Browsing WorldFish Community by Author "Akester, M.J."
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Performance of emergent aquaculture technologies in Myanmar; challenges and opportunities
Karim, M.; Leemans, K.; Akester, M.J.; Phillips, M.J.; Manjurul Karim: 0000-0003-4280-3568; Michael Joseph Akester: 0000-0001-6526-1613; Michael John Phillips: 0000-0002-0282-0286Type: Journal ArticleThis paper assesses the performance of small-scale aquaculture technologies and factors influencing production, associated income and fish consumption of such technologies within agri-food farming systems in Myanmar. -
Productivity and coastal fisheries biomass yields of the northeast coastal waters of the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem
Akester, M.J.; Michael Akester: 0000-0001-6526-1613 (2018)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper describes the current marine fisheries situation in the northeast sector of the Bay of Bengal, ninety percent of which corresponds to Myanmar's EEZ and ten percent to Bangladesh. With the exception of the research ... -
Productivity and the promise of integrated rice-fish systems: How gender will shape success or failure in an era of rural transformation in Myanmar
Scott, J.; McDougall, C.; Akester, M.J.; Jessica Scott: 0000-0002-5106-1335; Cynthia McDougall: 0000-0002-5606-6813; Michael Joseph Akester: 0000-0001-6526-1613 (2019)Type: PosterOn the heels of its historic political-economic opening in 2015, agricultural production in Myanmar is on the brink of substantive transformation. Poverty in Myanmar’s rural areas is substantially higher than urban areas: ... -
Promoting Sustainable Growth of Aquaculture in Myanmar to Improve Food Security and Income for Communities in the Ayeyarwady Delta and Central Dry Zone
Akester, M.J.; Michael Joseph Akester: 0000-0001-6526-1613 (2019)Type: OtherThe project funded by Livelihoods and Food Security Fund (LIFT) promoted the sustainable growth of aquaculture in Myanmar by introducing low-cost small-scale aquaculture (SSA) technologies that incorporated small indigenous ... -
Reduction in food loss and waste through fish value chain, market and food system innovation
Ali, S.A.; Akester, M.J.; Syed Aman Ali: 0000-0003-3876-130X; Michael Joseph Akester: 0000-0001-6526-1613 (2021)Type: BriefThe document buildup on the current evidence available on fish loss and waste in Southeast Asia, primarily in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand based on the WorldFish experience in the region. If further talks about the areas ... -
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
Freed, S.; Flor, R.B.; Akester, M.J.; Cohen, P.J.; Dubois, M.; McCartney, M.; Thay, S.; Yadav, S.; Fleming, A.; Sarah Freed: 0000-0001-8574-8218; Michael Joseph Akester: 0000-0001-6526-1613; Philippa Jane Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943; Mark Dubois: 0000-0002-8092-6465; Matthew McCartney: 0000-0001-6342-2815 (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 ... -
Ten strategies for research quality in distance research during COVID-19 and future food system shocks
McDougall, C.; Akester, M.J.; Notere Boso, D.; Choudhury, A.; Hasiba, Z.; Karisa, H.C.; Pereira, M.; Price, C.R.; Ride, A.; Scott, J.; Shearer, D.; Sutcliffe, S.; Thilsted, S.H.; Cynthia McDougall: 0000-0002-5606-6813; Michael Joseph Akester: 0000-0001-6526-1613; Afrina Choudhury: 0000-0003-1734-6238; Harrison Charo Karisa: 0000-0001-5323-794X; Christopher Ross Price: 0000-0002-1353-0188; Jessica Scott: 0000-0002-5106-1335; David Shearer: 0000-0001-7334-4208; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2020)Type: BriefFood systems are faced with increasingly difficult challenges from COVID-19 and future climate, socioeconomic, health and other shocks. To build forward better from these shocks, effective responses are needed. These ... -
Tilapia grow-out culture manual for smallholder farmers in Myanmar
Lwin, A.; Khin, M.; Tran, N.; Griffiths, D.; Karim, M.; Akester, M.J.; Nhuong Tran: 0000-0002-1813-4571; Manjurul Karim: 0000-0003-4280-3568; Michael Joseph Akester: 0000-0001-6526-1613 (2022)Type: ManualThe objective of this manual is to assist the GIFT grow-out farmers from delta in Myanmar in applying tilapia grow-out production technologies. These technologies apply to grow -out production in ponds and Chan Myaung ... -
Understanding gendered trait preferences: Implications for client-responsive breeding programs
McDougall, C.; Kariuki, J.; Lenjiso, B.M.; Marimo, P.; Mehar, M.; Murphy, S.; Teeken, B.; Akester, M.J.; Benzie, J.; Galiè, A.; Kulakow, P.; Mekkawy, W.; Wopong, N.; Ojango, J.M.; Tumuhimbise, R.; Uwimana, B.; Orr, A.; Cynthia McDougall: 0000-0002-5606-6813; Pricilla Marimo: 0000-0003-3754-7176; Seamus Murphy: 0000-0002-1792-0351; Bela Teeken: 0000-0002-3150-1532; Michael Joseph Akester: 0000-0001-6526-1613; John Benzie: 0000-0001-9599-8683; Alessandra Galiè: 0000-0001-9868-7733; Peter Kulakow: 0000-0002-7574-2645; Wagdy Mekkawy: 0000-0002-3991-7321; Julie M. K Ojango: 0000-0003-0224-5370; Brigitte Uwimana: 0000-0001-7460-9001 (2022)Type: Journal ArticleClient-responsiveness is a foundation for effectiveness of public sector breeding programs in agriculture, aquaculture and livestock. However, there remains a considerable lack of clarity about what this means, specifically ... -
USAID_Fish for Livelihoods (F4L) Annual Progress Report: October 2021_Septemenr 2022
Akester, M.J.; Ali, S.A.; Rizaldo, Q.; Win, N.M.; Michael Joseph Akester: 0000-0001-6526-1613; Syed Aman Ali: 0000-0003-3876-130X; Quennie Rizaldo: 0000-0002-7958-2618 (2022)Type: Donor ReportThis report contains the details of accomplishments made, and numbers achieved in 2022 which was the third year of project implementation. It also highlights major challenges faced and how they're overcome with the help ... -
USAID_Fish For Livelihoods_Quarterly Progress Report_October - December 2021
Akester, M.J.; Ali, S.A.; Michael Joseph Akester: 0000-0001-6526-1613; Syed Aman Ali: 0000-0003-3876-130X (2022)Type: Donor ReportProject activities quarterly progress report October to December of 2021. -
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) survey
Phyo, E.E.; Ali, S.A.; Rizaldo, Q.; Akester, M.J.; Ei Ei Phyo: 0000-0002-3745-7659; Syed Aman Ali: 0000-0003-3876-130X; Quennie Rizaldo: 0000-0002-7958-2618; Michael Joseph Akester: 0000-0001-6526-1613 (2021)Type: Internal ReportThis document captures the findings of one of the annual performance surveys carried out with the project's Year-1 (Oct 2019 – Sep 2020) SSA farmers provisioned with the WASH materials. The report contains information about ... -
A win-win approach: Integrating fish into rice systems in Myanmar
Bevitt, K.; Dubois, M.; Akester, M.J.; Cohen, P.J.; Thilsted, S.H.; Mark Dubois: 0000-0002-8092-6465; Michael Joseph Akester: 0000-0001-6526-1613; Philippa Jane Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2019)Type: PosterThis poster is an overview of integrating fish into rice systems in Myanmar with the objective of increasing agricultural productivity and reducing malnutrition in the country. In Myanmar, integrating fish into irrigation ...












