Browsing by Author "McCartney, M."
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Advancing research and development outcomes with fish in regional food systems
(2021)Type: BriefFood systems encompass actors and interactions from production to consumption and disposal of food as well as social, economic and environmental outcomes. Food systems frameworks provide a holistic approach for research ... -
CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems: A synthesis
(2021)Type: BriefThe fish agri-food system connects supplies of fish and other aquatic foods through multiple pathways and scales to diverse consumers across the planet and is a key component of the global agri-food systems. Fish and other ... -
Enhancing fisheries productivity through improved management of reservoirs, dams and other water control structures
(2018)Type: BriefDams 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 ... -
Enhancing productivity and resilience of water systems by integrating fisheries
Type: BriefInland capture fisheries are the primary source of livelihoods and food and nutrition security in many low- and middle-income countries, but are often adversely impacted by irrigation infrastructure. With over 300 million ... -
Evaluating the flow regulating functions of natural ecosystems in the Zambezi River Basin
(2013)Type: ReportBy mitigating the vagaries of climate variability, agricultural water storage is widely anticipated to make a key contribution to climate change adaptation in Africa. However, if the planning of water storage is not improved, ... -
Fish for whom? Integrating the management of social complexities into technical investments for inclusive, multifunctional irrigation
(2021)Type: BriefMost interventions in the water sector remain technocratic and blind to trade-offs that undermine overall development outcomes. The relationship between irrigation and inland capture fisheries is a case in point, as ... -
Fish for whom?: Integrating the management of social complexities into technical investments for inclusive, multi-functional irrigation
(2021)Type: Journal ArticleIrrigation represents a long-standing water sector investment in South East Asia. However, despite the undeni-able benefits of food production, an irrigation/rice-centric strategy is insufficient in a multi-dimensional ... -
Fish friendly irrigation: Enhancing production, livelihoods and health
(2021)Type: VideoEach year, 12 Mt of aquatic foods caught in inland fisheries provide the primary source of animal protein and essential micronutrients for at least 200 million people worldwide. They are vital for livelihoods, human health ... -
Increasing the benefits and sustainability of irrigation through integration of fisheries: A guide for water planners, managers and engineers
(2019)Type: Internal ReportSections 1 Guidelines for planners and mangers produced on increasing benefits and sustainability of water infrastructure through integration of fisheries -
Maintaining diversity of integrated rice and fish production confers adaptability of food systems to global change
(2020)Type: Journal ArticleRice 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 ... -
Rethinking irrigation modernisation: realising multiple objectives through the integration of fisheries
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleIrrigation has been, and will remain, instrumental in addressing water security (Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6), food insecurity (SDG 2) and poverty (SDG 1) goals. However, the global context in which irrigation ... -
Rice-fish pathways to sustainable development impact in Cambodia and the Lower Mekong: Report on ACIAR and the WorldFish-IRRI-IWMI symposium and theory of change
(2021)Type: ReportRice and fish are central to the livelihoods and nourishment of the people of Cambodia and of other nations in the Lower Mekong Region. They are vital to progressing many of the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals ... -
Rice-fish Systems – Back to the Future
(2020)Type: BlogResearch by World Fish, IWMI and IRRI, some of which is summarized in a newly published journal article, demonstrates that rice-fish systems can make efficient use of increasingly scarce water and land resources and reduce ...
