Savings-Group Improvements Contribute to Sustainable Community-Fisheries Management: A Case Study in Cambodia

Sopha Lieng; Nobuyuki Yagi; Aimee Mori; Jay Hastings

doi:10.3390/su10082905

Savings-Group Improvements Contribute to Sustainable Community-Fisheries Management: A Case Study in Cambodia

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10082905 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 2905 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sopha Lieng ◽

Nobuyuki Yagi ◽

Aimee Mori ◽

Jay Hastings

Keyword(s):

Fisheries Management ◽

Small Scale ◽

Commercial Fishing ◽

Full Time ◽

Sustainable Community ◽

Sustainable Operation ◽

Part Time ◽

Community Fisheries ◽

Rural Dwellers

Small-scale community fishers dominate fisheries in Cambodia. In the central floodplain of Cambodia, 35% of rural dwellers are part-time fishers and 15% full-time fishers. By 2012, the Cambodian government had abolished all commercial fishing lots and put these resources under the management of community fisheries. One challenge in the implementation of community-fisheries management is budget shortages and resultant livelihood stress. To address this problem, savings groups were established. The Sustainable Communities International program provided establishment and facilitation support for savings groups in 10 community fisheries in the Kampong Chhnang Province. The savings groups were recognized as useful support facilities, meeting the needs of community fishers and sustainable community fisheries operations. However, there were concerns about the sustainability of the savings groups and the fisheries. To date, there are no documented case studies of savings groups for community fisheries. This study was conducted in two community fisheries in the Kampong Chhnang Province. We found that the internal rules of the savings group must reflect the opinions and perceptions of the members to ensure sustainable operation. Education and integrated livelihood activities were important considerations in encouraging participation. These insights are also useful for community fisheries elsewhere.

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Exploring producers' motivations and challenges within a farmers' market

British Food Journal ◽

10.1108/bfj-09-2019-0731 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 122 (7) ◽

pp. 2089-2103

Author(s):

Rosario Michel-Villarreal ◽

Eliseo Luis Vilalta-Perdomo ◽

Martin Hingley

Keyword(s):

Design Methodology ◽

Farmers Markets ◽

Full Time ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Farmers Market ◽

Content Type ◽

Food Supply Chains ◽

Part Time ◽

Short Food Supply Chains

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore food producers' motivations and challenges whilst participating in short food supply chains (SFSCs). This paper compares findings with previous literature and investigates the topic in the context of producers' motivations.Design/methodology/approachThe paper includes a literature review concerning producers' motivations to engage in SFSCs. A case study was designed to investigate motivations underlying producers' engagement in SFSCs, as well as the challenges that they face. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in a farmers' market located in Mexico. Thematic analysis is used to identify the principal issues for producers'. Propositions based on findings are presented.FindingsFindings suggest that small, large, part-time and full-time producers are willing to engage with farmers' markets for diverse primary economic and non-economic motivations. Individual and collective challenges were also identified.Originality/valueThis research helps to explain producers' motivations and challenges within SFSCs in an under-researched context, namely a focus on producers' and in the Global South.

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FISH COMMUNITY COMPOSITION INDICATES LOW IMPACT OF CAPTURE EFFORTS IN WAR-TORN SOUTH SUDAN

European Journal of Ecology ◽

10.17161/eurojecol.v7i2.14993 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Luca Luiselli ◽

John Sebit Benansio ◽

Johnson J. Balli ◽

Daniele Dendi ◽

Stephanie Ajong ◽

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Keyword(s):

Fish Community ◽

Group Discussion ◽

South Sudan ◽

Good Health ◽

Small Scale ◽

Full Time ◽

Dominant Type ◽

Fishing Vessels ◽

Part Time ◽

White Nile

A survey conducted in Terekeka, Mongalla (=Mongalla) and Gemmaiza (= Gemeiza), payams of Central Equatoria in South Sudan using face-to-face interviews, structured questionnaire and focused group discussion provided information on income generating strategies of fishing communities. These included: full time or part time fishing, small-scale farming, cattle breeding and firewood collection. Stationary gill nets were the dominant type of fishing gear, followed by monofilament, hook and long line, cast nets, spears and harpoons. Fishing vessels included planked canoes, steel boats and fibreglass. The best fishing months were August, September, followed by May. Main species caught included large bodied potamodromous predators adapted to channel habitats, as well as floodplain migrants. Overall the fish community appeared to be at equilibrium, with no evidence of impacts due to excessive catch efforts. The good health of the White Nile fishery is related to the high resilience of South Sudanese aquatic ecosystems as well as to the low potential of fish capture in a country disrupted by war and lack of security.

