Nile perch and the hungry of Lake Victoria: Gender, status and food in an East African fishery
Lake Victoria supports Africa's largest inland fishery, and its most valuable product is the Nile perch, much of which is exported. This has given rise to arguments claiming a direct linear relationship between perch exports and disturbingly high rates of malnutrition along the lake's shores. In thi...
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| author | Geheb, Kim Kalloch, S. Medard, M. Nyapendi, A.T. Lwenya, C. Kyangwa, M. |
| author_browse | Geheb, Kim Kalloch, S. Kyangwa, M. Lwenya, C. Medard, M. Nyapendi, A.T. |
| author_facet | Geheb, Kim Kalloch, S. Medard, M. Nyapendi, A.T. Lwenya, C. Kyangwa, M. |
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| description | Lake Victoria supports Africa's largest inland fishery, and its most valuable product is the Nile perch, much of which is exported. This has given rise to arguments claiming a direct linear relationship between perch exports and disturbingly high rates of malnutrition along the lake's shores. In this paper, we argue that this argument is seriously flawed for it is unable to explain how it is that the income from the Nile perch fishery fails to translate into a well-fed riparian population. We draw on field work carried out in 2001 that (a) set out to establish exactly how much malnutrition there was on the lake's shores; and (b) sought to identify hat happened to the income the fishery generates. We argue that because men control much of the fishery, and women are held responsible for the upkeep of their families, little of this income makes its way back into the households of the region, giving rise to the levels of malnutrition we observed. |
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| spelling | CGSpace407122025-10-10T16:24:35Z Nile perch and the hungry of Lake Victoria: Gender, status and food in an East African fishery Geheb, Kim Kalloch, S. Medard, M. Nyapendi, A.T. Lwenya, C. Kyangwa, M. gender lakes fisheries fishery management social aspects malnutrition income fishermen labour women export constraints poverty households Lake Victoria supports Africa's largest inland fishery, and its most valuable product is the Nile perch, much of which is exported. This has given rise to arguments claiming a direct linear relationship between perch exports and disturbingly high rates of malnutrition along the lake's shores. In this paper, we argue that this argument is seriously flawed for it is unable to explain how it is that the income from the Nile perch fishery fails to translate into a well-fed riparian population. We draw on field work carried out in 2001 that (a) set out to establish exactly how much malnutrition there was on the lake's shores; and (b) sought to identify hat happened to the income the fishery generates. We argue that because men control much of the fishery, and women are held responsible for the upkeep of their families, little of this income makes its way back into the households of the region, giving rise to the levels of malnutrition we observed. 2008 2014-06-13T14:48:14Z 2014-06-13T14:48:14Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40712 en Limited Access Geheb, Kim; Kalloch, S.; Medard, M.; Nyapendi, A. T.; Lwenya, C.; Kyangwa, M. 2008. Nile perch and the hungry of Lake Victoria: Gender, status and food in an East African fishery. Food Policy, 33(1):85-98. |
| spellingShingle | gender lakes fisheries fishery management social aspects malnutrition income fishermen labour women export constraints poverty households Geheb, Kim Kalloch, S. Medard, M. Nyapendi, A.T. Lwenya, C. Kyangwa, M. Nile perch and the hungry of Lake Victoria: Gender, status and food in an East African fishery |
| title | Nile perch and the hungry of Lake Victoria: Gender, status and food in an East African fishery |
| title_full | Nile perch and the hungry of Lake Victoria: Gender, status and food in an East African fishery |
| title_fullStr | Nile perch and the hungry of Lake Victoria: Gender, status and food in an East African fishery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nile perch and the hungry of Lake Victoria: Gender, status and food in an East African fishery |
| title_short | Nile perch and the hungry of Lake Victoria: Gender, status and food in an East African fishery |
| title_sort | nile perch and the hungry of lake victoria gender status and food in an east african fishery |
| topic | gender lakes fisheries fishery management social aspects malnutrition income fishermen labour women export constraints poverty households |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40712 |
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