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Ben Belton
Researcher at WorldFish
Publications - 132
Citations - 4574
Ben Belton is an academic researcher from WorldFish. The author has contributed to research in topics: Aquaculture & Food security. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 109 publications receiving 3020 citations. Previous affiliations of Ben Belton include Michigan State University & University of Stirling.
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Fisheries in transition: Food and nutrition security implications for the global South
TL;DR: Ateniese et al. as discussed by the authors identified that capture fisheries provide diverse, nutritionally valuable fish and fish products which are often culturally preferred and easily accessed by the poor.
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Certify Sustainable Aquaculture
Simon R. Bush,Ben Belton,Derek Hall,Peter Vandergeest,Francis Murray,Stefano Ponte,Peter Oosterveer,Muhammad Saidul Islam,Arthur P.J. Mol,Maki Hatanaka,Froukje Kruijssen,Tran Thi Thu Ha,David C. Little,Rini Kusumawati +13 more
TL;DR: Certification's limited contribution to sustainable aquaculture should complement public and private governance and help close the forecast global deficit in fish protein by 2020.
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Is Aquaculture Pro-Poor? Empirical Evidence of Impacts on Fish Consumption in Bangladesh
Kazi Ali Toufique,Ben Belton +1 more
TL;DR: Analysis of changes in fish consumption from 2000 to 2010 in Bangladesh reveals increased fish consumption by extreme poor and moderate poor consumers and those in rural areas closely linked to the pro-poor nature of national economic growth during this period.
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Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system
David C. Love,Edward H. Allison,Frank Asche,Frank Asche,Ben Belton,Ben Belton,Richard S. Cottrell,Richard S. Cottrell,Halley E. Froehlich,Jessica A. Gephart,Christina C. Hicks,David C. Little,Elizabeth M. Nussbaumer,Patricia Pinto da Silva,F. Poulain,Angel Rubio,Joshua S. Stoll,Michael F. Tlusty,Andrew L. Thorne-Lyman,Max Troell,Max Troell,Wenbo Zhang +21 more
TL;DR: It is found that some supply chains, market segments, companies, small-scale actors and civil society have shown initial signs of greater resilience than others, and strategic research needs to support learning from COVID-19 impacts and responses are needed.
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Not just for the wealthy: Rethinking farmed fish consumption in the Global South
TL;DR: In fact, farmed fish is produced predominantly by a missing middle segment of commercial and increasingly intensive farms, and overwhelmingly remains in Southern domestic markets for consumption by poor and middle income consumers in both urban and rural areas, making an important but underappreciated contribution to global food security as mentioned in this paper.