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Interventions for improving the productivity and environmental performance of global aquaculture for future food security
Type: Journal Article
Aquatic foods are increasingly being recognized as having an important role to play in an environmentally sustainable and nutritionally sufficient food system. Proposals for increasing aquatic food production often center ...
RESILIENT AQUATIC FOOD SYSTEMS (RAqFS) FOR HEALTHY PEOPLE AND PLANET. STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP REPORT - ZAMBIA
Type: Report
The report describes the stakeholder engagement workshop convened to introduce the AqF Initiative (in particular the AquaPlans work package) to the traditional leaders, community representatives and stakeholders working ...
Success story: Improved fish smoker delivers a superior product – Myanmar language version
Type: Blog
This success story in Myanmar language, details the key lessons learned, technical, social and economic, when piloting an improved design of fish smoker in Kale Township, Sagaing Region of Myanmar
How to enhance the sustainability and inclusiveness of smallholder aquaculture production systems in Zambia?
Type: Journal Article
Fish is a key source of income, food, and nutrition in Zambia, although unlike in the past, capture fisheries no longer meet the national demand for fish. Supply shortfalls created an opportunity to develop the aquaculture ...
Quick fish sampling guide for disease diagnostics - Bacteriology sampling guide
Type: Tool
Bacterial diseases represent one of the major impediments to sustainable aquaculture. Routine screening for bacterial pathogens at various life stages of tilapia, carp and catfish a are important to minimize their introduction ...
Cost effective aquaponics for food security and income of farming households in coastal Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
The word ‘aquaponics’ is a combination of ‘aquaculture’ (fish farming) and hydroponics (cultivation in water). It raises both vegetables and fish in a limited space at a relatively low financial cost by adding diversification ...
Why are cluster farmers adopting more aquaculture technologies and practices? The role of trust and interaction within shrimp farmers' networks in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Type: Journal Article
A common avenue to enable adoption of technologies and practices by small-scale producers is by means of farmer clusters. These are achieved by building networks and partnerships between farmers and other actors within the ...
Morphometric length-weight relationships of wild penaeid shrimps in Malindi-Ungwana Bay: Implications to aquaculture development in Kenya
Type: Journal Article
The present investigation describes the biology of penaeid shrimps and their fishery studies on morphometric length-weight relationships estimated during the two monsoon seasons from Malindi–Ungwana Bay in Kenya. A total ...
SDC_Youth Employment in Aswan Governorate; Extension of fisheries and aquaculture interventions_Semi-Annual Report_(1/7/2017 - 31/12/2017)
Type: Donor Report
Youth Employment in Aswan Governorate project, extension of fisheries and aquaculture, started in July 2017. SDC expressed interest in funding the extension of this project upon the end of first phase of the project in ...
Quick fish sampling guide for disease diagnostics - Histology sampling guide
Type: Tool
During investigation of an abnormal mortality event, fish tissues (or biopsies) for histopathology analysis are collected for disease diagnosis.
Histology consists in the preparation of thin, stained tissue sections for ...