Browsing by Author "Joffre, O."

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    • Aquaculture for the poor in Cambodia 

      Joffre, O.; Kura, Y.; Pant, J.; Nam, S.; Olivier Joffre: 0000-0002-7857-5766; Yumiko Kura: 0000-0002-1774-1943 (2010)
      Type: Brief
      This lesson learned reviewed the current status of aquaculture in Cambodia. It primarily covers inland fish farming development and coastal aquaculture projects targeted at poverty alleviation and food security. It focuses ...

    • Community based fish culture in seasonal floodplains and irrigation systems 

      Sheriff, N.; Joffre, O.; Hong, M.C.; Barman, B.; Haque, A.B.M.; Rahman, F.; Zhu, J.; Nguyen van, H.; Russell, A.; van Brakel, M.; Valmonte-Santos, V.; Werthmann, C.; Kodio, A. (2010)
      Type: Report
      The overall objective of the project was to enhance fish production from seasonally flooding areas and irrigation systems using a collective approach to fish culture. The project sought to examine the institutions necessary ...

    • Community fish refuges in Cambodia: Lesson learned 

      Joffre, O.; Kosal, M.; Kura, Y.; Pich, S.; Nao, T.; Olivier Joffre: 0000-0002-7857-5766; Yumiko Kura: 0000-0002-1774-1943 (2012)
      Type: Brief
      Cambodia's wetlands cover over 30 percent of the country’s land area and support one of the largest, most diverse and intensive freshwater fisheries in the world. In the flood season (July-February), the flood waters from ...

    • Community water access, availability and management in the Tonle Sap region, Cambodia 

      Joffre, O.; de Silva, S.; Olivier Joffre: 0000-0002-7857-5766 (2015)
      Type: Report
      During the rollout of CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) in Tonle Sap in 2013, water management was highlighted as one of the key development challenges. With limited capacity to regulate water, ...

    • Conditions for collective action: understanding factors supporting and constraining community-based fish culture in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Vietnam 

      Joffre, O.; Sheriff, N.; Olivier Joffre: 0000-0002-7857-5766 (2011)
      Type: Working Paper
      In 2005, the WorldFish Center embarked on a project to pilot test approaches to community-based fish culture (CBFC) in five countries. A previous study conducted between 1997-2000 demonstrated the potential of the approach ...

    • Contextual analysis in two villages of the Niger River Inner Delta 

      Joffre, O.; Lajaunie, C.; Olivier Joffre: 0000-0002-7857-5766 (2010)
      Type: Working Paper
      The Community-based Fish Culture in Seasonal Floodplains and Irrigation Systems (CBFC) project is a five year research project supported by the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF), with the aim of increasing ...

    • Coping with resettlement: A livelihood adaptation analysis in the Mekong River basin 

      Kura, Y.; Joffre, O.; Laplante, B.; Sengvilaykham, B.; Yumiko Kura: 0000-0002-1774-1943 (2017)
      Type: Journal Article
      A major driver of change in the Mekong River basin relates to hydropower development and the consequent changes in landscape and natural resource access regime that it induces. In this paper, we examine how the livelihoods ...

    • Crab fisheries in Cambodia and the development of crab banks 

      Chap Sopanha; Meng Kiman; Tep Chansothea; Joffre, O. (2012)
      Type: Report
      The crab (swimming crab; Portunus pelagicus) fishery in coastal Cambodia appears to have declined in recent years due to over-fishing and a growth in the number of fishermen, but remains an important source of income for ...

    • Evolution of shrimp aquaculture systems in the coastal zones of Bangladesh and Vietnam: a comparison 

      Joffre, O.; Prein, M.; Tung, P.B.V.; Saha, S.B.; Hao, N.V.; Alam, M.J.; Olivier Joffre: 0000-0002-7857-5766 (2010)
      Type: Book Chapter
      Based on on-farm surveys implemented in the Ganges Delta in Bangladesh and the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, the dynamics of shrimp aquaculture in salinity-influenced coastal areas were analysed. Qualitative data were collected ...

    • Gender and household decision-making in a Lao Village: implications for livelihoods in hydropower development 

      Weeratunge, N.; Joffre, O.; Sellamuttu, S.S.; Bouahom, B.; Keophoxay, A.; Olivier Joffre: 0000-0002-7857-5766 (2016)
      Type: Journal Article
      Hydropower development with concomitant changes in water and land regimes often results in livelihood transformation of affected people, entailing changes in intra-household decision-making upon which livelihood strategies ...

    • Improving the productivity of the rice-shrimp system in the South-west coastal region of Bangladesh 

      Alam, M.J.; Islam, M.L.; Saha, S.B.; Tuong, T.P.; Joffre, O.; Olivier Joffre: 0000-0002-7857-5766 (2010)
      Type: Book Chapter
      The production of wet-season rice followed by dry-season shrimp (Penaeus monodon) is a common farming system in the south-western coastal region of Bangladesh. This chapter summarizes the experiments conducted in the ...

    • Institutional histories, seasonal floodplains (mares), and livelihood impacts of fish stocking in the Inner Niger River Delta of Mali 

      Russell, A.J.M.; Coulibaly, S.; Sinaba, F.; Kodio, A.; Joffre, O.; Sheriff, N.; Olivier Joffre: 0000-0002-7857-5766 (2010)
      Type: Working Paper
      The Community-based Fish Culture in Seasonal Floodplains and Irrigation Systems (CBFC) project is a five year research project supported by the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF), with the aim of increasing ...

    • Redistribution of water use and benefits among hydropower affected communities in Lao PDR 

      Kura, Y.; Joffre, O.; Laplante, B.; Sengvilaykham, B.; Olivier Joffre: 0000-0002-7857-5766; Yumiko Kura: 0000-0002-1774-1943 (2014)
      Type: Journal Article
      In this paper, we assess how resettlement and changes in water access have altered livelihoods of local communities upstream of the Theun Hinboun Expansion Project in Lao PDR. Based on household surveys conducted both ...

    • Understanding adoption and discontinuance for greater impact 

      Joffre, O.; Sheriff, N.; Weeratunge, N.; Olivier Joffre: 0000-0002-7857-5766 (2010)
      Type: Conference Paper
      Floodplains are characterized by a period of several months when the land is not available for agriculture and large, open areas are used for fisheries. The enclosed part of these flooded areas can be utilized for fish ...