Poverty alleviation, sustainable livelihoods and small-scale fisheries

Sorting shrimp post larvae in Bangladesh: Food security and poverty alleviation

International commitments to alleviating poverty present massive global challenges. Poverty in the fishing sector encompasses multiple dimensions of deprivation, is about far more than just income, and is increasingly recognised as multi-sectoral in its determinants. The company implements projects and conducts research, especially in relation to small-scale fisheries, with the aim of alleviating poverty and reducing vulnerability, and of gaining a better understanding of the complexities involved. The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach is often used as a useful ‘lens’ through which to examine poverty and socio-economic issues.