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Year 1 operational report: Improving employment and income through development of Egypt’s aquaculture sector (IEIDEAS) project
(2012)Type: ReportImplementation of the SDC funded project ‘Improving Employment and Income through Development of Egypt’s Aquaculture Sector’ commenced on 1st December 2011 and will continue until late 2014. This report summarizes the ... -
The Structure and margins of the Lake Chilwa fisheries in Malawi: a value chain analysis
(2012)Type: ReportSmall freshwater pelagic fisheries in closed lakes are very important to millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa providing livelihoods and nutritional security. However, returns from these fisheries have been shown to ... -
Alleviating poverty through aquaculture: progress, opportunities and improvements
(2012)Type: Conference PaperSignificant changes in our understanding of the interrelationships between aquaculture and poverty have occurred in the last decade. In particular, there is a growing realization that the impacts of aquaculture need to be ... -
Teaching the Adivasi to fish for a lifetime of benefit in Bangladesh [in Bangali]
(2012)Type: BriefThe Adivasi Fisheries Project (AFP) set out in 2007 to help Adivasis in the north and northwest of Bangladesh find new and more sustainable livelihoods. It is based on 2 decades of WorldFish research in Bangladesh on ... -
Communication strategy
(2012)Type: ReportThe CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) is one of the CGIAR’s 15 research programs. Through a program of participatory action research, referred to as “Research in Development”, the Program aims ... -
The forgotten service: food as an ecosystem service from estuarine and coastal zones
(2012)Type: Book ChapterIn this chapter, we review in detail the existing body of literature and knowledge related to the provision of food in estuaries and coastal zones. Both aquatic and terrestrial commodities are considered. The chapter ... -
Aquaculture and fish consumption in Bangladesh
(2012)Type: BriefThe WorldFish Center conducted a review in Bangladesh funded by IFAD in 2011 on the present status of aquaculture production and fish consumption. This brief summarizes the key findings of the review. -
Small-scale aquaculture development model for rural Nepal
(2012)Type: Conference PaperThe majority of rural farmers in Nepal are small holders and their livelihood is based on agriculture. Three projects on small- scale aquaculture, with focus on women’s involvement, were completed in Kathar and Kawasoti ... -
Trading-off fish biodiversity, food security, and hydropower in the Mekong River Basin
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleThe Mekong River Basin, site of the biggest inland fishery in the world, is undergoing massive hydropower development. Planned dams will block critical fish migration routes between the river's downstream floodplains and ... -
The magnitude of global marine species diversity
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleThe question of how many marine species exist is important because it provides a metric for how much we do and do not know about life in the oceans. We have compiled the first register of the marine species of the world ... -
Evaluation of the use of fresh water by four Egyptian farms applying integrated aquaculture-agriculture: study report
(2012)Type: ReportThis report describes a study done in 2010 by researchers of the WorldFish Center on water use in Egyptian farms that apply aquaculture – agriculture integration. Two of the four farms that were monitored derived the main ... -
Increasing water productivity in agriculture
(2012)Type: Book ChapterWater productivity is defined as the amount of agricultural output per unit of water depleted and can be applied to crops, trees livestock and fish. This chapter reviews challenges and opportunities to improve water ... -
Beam trawlermen take feet off gas in response to oil price hikes
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleAverage towing speed by Dutch beam trawlermen has fallen substantially between 2002 and 2009. Changes in towing speed are related to changes in oil price. The price of their valuable main target species (sole, Solea vulgaris) ... -
Commune Agroecosystem Analysis in Cambodia: a guidance manual
(2012)Type: ManualCommune Agroecosystems Analysis (CAEA) is a participatory analysis methodology used by the Department of Agricultural Extension to identify and prioritize agricultural development needs at the commune level. This manual ... -
FishBase and SeaLifeBase: the database structure can manage data and information on aquatic genetic resources for all marine and freshwater organisms
(2012)Type: Book ChapterAn overview of FishBase and SeaLifebase was given. -
Multiple water use as an approach for increased basin productivity and improved adaptation: a case study from Bangladesh
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleThis study, supported by the Challenge Program Water and Food (CPWF-Project 35), demonstrates the case of multiple-use of water through seasonal aquaculture interventions for improved rice–fish production systems in the ... -
Women have nothing to do with fish, or do they?
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleWomen are not well represented in what might be considered conventional places of power and authority. This is the second installment of a three-part series of blogs about the challenges that face the people of Malaita in ... -
Genetic improvement of farmed tilapias: Genetic parameters for body weight at harvest in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) during five generations of testing in multiple environments
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleThe main objective of this paper was to report more reliable estimates of the genetic variation and the genotype by test environment interaction for harvest body weight in the GIFT population in the Philippines than could ... -
Production performance of white fish in two different culture systems in Patuakhali, Bangladesh
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleThe present study was carried out to compare the production performance of white fish from traditional and modified traditional culture system in Patuakhali with the following objectives: 1) To know the production performance ... -
Prevalence of White Spot Syndrome Virus in brood stock, Nauplii and Post-larvae of Tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798) in Bangladesh
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleBangladesh enters into international shrimp market in early 1970s but now it takes second places in the source of foreign currency earning. Now this sector facing a serious problem with a disease named White Spot Syndrome ...
