‘What is the value of the constitution?’: Value chains, livelihoods and food security in SA’s large- and small-scale fisheries
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Date
2016-10
Authors
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Publisher
Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
Abstract
This
paper
seeks
to
assess
the
state
of
knowledge
in
relation
to
the
interrelated
subjects
of
value
chains,
livelihoods,
food
systems,
and
regulatory
dynamics
in
South
Africa’s
large-‐
and
small-‐scale
fisheries.
South
Africa’s
marine
fisheries
play
an
important
role
in
sustaining
the
livelihoods
and
food
security
of
poorer
coastal
communities.
However,
the
post-‐apartheid
fisheries
dispensation
is
marked
by
structural
inequalities
between
large-‐
and
small-‐scale
fisheries
sectors,
with
direct
implications
for
livelihoods
and
food
security.
Addressing
these
inequalities
in
practice
requires
a
critical
understanding
of
South
Africa’s
fisheries
economy
and
governance
system,
and
in
particular,
the
way
that
benefits
from
the
country’s
marine
commons
are
distributed
within
society.
As
a
means
to
assess
the
state
of
knowledge
regarding
these
subjects,
the
paper
reviews
key
literature
that
engages
with
small-‐
and
large-‐scale
fisheries
value
chains,
and
the
livelihoods
and
food
systems
they
sustain.
Literature
on
fisheries
governance
is
also
reviewed
to
assess
how
fisheries
value
chains
are
shaped
by
the
regulatory
environment.
Having
reviewed
what
is
known
in
the
literature
about
South
Africa’s
fisheries
economy
and
governance
system,
the
paper
briefly
considers
the
implications
of
this
knowledge
for
small-‐scale
fisheries
value
chains,
and
for
the
local
livelihoods
and
food
systems
of
poorer
coastal
communities
who
depend
on
small-‐scale
fisheries.
The
paper
also
identifies
important
knowledge
gaps
and
future
research
objectives
in
relation
to
the
economics
and
power
dynamics
of
fisheries
value
chains.
Finally,
the
paper
discusses
key
themes
emerging
from
the
literature
that
help
to
shed
light
on
the
current
process
in
South
Africa’s
fisheries.
Description
Keywords
Fisheries, Value chains, Livelihoods, Food governance
Citation
Schultz, O. 2016. ‘What is the value of the constitution?’: Value chains, livelihoods and food security in South Africa’s large-‐ and small-‐scale fisheries, Working Paper 42. Cape Town: PLAAS, UWC and Centre of Excellence on Food Security.