Aquaculture is vital to food and nutrition security, economic empowerment, and employment for millions globally. However, its benefits are not evenly distributed in households between men and women due to gender-based constraints that limit maximum returns.

“For decades now, Nigerian value chain analyses have connoted ‘household head’ as a single unit”, a challenge that glosses over the nuanced realities of men and women who drive activities along the agricultural value chains. said Dr. Temitayo Adeyemo, a Nigerian agricultural economist and a 2022 AWARD Policy Fellow in the Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship. She adds that the “household head” buries complexities of power dynamics in the household, like who controls resources, does what amount of labor, and who benefits from the labor—especially in Nigeria.

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