Co-developing climate-responsive propositions for aquatic food systems in the Bengal Delta to influence transformative policies and investments

As the world’s largest delta, the Bengal Delta is a key source of aquatic foods for about 170 million people living in Bangladesh. However, aquatic food systems in the delta are highly vulnerable to climate change because of the region’s geographical and environmental setting, which is largely affec...

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Main Authors: Hossain, Peerzadi, Barman, Benoy, Nahiduzzaman, Md
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: WorldFish 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168551
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description As the world’s largest delta, the Bengal Delta is a key source of aquatic foods for about 170 million people living in Bangladesh. However, aquatic food systems in the delta are highly vulnerable to climate change because of the region’s geographical and environmental setting, which is largely affected by sea-level rise and interannual climate variabilities. As such, climatic shocks and stresses, together with poor infrastructural, socioeconomic and ecological factors in the coastal belt of the country, diminish the ability of small-scale aquatic food producers to tackle climate risks. To help develop inclusive climate-responsive aquatic food systems in the region, we initiated policy dialogues with sectoral experts and stakeholders and reviewed a range of documents, starting from current national fisheries policies, strategies and plans, through ongoing research and development (R&D) programs, to global policy recommendations. In doing so, we used a qualitative method to assess reviewed documents before the policy dialogues and then to evaluate the dialogues themselves afterward. The results combine local-level insights from the dialogues, national-level learnings from the R&D programs and a global call to action that has gained momentum for aquatic food systems. We co-developed five key climate-responsive policy propositions to influence ongoing revision of the Bangladesh government’s national fisheries policy from 1998. These propositions hold significant potential to help develop sustainable and resilient aquatic food systems, influence the investment framework and, thus, strengthen the growing worldwide footprint of the Bengal Delta’s blue economy.
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spelling CGSpace1685512026-01-21T02:13:42Z Co-developing climate-responsive propositions for aquatic food systems in the Bengal Delta to influence transformative policies and investments Hossain, Peerzadi Barman, Benoy Nahiduzzaman, Md climate change aquatic foods fish food system national fisheries policy bengal delta As the world’s largest delta, the Bengal Delta is a key source of aquatic foods for about 170 million people living in Bangladesh. However, aquatic food systems in the delta are highly vulnerable to climate change because of the region’s geographical and environmental setting, which is largely affected by sea-level rise and interannual climate variabilities. As such, climatic shocks and stresses, together with poor infrastructural, socioeconomic and ecological factors in the coastal belt of the country, diminish the ability of small-scale aquatic food producers to tackle climate risks. To help develop inclusive climate-responsive aquatic food systems in the region, we initiated policy dialogues with sectoral experts and stakeholders and reviewed a range of documents, starting from current national fisheries policies, strategies and plans, through ongoing research and development (R&D) programs, to global policy recommendations. In doing so, we used a qualitative method to assess reviewed documents before the policy dialogues and then to evaluate the dialogues themselves afterward. The results combine local-level insights from the dialogues, national-level learnings from the R&D programs and a global call to action that has gained momentum for aquatic food systems. We co-developed five key climate-responsive policy propositions to influence ongoing revision of the Bangladesh government’s national fisheries policy from 1998. These propositions hold significant potential to help develop sustainable and resilient aquatic food systems, influence the investment framework and, thus, strengthen the growing worldwide footprint of the Bengal Delta’s blue economy. 2024-12-10 2025-01-06T13:50:23Z 2025-01-06T13:50:23Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168551 en Open Access application/pdf WorldFish Hossain PR, Barman BK and Nahiduzzaman Md. 2024. Co-developing climate-responsive propositions for aquatic food systems in the Bengal Delta to influence transformative policies and investments. Penang, Malaysia: WorldFish. Policy working paper.
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aquatic foods
fish
food system
national fisheries policy
bengal delta
Hossain, Peerzadi
Barman, Benoy
Nahiduzzaman, Md
Co-developing climate-responsive propositions for aquatic food systems in the Bengal Delta to influence transformative policies and investments
title Co-developing climate-responsive propositions for aquatic food systems in the Bengal Delta to influence transformative policies and investments
title_full Co-developing climate-responsive propositions for aquatic food systems in the Bengal Delta to influence transformative policies and investments
title_fullStr Co-developing climate-responsive propositions for aquatic food systems in the Bengal Delta to influence transformative policies and investments
title_full_unstemmed Co-developing climate-responsive propositions for aquatic food systems in the Bengal Delta to influence transformative policies and investments
title_short Co-developing climate-responsive propositions for aquatic food systems in the Bengal Delta to influence transformative policies and investments
title_sort co developing climate responsive propositions for aquatic food systems in the bengal delta to influence transformative policies and investments
topic climate change
aquatic foods
fish
food system
national fisheries policy
bengal delta
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168551
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