Browsing by Author "The WorldFish Center"

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    • Policy on the transfer of genetically improved Farm Tilapia (GIFT) from Asia to Africa by the WorldFish Center 

      The WorldFish Center (2007)
      Type: Brief
      The Mission of The WorldFish Center is to ‘reduce poverty and hunger through improved fisheries and aquaculture’. We work to achieve this through relevant research, development and technology transfer, partnerships, capacity ...

    • Posters on Fisheries and AIDS programmes in Africa 

      The WorldFish Center (2009)
      Type: Poster
      This poster outlines 3 key programmes undertaken in 8 countries in Africa: 1. Options for reducing vulnerability along the fish marketing chain. 2. Enhancing nutrition benefits from small scale aquaculture and fisheries. ...

    • Priority technologies and national strategies to develop and manage fisheries and aquaculture 

      The WorldFish Center (2007)
      Type: Brief
      Drawn from the outstanding work that developed the AsiaFish model, this policy brief offers four key recommendations to Asian policy makers for expanding and managing their national fisheries and aquaculture sectors.

    • Proceedings of the international workshop on the fisheries of the Zambezi Basin 

      The WorldFish Center (2007)
      Type: Conference Paper
      This report from WorldFish is divided into two sections, with annexes. Section One contains the workshop report, including the workshop results and outputs. Section Two contains summary papers of the workshop presentations ...

    • Producing tilapia feed locally: a low-cost option from small-scale farmers 

      The WorldFish Center (2009)
      Type: Report
      Identifying locally available ingredients to formulate tilapia feed that is nutritious but cheaper than existing commercial feeds promises productivity, livelihood, health and environmental benefits, especially by enabling ...

    • Public private partnership in small-scale aquaculture and fisheries 

      The WorldFish Center (2010)
      Type: Brief
      This policy brief explores the question “which aspects of past public private partnerships (PPPs) in aquaculture and fisheries were useful, effective and replicable?”. We ask what general principles should lie behind new ...

    • Rebuilding boats may not equal rebuilding livelihoods 

      The WorldFish Center (2005)
      Type: Brief
      This brief on post-tsunami rehabilitation was developed by the WorldFish Center. It is one of a series of policy briefs being developed by CONSRN (Consortium to Restore Shattered Livelihoods in TsunamiDevastated Nations) ...

    • Recommendation domains for pond aquaculture 

      The WorldFish Center (2008)
      Type: Brief
      The contents of this brief are drawn from the results of the project "Determination of high-potential aquaculture development areas and impact in Africa and Asia. Recommendation domains for pond aquaculture is a suite of ...

    • Reducing poverty and hunger through fisheries and aquaculture in Africa 

      The WorldFish Center (2008)
      Type: Brochure
      This flyer highlights the role WorldFish can play with key partners in Africa to reduce hunger and poverty through fisheries and aquaculture by expanding sustainable aquaculture and ensuring the productivity and sustainability ...

    • Reefbase Pacific flyer 

      The WorldFish Center (2005)
      Type: Brochure
      The ReefBase Pacific project is a component of the Coral Reef Initiative for the South Pacific (CRISP) (www.crisponline.net), executed by the WorldFish Center (www.worldfishcenter.org) and funded by the Agence Française ...

    • Reefbase Pacific information portal 

      The WorldFish Center (2008)
      Type: Brochure
      A flyer to describe the ReefBase website which contains extensive information related to the status, use, management and knowledge of reef resources in the Pacific region both in English and French.

    • Rehabilitating livelihoods in tsunami-affected coastal communities in Asia 

      The WorldFish Center (2005)
      Type: Brief
      It is the second in a series of policy briefs being developed by CONSRN (Consortium to Restore Shattered Livelihoods in Tsunami-Devastated Nations) to assist in the rehabilitation efforts following the 26 December 2004 ...

    • Review of training for the period 1999-2009: WorldFish Aquaculture Research and Training Center, Abbassa, Egypt 

      The WorldFish Center (2011)
      Type: Brief
      The WorldFish Aquaculture Research and Training Center is located outside Abbassa, a typical village in Egypt's Nile delta. The WorldFish Center launched its regional research and training activities in 1998. Courses were ...

    • SADC symposium on fish supply and demand 

      The WorldFish Center (2004)
      Type: Brochure
      Representatives of the SADC member states, SADC secretariat, NEPAD, WorldFish Center and FAO met on 16-17 November, 2004 in Mangochi, Malawi to review the current status of fish supply and demand in the SADC countries and ...

    • Salaphoum and local governance 

      The WorldFish Center (2009)
      Type: Other
      Village-based action research in Stung Treng province, known locally as Salaphoum research, is a process of participatory research driven by villagers themselves. It aims to document local knowledge on the relationship ...

    • Small fish can mean big nutrition 

      The WorldFish Center (2011)
      Type: Brief
      Malnutrition levels in Bangladesh are amongst the highest in the world. Approximately half of Bangladesh’s population lives below the food poverty line and the dietary intake of both adults and children are severely deficient ...

    • Small-scale fisheries management and governance 

      The WorldFish Center (2007)
      Type: Working Paper
      This working paper is a draft paper and used for discussion purposes only.

    • Snorkel the web: ReefBase brings a sea change in access to information about coral reefs 

      The WorldFish Center (2007)
      Type: Brief
      This fact sheet highlights ReefBase, an award-winning online global information system designed to facilitate research on, and the management of, coral reefs to enhance their protection. Launched in 2002, ReefBase was ...

    • Social capital : community based fisheries management 

      The WorldFish Center (2007)
      Type: Brochure
      Globally, community based natural resources management (CBNRM) has emerged as one of the best options for achieving sustainable resource management and economic development in fisheries, as well as forestry and pastoral ...

    • Social development issues and fisheries 

      The WorldFish Center (2007)
      Type: Working Paper
      The vast majority of small-scale fisherfolk are from low-income developing countries. Recent studies of poverty in fishing communities show that cash incomes from fishing are often higher than earnings from agriculture, ...