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Increasing productivity and improving livelihoods in aquatic agricultural systems: a review of interventions
Type: Journal Article
The doubling of global food demand by 2050 is driving resurgence in interventions for agricultural intensification. Globally, 700 million people are dependent on floodplain or coastal systems. Increased productivity in ...
Does sustainable intensification offer a pathway to improved food security for aquatic agricultural system-dependent communities?
Type: Book Chapter
Sustainable intensification has recently been developed and adopted as a key concept and driver for research and policy in sustainable agriculture. It includes ecological, economic and social dimensions, where food and ...
Nigeria fish futures. Aquaculture in Nigeria: Increasing Income, Diversifying Diets and Empowering Women. Report of the scoping study
Type: Report
Nigeria is the second-largest aquaculture producer in Africa, with a high demand and preference for
fish among consumers. However, the role and potential of aquaculture to achieve goals for improving
smallholder income, ...
FISH ISC ToR Final
Type: Other
Term of reference of the FISH CRP Independent Steering Committee (ISC)
Msingi East Africa Limited_Assessment of the conditions for the genetic improvement in East Africa: genetic performance, organisational capacity and policy_Final Report
Type: Donor Report
This report provides results from an “Assessment of the Conditions for Genetic Improvement in East Africa: Genetic Performance, Organisational Capacity and Policy”, conducted by WorldFish for Msingi. The study focuses on ...
Benchmarking the environmental performance of best management practice and genetic improvements in Egyptian aquaculture using life cycle assessment
Type: Journal Article
Egyptian aquaculture is gaining importance as an affordable and nutritious source of animal protein among Egyptians. Nile tilapia dominates production (77% of total production), followed by carps (17%) and mullets (11%). ...
Capacitating Farmers and Fishers to Manage Climate Risks in South Asia (CaFFSA)
Type: Brief
Climate variability has a profound influence on fisheries and agriculture in South Asia, including the service industry and value chains. Progress in weather and sub-seasonal/seasonal forecasting has significantly increased ...
Advancing research and development outcomes with fish in regional food systems
Type: Brief
Food systems encompass actors and interactions from production to consumption and disposal of food as well as social, economic and environmental outcomes. Food systems frameworks provide a holistic approach for research ...
COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Asia and Africa’s aquatic food value chains
Type: Journal Article
The COVID-19 pandemic is a shock affecting all areas of the global food system. We tracked the impacts of COVID-19 and associated policy responses on the availability and price of aquatic foods and production inputs during ...
Effect of dietary carbohydrate to lipid ratio on performance of Nile tilapia and enhancement of natural food in pond aquaculture
Type: Journal Article
This study tested the effect of two diets differing in carbohydrate to lipid (CHO:LIP) ratio (4.7 vs. 19.5 g/g) on the contribution of natural food and the total fish production in tilapia ponds. Eight ponds, each divided ...