Shared Sardinella Initiative: Empowering women in northwest Africa

Women are at the heart of West Africa’s sardinella fisheries, sustaining households, food security and local economies through fish processing and trade. This video features women in The Gambia whose livelihoods depend on smoked sardinella, highlighting their knowledge, skills and vital contribution to the value chain. It also presents some of the key challenges they face. Through the Shared Sardinella Initiative, the EAF-Nansen Programme promotes gender inclusion and an ecosystem approach to fisheries, helping build more sustainable, resilient and equitable coastal communities across northwest Africa. The EAF-Nansen Programme is a longstanding partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Norway, executed in close collaboration with the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR). It contributes to FAO’s vision for Blue Transformation of aquatic food systems, and the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030). Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Follow FAO on social media! Facebook -   / unfao   Instagram -   / fao   LinkedIn -   / fao   TikTok -   / fao   X - https://www.x.com/fao/ Weibo - https://www.weibo.com/unfao © FAO: https://www.fao.org #SDGs #Agenda2030 #GlobalGoals