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Predicted vitamin D status in mid-pregnancy and child allergic disease
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleVitamin D deficiency in pregnancy may be a risk factor for child allergic disease. However, less is known about disease risk across different levels of vitamin D. This paper aimed to examine the relation between a maternal ... -
Investing in collaboration to manage environmental resource conflict
(2014)Type: BriefConflict over environmental resources endangers rural people's livelihoods and can increase the risk of broader social conflict. Yet action to sustain shared resources can also be a potent source of community building. ... -
Flesh characteristics: estimation of genetic parameters and correlated responses to selection for growth rate in the GIFT strain
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleGenetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) has undergone ten generations of selection for harvest body weight in Malaysia, but there have been no reports on genetic parameters for flesh characteristics for this strain. In ... -
Fisheries in transition: Food and nutrition security implications for the global South
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleFisheries and fish supply are undergoing a fundamental structural transition, as indicated by a ten country analysis. Aquaculture now provides around half the fish for direct human consumption and is set to grow further, ... -
Overfishing and the replacement of demersal finfish by shellfish: An example from the english channel
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleThe worldwide depletion of major fish stocks through intensive industrial fishing is thought to have profoundly altered the trophic structure of marine ecosystems. Here we assess changes in the trophic structure of the ... -
Value chain analysis of the Egyptian aquaculture feed industry
(2014)Type: ReportThe commercial aquaculture feed industry in Egypt is growing at a rapid rate. As a result, the number of fish feed mills has increased from just 5 mills producing about 20,000 t per year in 1999, to over 60 mills with a ... -
Fish for the future: Fisheries development and food security for Kiribati in an era of global climate change
(2014)Type: ReportThe Republic of Kiribati is a vast South Pacific island group with one of the largest exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in the world. Kiribati waters support a wealth of marine fisheries activities. These activities occur ... -
Technical characteristics and economic performance of commercial Tilapia hatcheries applying different management systems in Egypt
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleThis study was carried out in order to understand the technical and economic characteristics of different Egyptian Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) hatchery systems. Hatchery operators at fifty tilapia hatcheries in ... -
Faltering fisheries and ascendant aquaculture: Implications for food and nutrition security in Bangladesh
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleBangladesh has made considerable progress against human development indicators in recent years, but malnutrition resulting from poor dietary diversity and low micronutrient intakes remains entrenched. Fish is central to ... -
CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic and Agricultural Systems
(2014)Type: BriefNearly 500 million people in the developing world depend on aquatic agricultural systems for their livelihoods, with 140 million of these people living in poverty. Occurring along freshwater floodplains and coastal deltas, ... -
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health
(2014)Type: BriefIn the developing world, more than 1 billion people depend on fish for most of their animal protein, and another 1 billion people depend on livestock. Poor people, especially women and children, typically eat very little ... -
Aquaculture technology exchange between Bangladesh and Nepal in the Agriculture and Nutrition Extension Project
(2014)Type: BriefTechnology and knowledge transfer has been a great challenge for many developing countries in South Asia due to poor information and communications technology networks. A limited number of institutions focused on science ... -
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish
(2014)Type: BriefIn the developing world, more than 1 billion people depend on fish for most of their animal protein, and another 1 billion people depend on livestock. Poor people, especially women and children, typically eat very little ... -
Improving employment and incomes through development of Egypt's aquaculture sector (IEIDEAS)
(2014)Type: BriefThe IEIDEAS project, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and managed by WorldFish and CARE in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, has focused on the development of ... -
CGIAR Research Program on climate change, agriculture and food security
(2014)Type: BriefClimate change is an unprecedented threat to the food security of hundreds of millions of people. Climate change affects agriculture and food security, and likewise, agriculture and natural resource management affect the ... -
The Blue revolution in Asia: Upgrading and governance in aquaculture value chains
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleIn this article, the authors examine the upgrading trajectories of selected aquaculture value chains in four Asian countries and the links between upgrading and three factors of value chain governance: coordination mechanisms; ... -
Exploratory analysis of resource demand and the environmental footprint of future aquaculture development using Life Cycle Assessment
(2014)Type: Working PaperIncreases in fish demand in the coming decades are projected to be largely met by growth of aquaculture. However, increased aquaculture production is linked to higher demand for natural resources and energy as well as ... -
Considerations about effective dissemination of improved fish strains (in Arabic)
(2014)Type: Working PaperAquaculture production systems in developing countries are largely based on the use of unimproved species and strains. As knowledge and experience are accumulated in relation to the management, feeding and animal health ... -
The Differential effects of food safety regulations on animal products trade: The case of crustacean product trade
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleChloramphenicol is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that was historically used as a veterinary drug for farm animal disease treatment purposes and it is currently used in human treatment; however, this is a banned substance. ... -
Fish resources in Cambodia (2001-2011)
(2014)Type: Book ChapterCambodian inland fish resources are part of the Mekong system. With 781 known freshwater and brackish fish species, the Mekong Basin has the second highest fish biodiversity in the world after the Amazon Basin in South ...
