GCRF_NF516 Increasing resilience in fishing communities to impacts of COVID-19 in northern Peru

秘鲁是全球受COVID影响最严重的国家之一。社会福利方面的差距、基础设施和生活条件差以及大量非正规就业加剧了这一疾病的影响。个体渔业是一项重要但被忽视的活动，为农村地区一些最贫穷的人提供就业和基本营养。海产品供应链中数以千计的工作岗位受到疫情影响。在皮乌拉地区，由于大量人口从事依赖渔业的活动，而且缺乏其他经济机会，预计对渔业社区的影响更大。本集团并无系统地记录COVID对该等社区的影响。区域政府已确定需要这一信息，以便采取适当的社会福利措施，并正在领导一个机构间联合会，以恢复个体渔业活动。该项目将通过收集和传播有关COVID对渔业社区影响的数据来支持IAC。它将评估主要渔业，严格估计疫情对供应链的影响，并研究如何适应或需要适应，以提高复原力。通过虚拟在线平台及时提供相关社会经济信息，该项目将支持渔民、政府和整个社会的决策。

Peru is one the world's worst COVID affected countries. Gaps in social welfare, poor infrastucture and living conditions and high levels of informal employment exacerbate the impact of this disease. Artisanal fisheries are an important and overlooked activity which provides employment and basic nutrition for some of the poorest in rural areas. Thousands of jobs in the seadood supply chain are affected by the pandemic. In the Piura region, the impact on fishing communities is expected to be higher due to the large number of people involved in fisheries-dependent activities and the lack of alternative economic opportunities. There has been no systematic effort to document the impact of COVID on these communities. The Regional Government has identified a need for this information in order to respond with appropiate social welfare measures and is leading an Inter-Agency Consortium (IAC) to re-establish artisanal fisheries activities. This project will support the IAC by collecting and disseminating data on the impact of COVID in fishing communities. It will assess key fisheries, rigorously estimate the impact of the pandemic througout the supply chain and look at the way that this has, or needs to adapt to become more resilient. Throught the timely provision of relevant socio-economic information through a virtual online platform, this project will support decision-making by fishers, government and society in general, By engaging stakeholders in affected communities the project will develop recommendations for a sustained re-activation of fishing and associated activities.