SADC_PROFISHBLUE _ The Digital Fisheries Information System (FIS) Malawi Survey data set

This metadata form provides a description of the household dataset for the Digital Fisheries Information System (FIS). The Malawi study was conducted in the five districts of the southern part (i.e., Zomba, Blantyre, Mulanje, Chikwawa and Mangochi) to interview in total of five hundred people, including fishers (200) and fish farmers (300). The study was conducted from 8 November 2023 to 24 November 2023. The Programme for Improving Fisheries Governance and Blue Economy Trade Corridors (PROFISHBLUE) in the SADC region was funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and implemented by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) secretariat. The programme consisted of three components: genetic improvement, nutrition, and a digital fisheries information system (FIS). The FIS component, which is the focus of this survey data, aimed to identify climate risks affecting aquaculture and fisheries in Malawi and Zambia to develop a climate-informed decision support system. This survey identifies the impacts of climate change on fish farming and capture fisheries, the adaptation strategies, and the use of weather forecast information among fish farmers and fishers. In Malawi, the study targeted 500 respondents, including fish farmers and artisanal fishers. Below is a summary of the respondents’ categories for each subsection (tool) presented in this dataset: • A total of 639 men, women and youth participated in the survey. • 268 from artisanal fishing, and • 371 participated in fish farming. The questionnaire had two modules one for artisanal fishing and one for fish farming. Lastly, the dataset has a ‘main datasheet’ and 23 subforms/excel sheets. The subforms were generated from repeating questions, and each repeating question has one or more parent QID number which links it to the main datasheet (main QID).