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The
Post-Harvest Fisheries
Research Programme is one of ten research programmes
funded by UK's Department for International Development (DFID)
under the Rural
Natural Resources Research Strategy 1995-2006. PHFRP is
managed by NR International. It funds, manages and promotes
research to investigate problems which affect the use and
value of fisheries products in South Asia and West Africa.
Fisheries
play an important part in the social and economic lives of
vast numbers of people around the world, many of whom are
amongst the poorest and most marginalised people in rural
communities.
The
Programme’s objectives are to produce benefits for poor
producers, traders and consumers through the application of
new knowledge to the improved utilisation of fish from fisheries
in these regions. To address these objectives, the programme
welcomes proposals which help to achieve certain outputs within
three broad areas of work:
- developing
appropriate methods which enable fisheries sector managers
to better understand the magnitude and source of post-harvest
losses
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developing an improved understanding of changes in utilisation
of fish in developing countries due to globalisation, liberalisation
of markets, rising population, changing eating habits and
stabilisation of fish catches. The programme aims to understand
the effects of these changes on poor producers and consumers.
- developing
processes and technologies to reduce loss and add value:
fish harvesting, processing and trade is often the employment
of last resort for the poor, and may be the only income
earning opportunity available to poor women. The PHFP aims
to develop and promote value-adding technologies and loss-reduction
processes specifically aimed at the needs of such vulnerable
groups.
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