered freezers women’s collectives Batalofo, Margaret Pollard, Alice Ride, Anouk Hauona, Edlyn Van Der Ploeg, Jan Isihanua, Mathew Roscher, Matthew Sukulu, Meshach Eriksson, Hampus What can the experiences of rural women in Solomon Islands teach us about innovation in aquatic food systems? |
| title | What can the experiences of rural women in Solomon Islands teach us about innovation in aquatic food systems? |
| title_full | What can the experiences of rural women in Solomon Islands teach us about innovation in aquatic food systems? |
| title_fullStr | What can the experiences of rural women in Solomon Islands teach us about innovation in aquatic food systems? |
| title_full_unstemmed | What can the experiences of rural women in Solomon Islands teach us about innovation in aquatic food systems? |
| title_short | What can the experiences of rural women in Solomon Islands teach us about innovation in aquatic food systems? |
| title_sort | what can the experiences of rural women in solomon islands teach us about innovation in aquatic food systems |
| topic | rural development participatory action research fish research partnerships solar-powered freezers women’s collectives |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131584 |
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