Requirements for Operationalization of the AfCFTA to Empower Informal Women and Youth Enterprises in Fisheries and Aquaculture Value Chains

Abstract

Women make significant contributions to food security, livelihoods and household incomes in the sector, however, their contributions are often not sufficiently recognised or adequately considered. Besides, people involved in informal cross-border fish trade are vulnerable and their businesses fragile, in part due to the connotations of being involved in an activity that is not legally regulated