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Comment: Agricultural Economics Research and Extension Needs of Small-Scale, Limited-Resource Farmers

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics ◽

10.1017/s0081305200014722 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 57-59 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ben L. Perry

Keyword(s):

Value Added ◽

Limited Resource ◽

Future Research ◽

Small Scale ◽

Full Time ◽

Small Farms ◽

Small Farm ◽

Social Scientists ◽

Research Areas ◽

Part Time

West is to be commended for (1) the organization of his discussion, (2) the careful delineation of the research areas, (3) the thoroughness of his research and the excellent documentation of the research efforts of social scientists in treating the problem/s of the small-farm operator, and (4) the development of a means-end schema of “what is,” “what ought to be” with implications for future research, programs, and public policy.As West indicates, there is need for a redefinition of small farm. The $20,000 gross sales limit is inadequate. Most definitions do not include the value added of products produced and consumed by the family. Some states, for example Florida, use figures much lower than $20,000 to characterize small farms. The distinction between full-time and part-time farmers and their incomes is not clearly delineated. A national concern should be the redefinition of the term, “small farm.” Heterogeneous characteristics of small farms should not inhibit the generation of profile information by geographic regions.

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Flexibility trap – the effects of flexible working on the position of female professionals and managers within a corporate environment

Gender in Management An International Journal ◽

10.1108/gm-03-2014-0027 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 225-238 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Lenka Formánková ◽

Alena Křížková

Keyword(s):

Full Time ◽

Flexible Work ◽

Corporate Environment ◽

Content Type ◽

Flexible Working ◽

Time Work ◽

Part Time ◽

Managerial Positions ◽

Female Professionals

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to analyse the experience of female part-time professionals with employee and managerial positions with the utilisation of flexible work arrangements in a corporate environment in the country with a full-time dominated work culture. The data represent a rare case study of the work environment in a Czech branch of one multinational company. This paper focusses on the position of female employees working part-time in professional and managerial positions. The reason for such an arrangement is their attempt to combine career and care for pre-school children. This paper evaluates the effects of flexible work policies in an environment where part-time work for female professionals is rarely available and, therefore, precious. In particular, this paper discusses conditions under which these arrangements are available and its impact on gender equality. Design/methodology/approach – The paper represents a rare case-study of an organisational environment. The seven analysed interviews derive from a larger study on the corporate environment which included 35 interviews and a series of participatory observations. In the analysis, the following questions are discussed: What is the position of employees working within flexible working arrangements in a specific corporate culture? Which aspects of flexible working arrangements affect the professional recognition and evaluation of the employees? To what extent and how do flexible working arrangements affect employee satisfaction with their working and private lives? Findings – The data reveal the diverse and often subtle forms of discrimination and exploitation of working mothers, who use the flexible working arrangement as a work-family reconciliation strategy. Female employees working with alternative working arrangements do not have equal bargaining power in comparison to other employees, regardless of whether they are professionals, and sometimes in managerial positions. At the formal level, the part-time professionals are restricted in pay and in access to the company benefits. In the informal relations within the workplace, their work lacks of sufficient recognition of colleagues and superiors. Overall, part-time work for female professionals and managers leads to an entrapment between the needs of their family and the expectations of their employer. Practical implications – The research reveals the practical limitation in introducing policies the work-life reconciliation policies. The results show the need to focus on promoting better conditions for employees working part-time. Also, it shows that managerial and highly demanding professional positions can be executed on a part-time basis if the work environment is open towards accepting this arrangement. Moreover, the findings outline the possibilities of developing workplace practices in the Czech Republic in a woman-friendly direction. Social implications – Specific legislative arrangements should be enacted, providing better protection for employees in non-standard employment. At the same time, the incentives for employers to enable part-time working arrangements should be provided. Originality/value – The amount of research on female professionals working part-time or from home is rather limited in context of the post-communist countries. The paper discusses the “double” tokenism of the women working in the leadership positions and at the same time in flexible working arrangements in the full-time working culture.

