Listen, someone important is trying to tell us something

What do you learn when you ask people about their personal experiences with international assistance efforts and make a genuine effort to listen to their answers? What do they say when you ask which approaches have been most effective and which not? What does that tell us about how things should change? I read “Time to Listen: Hearing People on the Receiving End of International Aid” and found answers to these questions.

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A member of ponds and women fisheries group in Labukhali, Bangladesh. Photo by Finn Thilsted, 2012.

Photo by Finn Thilsted, 2012.

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Development in difficult places – how do we reach the billion people that have been left behind?

Barotse floodplain, Zambia. Photo by Georgina Smith, 2012.

Barotse floodplain, Zambia. Photo by Georgina Smith, 2012.

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Rio +20: Reflecting on progress for fisheries and aquaculture

On the 20th Anniversary of the first Rio Earth Summit it is time to reflect on our progress in putting fisheries and aquaculture on sustainable footings and the lessons we have learnt so far

Tilapia aquaculture Egypt

Large Tilapia cages near Alexandria, Egypt. Photo by Graeme Macfadyen (Poseidon), 2011

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Fish – making a meal of it

Rice and Fish

Fish and Rice; a daily staple for much of the world's poor. Photo credit Patrick Dugan

“27 millions tonnes of fish are used each year to feed animals – can we use these fish better?”

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