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What can the experiences of rural women in Solomon Islands teach us about innovation in aquatic food systems?

What can the experiences of rural women in Solomon Islands teach us about innovation in aquatic food systems?

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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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OrganisatieVan Hall Larenstein
LectoraatInclusief Natuurbeheer
Gepubliceerd inAsia Pacific Viewpoint John wiley & Sons, Hoboken, Pagina's: 1-15
Datum2023-07-30
TypeArtikel
ISSN1360-7456
DOI10.1111/apv.12383
TaalEngels

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