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Architecture in the UK: a study in professional entry-routes and entry-gates

Higher Education Skills and Work-based Learning ◽

10.1108/heswbl-02-2021-0034 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Stan Lester

Keyword(s):

Professional Education ◽

Full Time ◽

Content Type ◽

Current State ◽

Regulatory Frameworks ◽

Part Time ◽

Evolving Context ◽

The 1960S ◽

The Uk

PurposeThis paper examines architecture as an example of the evolving context of qualifying routes in UK professions.Design/methodology/approachThe background and current state of architectural education, qualifying routes and regulatory frameworks in the UK is presented as a case-study, and compared with practices in professional education and qualifying more generally including the use of Degree Apprenticeships.FindingsArchitecture has since the 1960s maintained an entry-route that is premised on periods of full-time academic study plus full-time practice. While a minority part-time version of this route has always existed (and is now being expanded through Degree Apprenticeships), variations seen in other professions such as experienced practitioner entry and accelerated routes from cognate fields have so far been lacking. Pressures for reform are emerging both from external changes affecting the profession and from the high cost of qualifying in relation to median incomes in the sector.Practical implicationsThere is a need for more flexible and less expensive routes to qualifying as an architect, with substantial scope to use practices from other professions and areas of higher education to recognise existing levels of competence and improve crossover with other design and construction fields.Originality/valueThis is the first review of architectural qualifying requirements that has been made in the context of professional entry more generally.

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Application of Design of Experiment and Computer Simulation to Improve the Color Industry Productivity: Case Study

Jurnal Teknologi ◽

10.11113/jt.v68.2988 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 68 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Seyed Mojib Zahraee ◽

Shahab Shariatmadari ◽

Hadi Badri Ahmadi ◽

Saeed Hakimi ◽

Ataollah Shahpanah

Keyword(s):

Resource Utilization ◽

Design Of Experiment ◽

Production Line ◽

Controversial Issues ◽

Full Time ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Part Time ◽

High Level ◽

Process Productivity

One of the controversial issues in manufacturing companies is bottleneck. Managers and engineers try to deal with this difficulty to improve the productivity such as increasing resource utilization and throughput. One color factory is selected as a case study in this paper. This company tries to identify and decrease the bottlenecks in the production line. The goal of this paper is building the simulation model of production line to improve the productivity by analyzing the bottleneck. To achieve this goal, statistical method named design of experiment (DOE) was performed in order to find the optimum combination of factors that have the significant effect on the process productivity. The analysis shows that all of the main factors have a significant effect on the production line productivity. The optimum value of productivity is achieved when the number of delpak mixer (C) and number of lifter (D) to be located at high level that is equal to 2 and 2 respectively. The most significant conclusion of this study is that 3.2 labors are required to reach maximum productivity based on the resource utilization and cost. It means that 3 full time labors and one part time labor should be employed for the production line.

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Technology adoption by small-scale full-time and part-time family farm households in the subtropics of Jammu & Kashmir

Agricultural Economics Research Review ◽

10.5958/0974-0279.2018.00043.5 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 259

Author(s):

Rajinder Peshin ◽

Rakesh Sharma ◽

Raj Kumar ◽

Laxmi K Sharma ◽

Sudhakar Dwivedi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Technology Adoption ◽

Farm Households ◽

Small Scale ◽

Family Farm ◽

Full Time ◽

Part Time

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Costs and returns to rabbit production in Ijebu-Ode LGA, Ogun state

Nigerian Journal of Animal Production ◽

10.51791/njap.v30i2.1491 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 229-235

Author(s):

K. A. Akanni ◽

M. Y. Odubena

Keyword(s):

Analytical Techniques ◽

Descriptive Statistics ◽

Rate Of Return ◽

Economic Viability ◽

Small Scale ◽

Full Time ◽

Net Income ◽

Ogun State ◽

Part Time

This paper investigated the economic viability of rabbit production in ljebu-Ode LGA of Ogun State, Nigeria. A total of forty (40) small-scale rabbit farmers were purposively selected for the study and the collected data were analyzed using both descriptive statistics and budgetary analytical techniques. The results of the analyses showed that all the studied farmers were literate and they were averagely 27 years of age with mean farming experience of five years. The majority (87.5%) were part-time male farmers while others were on full-time practices. Rabbit rearing in the study area was found to be profitable with a profitability index of 0.43 and average annual net income of ₦8,792.42. The rate of return on the investment was 405.65%, 11,793.84% on fixed items and 520.23% on variable items. The farm net income was estimated to be N 8,433.90.

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