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Smallholder fish farmers population census report 2020: Northern and Luapula provinces, Zambia
(2020)Type: Internal ReportIn total, 2341 smallholder farmers participated in the census: 61% in Northern Province and 39% in Luapula Province. Of the overall total, most (72.1%) were actively involved in fish farming, while the rest had abandoned ... -
Limits of tilapia aquaculture for rural livelihoods in Solomon Islands
(2020)Type: Journal ArticleIncreasing pressure on coastal fisheries poses serious threats to local livelihoods and the food security of Pacific Islanders. In response, governments and development agencies have explored tilapia pond aquaculture as ... -
“Essential non-essentials”: COVID-19 policy missteps in Nigeria rooted in persistent myths about African food supply chains
(2020)Type: Journal ArticleFood supply chains are extremely important for food access and livelihoods across Africa, but their role is often overlooked and underappreciated. Under normal conditions, the gap between myth and reality can result in the ... -
Guidelines for managing aeration and water quality in fish hatcheries and nurseries in Bangladesh
(2020)Type: ManualThe objective of this document is to guide hatchery owners and nursery farmers in water quality management to improve the survival and quality of fish seed produced. In Bangladesh, induced breeding of cultured species in ... -
Value chain impact of the increased hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha) harvest in Bangladesh
(2020)Type: Journal ArticleHilsa shad is the largest single fish species, contributing 12% of the total fish production in Bangladesh. Since the rapid decline of its harvest in early 2000, the government of Bangladesh took various initiatives to ... -
Adapted technologies and Practices for Agriculture and Fisheries in Timor-Leste: Nearshore Fish Aggregating Devices
(2020)Type: BriefFisheries in Timor-Leste are very small-scale. Fishing is undertaken on foot (gleaning), and in unpowered canoes and small motorboats, targeting reef and nearshore pelagic fish primarily with gill nets, hand lines, spear ... -
Social determinants of adaptive and transformative responses to climate change
(2020)Type: Journal ArticleTo cope effectively with the impacts of climate change, people will need to change existing practices or behaviours within existing social-ecological systems (adaptation) or enact more fundamental changes that can alter ... -
Building adaptive capacity to climate change; approaches applied in five diverse fisheries settings
(2020)Type: BriefClimate change poses a range of risks to coastal and inland rural communities in the global tropics. People living within these communities depend directly on physical and natural environments for income, food and their ... -
Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions from global aquaculture
(2020)Type: Journal ArticleGlobal aquaculture makes an important contribution to food security directly (by increasing food availability and accessibility) and indirectly (as a driver of economic development). In order to enable sustainable expansion ... -
A training dialogue report: Introduction to Climate Services for Aquaculture
(2020)Type: ReportAquaculture is critically important to food and nutrition security in Bangladesh. It provides 60 percent of animal protein requirements for Bangladeshis and makes up 3.65 percent of the country’s GDP . It has pulled more ... -
Training manual for partner NGO staff and Local Service Providers (LSPs) (Bangla version)
(2020)Type: ManualThe capacity building of the partner staff and local service provider is a major activity of the project. This module was develop to build the capacity of the stakeholders. All the components of the project have been ... -
Multi-Stakeholder Information and Communication (MuSIC) Workshop - small-scale fisheries, food security and wholesome nutrition
(2020)Type: Internal ReportVibrant small-scale fishing communities contribute to local food security and wholesome nutrition by providing fresh fish; create spatially dispersed local employment particularly for women; contribute to reduction of ... -
Ten strategies for research quality in distance research during COVID-19 and future food system shocks
(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 ... -
Climate change and options for shortened fish culture seasons (Burmese version)
(2020)Type: BrochureThis leaflet looks at options for site selection, pond preparation, species choice and management practices which will enable farmers to culture fish in shorter culture periods. -
Comprehensive analysis of the existing credit delivery systems in Myanmar & proposed solutions for small scale aquaculture farmers
(2020)Type: Internal ReportThis report is an effort of seasoned microfinance international experts in Myanmar. A comprehensive analysis was carried out to know the current practices and options available to smallholder farmers to access micro-credit ... -
Small Scale Aquaculture (SSA) and COVID-19
(2020)Type: BrochureThe key steps of Small Scale Aquaculture (SSA) farming are framed in the document in a subsequntial manner. It communicates and disseminates the key information on how to generate more produce and income from SSA. In ... -
Success story: Demonstration farmers Shwebo Township (Myanmar Sustainable Aquaculture Programme)
(2020)Type: BriefThis document contain success story from Shwebo Township, Sagaing Region of MYSAP Inland funded by EU and BMZ. -
Lived experiences: Small-scale fishers and fishworkers share their stories
(2020)Type: BlogMillions of people across the globe work in and around small-scale fisheries, which provides them and their communities with vital income, food and nutrition and sustains their culture. Here, we hear from fishers and ... -
Youth participation in small-scale fisheries, aquaculture and value chains in Africa and the Asia-Pacific
(2020)Type: Internal ReportIWMI, a managing partner of FISH, conducted an assessment of youth participation in SSF, aquaculture and value chains between November 2017 and May 2018. The assessment was conducted in Africa and the Asia-Pacific, with a ... -
Rapid Assessment of subsistence fishing and poultry rearing along with horticulture among the household beneficiaries of Phase 3 of Suchana program in Sylhet and Moulvibazar
(2020)Type: Working PaperSuchana: Ending the cycle of undernutrition in Bangladesh is a multi-sectoral nutrition program that aims to achieve a significant reduction in stunting amongst children under two years of age in Sylhet and Moulvibazar ...
