Sustainable Development Goals : Food Security & Poverty Alleviation – Supporting Farmers of the Land and Sea
“[…] The juvenile sea cucumbers that are grown from spawn can be collected by farmers and placed in protected pens, where they are nurtured until they are big enough to be harvested. What makes farming these creatures so versatile is that they are relatively low maintenance, as long as the depth and location are right, […]
“[…] This is one of the most worrying concerns faced today: meeting the food needs of a global population that is expected to reach nearly 10 billion people in 30 years’ time, warns the UN. With the pollution and intensive harvesting of the seas, fishing is no longer able to satisfy demand in terms of […]
“[…] Besides enabling fishermen to work around the lack of a physical marketplace, technology offers an additional sustainability advantage: It matches supply and demand, increasing the chances of unwanted fish being returned to the sea alive. “The reality is most caught produce goes to waste and in extreme cases this results in fishermen increasing their […]
“[…] The first industry operator to implement the platform, which is aimed at ensuring full traceability of seafood across the supply chain, will be the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery, which is set to begin uploading its catch data in order to enable participating distributors and sellers to identify the provenance of each scallop catch. In […]
“[…] If the fish was produced on a farm, the owner could upload information about the farm itself, e.g. a code of conduct, or information about people and fish welfare. The blockchain could also be used to record the composition of the feed and water conditions. Fish caught at sea could be tagged with the […]
“[…] The United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an international agreement among governments to regulate international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants — CITES ensures that these practices do not threaten their survival. Seahorses were the first marine fishes to be under such […]
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