Evaluating rational and healthy use options for small pelagic fish species in sub-Saharan Africa

IF 5.6 1区农林科学 Q1 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Food Security Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI:10.1007/s12571-024-01491-8

Stuart W. Bunting, Djiga Thiao, Molly Ahern, Yaw B. Ansah, Ansen Ward, Joshua Wesana, Rodrigue Yossa, Lena Westlund

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Small pelagic fish species (SPFS) from marine waters off Central-West Africa and North-West Africa and the African Great Lakes Region in Eastern Africa and associated value chains sustain several million livelihoods. Catches are used for direct human consumption, to produce fishmeal and fish oil for animal feeds and to manufacture value-added products. SPFS constitute a valuable source of micronutrients, fatty acids and protein that could help alleviate malnutrition and food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa. Considering this context, this study aimed to identify and prioritise recommendations concerning SPFS use. Preliminary recommendations came from interviews (n = 122) and focus groups (n = 642) with women and men. Representative stakeholders from Gambia, Ghana, Malawi, Mauritania, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Uganda engaged in a Delphi study. Responses were received from 150 to 115 participants in Rounds 1 and 2, respectively. Priority recommendations (Round 2 mean rating > 8) included: environmental audits of fishmeal plants, promote health and safety at work, assess health risks, eliminate pollution, locate factories away from residential areas, promote alternative feed ingredients, farmer training and research programmes, enhanced governance, demand assessment, price controls on fish for feed, regular assessment of key fish stocks, assess and monitor fish affordability, consumption and importance in food and nutrition security, promote better handling to avoid food waste, regulate capacity of fishmeal sector. Comprehensive and effective implementation of priority recommendations could ensure that SPFS use can contribute to food and nutrition security and help provide sustainable and healthy diets across sub-Saharan Africa.

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评估撒哈拉以南非洲小型中上层鱼类的合理和健康利用方案

中西非、西北非和东非非洲大湖区海域的小型中上层鱼类（SPFS）及相关价值链维系着数百万人的生计。捕获的鱼用于人类直接消费、生产动物饲料所需的鱼粉和鱼油以及制造增值产品。南太平洋渔业是微量营养素、脂肪酸和蛋白质的宝贵来源，有助于缓解撒哈拉以南非洲的营养不良和粮食不安全问题。考虑到这一背景，本研究旨在确定有关使用 SPFS 的建议并确定其优先次序。初步建议来自对女性和男性的访谈（n = 122）和焦点小组（n = 642）。来自冈比亚、加纳、马拉维、毛里塔尼亚、刚果共和国、塞内加尔、塞拉利昂和乌干达的利益相关方代表参与了德尔菲研究。第一轮和第二轮分别收到了来自 150 名和 115 名参与者的答复。优先建议（第二轮平均评级为 8）包括：对鱼粉厂进行环境审计，促进工作场所的健康和安全，评估健康风险，消除污染，将工厂设在远离居民区的地方，推广替代饲料原料，农民培训和研究计划，加强治理，需求评估，对饲料用鱼进行价格控制，定期评估主要鱼类种群，评估和监测鱼类的可负担性、消费量以及在粮食和营养安全方面的重要性，促进更好地处理以避免食物浪费，监管鱼粉行业的能力。全面、有效地实施优先建议可确保 SPFS 的使用有助于粮食和营养安全，并有助于在撒哈拉以南非洲地区提供可持续的健康饮食。

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Food Security FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY-

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14.00

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Food Security is a wide audience, interdisciplinary, international journal dedicated to the procurement, access (economic and physical), and quality of food, in all its dimensions. Scales range from the individual to communities, and to the world food system. We strive to publish high-quality scientific articles, where quality includes, but is not limited to, the quality and clarity of text, and the validity of methods and approaches. Food Security is the initiative of a distinguished international group of scientists from different disciplines who hold a deep concern for the challenge of global food security, together with a vision of the power of shared knowledge as a means of meeting that challenge. To address the challenge of global food security, the journal seeks to address the constraints - physical, biological and socio-economic - which not only limit food production but also the ability of people to access a healthy diet. From this perspective, the journal covers the following areas: Global food needs: the mismatch between population and the ability to provide adequate nutrition Global food potential and global food production Natural constraints to satisfying global food needs: § Climate, climate variability, and climate change § Desertification and flooding § Natural disasters § Soils, soil quality and threats to soils, edaphic and other abiotic constraints to production § Biotic constraints to production, pathogens, pests, and weeds in their effects on sustainable production The sociological contexts of food production, access, quality, and consumption. Nutrition, food quality and food safety. Socio-political factors that impinge on the ability to satisfy global food needs: § Land, agricultural and food policy § International relations and trade § Access to food § Financial policy § Wars and ethnic unrest Research policies and priorities to ensure food security in its various dimensions.