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    • WorldFish in Tanzania 

      WorldFish (2017)
      Type: Brief
      Fisheries are an important source of food, income and nutrition in Tanzania, where 25% of the country's population depends on coastal resources or inland lakes for their livelihoods. Over 180,000 people are employed in the ...

    • Tilapia lake virus (TiLV): What to know and do? (Bangla version) 

      CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-food Systems (2017)
      Type: Tool
      Tilapia lake virus is a newly emerging virus that is associated with significant mortalities in farmed tilapia. With cases reported across Africa, Asia and South America, the virus represents a huge risk to the global ...

    • WorldFish in Myanmar 

      WorldFish (2017)
      Type: Brief
      WorldFish is working with the Myanmar Government and other partners to create a policy environment to improve fisheries management and capture more economic, social and environmental benefits for the long term. The WorldFish ...

    • Tilapia lake virus (TiLV): What to know and do? 

      CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-food Systems (2017)
      Type: Manual
      Tilapia lake virus is a newly emerging virus that is associated with significant mortalities in farmed tilapia. With cases reported across Africa, Asia and South America, the virus represents a huge risk to the global ...

    • Managing Aquatic Agricultural Systems to Improve Nutrition and Livelihoods in Cambodia 

      WorldFish (2017)
      Type: Brief
      The EU and IFAD-funded Managing Aquatic Agricultural Systems to Improve Nutrition and Livelihoods project ("Small Fish for Nutrition" for short) uses an integrated aquaculture/agriculture nutrition linkages approach to ...

    • WorldFish in Malawi 

      WorldFish (2017)
      Type: Brief
      Since 1987, WorldFish has been working with the Malawi Government, universities and development partners to create a more productive fisheries sector that contributes to diversified and resilient rural livelihoods and ...

    • WorldFish in Bangladesh 

      WorldFish (2017)
      Type: Brief
      Since 1989, WorldFish has been working with the Bangladesh Government and development partners to create a more productive fisheries and aquaculture sector that contributes to diversified and resilient rural livelihoods ...

    • WorldFish in Cambodia 

      WorldFish (2017)
      Type: Brief
      WorldFish works with the Cambodian Government and development partners to support increased productivity and investment in the agriculture and fisheries sectors in Cambodia. Research focuses on how best to improve productivity ...

    • CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH): Gender Strategy 

      CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems (2017)
      Type: Report
      As embodied by Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5, gender equality and women’s empowerment are globally recognized priority development goals. The CGIAR’s alignment with these goals is embodied in its commitment to closing ...

    • Community-based resource management approaches adopted in the three tributaries of River Surma, North-East Bangladesh 

      Mustafa, M.G.; Firoz Khan, A.K.M.; Mohsin, Sk.M. (2017)
      Type: Journal Article
      Freshwater fishery resources are declining in Bangladesh due to over exploitation, anthropogenic causes and inadequate management. To improve sustainability of these resources, a community-based resource management initiative ...

    • Fish availability and marketing system at local markets of a coastal district, Southern Bangladesh 

      Ali, Md.Y.; Hossen, S.; Azad S.M.O.; Alom, Md.S.; Mondal, Md.A.H.; Ali, M.M.; Hossain, M.B. (2017)
      Type: Journal Article
      Fish biodiversity is important for the future sustainability of aquatic resources in Bangladesh. However, stresses due to overfishing, climate change, habitat loss, eutrophication and pollution pose threats to fish ...

    • Fish to 2050 in the ASEAN region 

      Chan, C.Y.; Tran, N.; Dao, C.D.; Sulser, T.B.; Phillips, M.J.; Batka, M.; Wiebe, K.; Preston, N. (2017)
      Type: Working Paper
      The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has emerged as a global fish producer, owing to the rapid growth of aquaculture in Southeast Asia and its large offshore fishing fleet. Fish is a regional commodity that ...

    • The Cape Town Call to Action: Sustainable aquaculture development on the African continent - the African Aquaculture Policy Day, World Aquaculture Conference, 30 June 2017 

      WorldFish (2017)
      Type: Other
      The African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), the East African Community Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (EAC-LVFO), the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), the ...

    • Women's empowerment in aquaculture: Two case studies from Bangladesh 

      Choudhury, A.; McDougall, C.; Rajaratnam, S.; Park, C.M.Y.; Afrina Choudhury: 0000-0003-1734-6238 (2017)
      Type: Report
      Bangladesh is a global leader in inland fish production and has been ranked as the fifth largest producer of aquaculture food fish in the world. The fisheries sector, including aquaculture, provides employment to 17.8 ...

    • Rapid expansion of oil palm is leading to human-elephant conflicts in North Kalimantan province of Indonesia 

      Suba, R.B.; van der Ploeg, J.; vant Zelfde, M.; Lau, Y.W.; Wissingh, T.F.; Kustiawan, W.; de Snoo, G.R.; de Longh, H.H. (2017)
      Type: Journal Article
      This study identifies patterns and trends in human elephant conflict in the Tulin Onsoi subdistrict, specifically in relation to the rapid development of oil palm plantations. The study provides a description of current ...

    • Uncovering human social networks in coping with Lake Chilwa recessions in Malawi 

      Nagoli, J.; Chiwona-Karltun, L.; Joseph Nagoli: 0000-0002-8919-1397 (2017)
      Type: Journal Article
      This paper provides an in-depth understanding of social dynamics in the form of kinship ties in matrilineal societies. It unpacks gender roles and relationships at the community level to understand how social structures, ...

    • How do hunter-gatherers learn? The transmission of indigenous knowledge among the Agta of the Philippines 

      Hagen, R.; van der Ploeg, J.; Minter, T. (2017)
      Type: Journal Article
      The Agta of the Philippines depend on extensive knowledge of their natural environment for their livelihoods. However, little is known about the transmission of this indigenous ecological knowledge. This paper examines the ...

    • Critical reflections from fostering adaptive community-based, co-management in Solomon Islands' small-scale fisheries 

      Schwarz, A.M.; Cohen, P.J.; Boso, D.; Ramofafia, C.; Alexander, T.; Bennett, G.; Andrew, N.; Philippa Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943 (2017)
      Type: Journal Article
      Adaptive co-management approaches have been at the core of attempts to apply resilience principles to small-scale fisheries. Although recommendations of what should be done to promote resilience are commonplace, insights ...

    • Considering gender: Practical guidance for rural development initiatives in Solomon Islands 

      Lawless, S.; Doyle, K.; Cohen, P.; Eriksson, H.; Schwarz, A.M.; Teioli, H.; Vavekaramui, A.; Wickham, E.; Masu, R.; Panda, R.; McDougall, C. (2017)
      Type: Brief
      The majority of Solomon Islanders live in rural communities and are dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods. For many people, ways of generating income or producing food outside of small-scale fishing and ...

    • Gender and poverty dimensions in a value chain analysis of milkfish mariculture in Misamis Oriental, Philippines 

      Roxas, A.T.; Guliman, S.D.O.; Perez, M.L.; Ramirez, P.J.B. (2017)
      Type: Journal Article
      This paper aims to describe the role of key players in the value chain for milkfish Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775) in a mariculture Park in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental in the Philippines with an emphasis on gender dimensions. ...