Nile perch and the hungry of Lake Victoria: Gender, status and food in an East African fishery

Food Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-98

  Geheb, Kim ^a   Kalloch, Sarah ^a   Medard, Modesta ^b   Nyapendi, Anne Therese ^c,d   Lwenya, Carolyne ^c   Kyangwa, Mercy ^d  

^a IFMP   (Uganda)

^b TANZANIA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d National Fisheries Resources Research Institute   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Fisheries; Gender; Kenya; Lake Victoria (East Africa); Malnutrition; Nile perch; Tanzania; Uganda

Indexed keywords

FISHERY; FOOD SECURITY; GENDER; INCOME; MALNUTRITION; RIPARIAN ZONE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; KENYA; LAKE VICTORIA; NILE [UGANDA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

LATES NILOTICUS;

EID: 38049093894     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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