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    • Analyzing drivers of fish biomass and biodiversity within community fish refuges in Cambodia 

      Fiorella, K.; Bageant, E.; Kim, M.; Sean, V.; Try, V.V.; MacDonell, H.; Baran, E.; Kura, Y.; Brooks, A.; Barrett, C.; Thilsted, S.H.; Yumiko Kura: 0000-0002-1774-1943; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2019)
      Type: Journal Article
      Freshwater social-ecological systems are shaped by site-specific characteristics, environmental change and annual fluctuations, and the actions of resource users and managers. Our primary aim is to analyze the relative ...
    • 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 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Enhancing fisheries productivity through improved management of reservoirs, dams and other water control structures 

      McCartney, M.; Smith, S.F.; Kura, Y.; Matthew McCartney: 0000-0001-6342-2815; Yumiko Kura: 0000-0002-1774-1943 (2018)
      Type: Brief
      Dams and the reservoirs they create are increasingly ubiquitous in landscapes throughout the world. They have a major impact on fisheries, presenting both opportunities and constraints. This brief, written for both water ...
    • Fish in Sustainable Food Systems of the 21st Century: Role of WorldFish Research on Food and Nutrition Security, Gender Equity, and Natural Resource Conservation 

      Kura, Y.; Kawarazuka, N.; Yumiko Kura: 0000-0002-1774-1943; Nozomi Kawarazuka: 0000-0002-7806-1247 (2022)
      Type: Journal Article
      Fisheries research and development challenges have diversified significantly as we entered the 21st century. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development demands that agriculture research communities take more holistic ...
    • Individual tenure and commercial management of Myanmar's inland fish resources 

      Tezzo, X.; Kura, Y.; Baran, E.; Wah, Z.Z.; Yumiko Kura: 0000-0002-1774-1943; Xavier Tezzo: 0000-0002-4509-2901 (2017)
      Type: Book Chapter
      This chapter presents the current state of knowledge on "Inn" fisheries, an important fisheries management regime in Myanmar. The presentation made is based on a comprehensive review of literature, some original research ...
    • Infrastructure and tonle sap fisheries : how to balance infrastructure development and fisheries livelihoods? The challenge facing decision-makers in Cambodia 

      Baran, E.; Sophort, S.; Kura, Y.; Ratner, B. (eds.) (2006)
      Type: Brief
      Cambodia's inland fisheries are the most intensive worldwide and the fourth largest overall after China, India, and Bangladesh. This brief helps decision-makers maximize the benefits of infrastructure development, while ...
    • Maintaining diversity of integrated rice and fish production confers adaptability of food systems to global change 

      Freed, S.; Barman, B.K.; Dubois, M.; Flor, R.B.; Smith, S.F.; Gregory, R.; Hadi, B.; Halwart, M.; Haque, A.M.; Jagadish, K.; Joffre, O.M.; Karim, M.; Kura, Y.; McCartney, M.; Mondal, M.; Nguyen, V.; Sinclair, F.; Stuart, A.; Tezzo, X.S.; Yadav, S.; Cohen, P.J.; Sarah Freed: 0000-0001-8574-8218; Benoy Kumar Barman: 0000-0003-0554-2207; Mark Dubois: 0000-0002-8092-6465; A.B.M. Mahfuzul Haque: 0000-0002-5334-5630; Olivier M. Joffre: 0000-0002-7857-5766; Manjurul Karim: 0000-0003-4280-3568; Yumiko Kura: 0000-0002-1774-1943; Matthew McCartney: 0000-0001-6342-2815; Xavier Simon Andre Tezzo: 0000-0002-4509-2901; Philippa Jane Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943 (2020)
      Type: Journal Article
      Rice and fish are preferred foods, critical for healthy and nutritious diets, and provide the foundations of local and national economies across Asia. Although transformations, or “revolutions,” in agriculture and aquaculture ...
    • 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 ...
    • Rice field fisheries: wild aquatic species diversity, food provision services and contribution to inland fisheries 

      Freed, S.; Kura, Y.; Sean, V.; Mith, S.; Cohen, P.J.; Kim, M.; Thay, S.; Chhy, S.; Sarah Freed: 0000-0001-8574-8218; Yumiko Kura: 0000-0002-1774-1943; Samonn Mith: 0000-0003-4893-0349; Philippa Jane Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943 (2020)
      Type: Journal Article
      Cambodia's rice field fisheries contribute to national fisheries production and fish consumption in farming-fishing households. As irrigation development is underway to expand the (currently 17%) rice field area irrigated, ...
    • Transforming aquatic agricultural systems towards gender equality: a five country review 

      Weeratunge, N.; Chiuta, T.M.; Choudhury, A.; Ferrer, A.; Hüsken, S.M.C.; Kura, Y.; Kusakabe, K.; Madzudzo, E.; Maetala, R.; Naved, R.; Schwarz, A.; Kantor, P.; Yumiko Kura: 0000-0002-1774-1943; Afrina Choudhury: 0000-0003-1734-6238 (2012)
      Type: Working Paper
      Aquatic agricultural systems (AAS) are systems in which the annual production dynamics of freshwater and/or coastal ecosystems contribute significantly to total household income. Improving the livelihood security and ...
    • Under-reported and undervalued: small-scale fisheries in the developing world 

      Mills, D.J.; Westlund, L.; de Graaf, G.; Kura, Y.; Willman, R.; Kelleher, K. (2011)
      Type: Book Chapter
      This chapter discusses the collection of data on small-scale fisheries in developing countries, the limitations of national data systems and progress in synthesizing collected data.