Petra Spliethoff is senior Fisheries and Aquaculture adviser at the Centre for Development Innovation of Wageningen-UR. For over 35 years Petra has been involved in international cooperation and participated in various assignments and development programs. Her work focuses on participatory aquatic resource use planning and governance, market led ecosystem approaches and promotion of value chains for domestic markets.
The role of small scale capture fisheries in rural livelihood, trade and food security remains critically unrecognized in development and poverty reduction approaches.
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