Gambia’s Fishmeal Crisis: Europe’s Appetite Drains Local Seas, Threatens Food Sovereignty

11/09/2025 42 min Temporada 1 Episodio 141
Gambia’s Fishmeal Crisis: Europe’s Appetite Drains Local Seas, Threatens Food Sovereignty

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Across the Gambia’s coastline, the rise of fishmeal factories has turned a staple food into a contested resource. Once the lifeblood of family meals and women’s livelihoods, small pelagic fish are now ground into powder for European aquaculture, leaving Gambians to grapple with scarcity, rising prices, and eroded traditions.

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