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From researcher to farmer: partnerships in integrated aquaculture-agriculture systems in Malawi and Cameroon
Type: Journal Article
The potential for integrating aquaculture with agriculture has been widely recognized as a means of improving the use of inputs, diversifying output and economic opportunity, and enabling smallholder producers to maintain ...
Challenges to sustainable management of the lakes of Malawi
Type: Journal Article
This paper reviews the management challenges facing Malawi lakes and analyzes the management responses that have been developed to deal with these challenges. Malawi lakes are under considerable stress due to high population ...
The Structure and margins of the Lake Chilwa fisheries in Malawi: a value chain analysis
Type: Report
Small freshwater pelagic fisheries in closed lakes are very important to millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa providing livelihoods and nutritional security. However, returns from these fisheries have been shown to ...
Changes in the biomass of chambo in the southeast arm of Lake Malawi: A stock assessment of Oreochromis spp.
Type: Journal Article
Lake Malawi has one of the most diverse fish faunas in the world (500–650 species) and is a major source of protein for the people of Malawi. Chambo (Oreochromis spp.) is one of the most important food fishes; its abundance ...
Reconciling livelihoods and aquatic ecosystem resilience in the lakes of Malawi (Editiorial)
Type: Journal Article
Lakes Malawi, Malombe and Chilwa produce almost all the fish consumed in Malawi. The ecologies of these lakes are very different. These differences present significant challenges in implementing policies and management ...
Land use and cover changes in the Likangala catchment of the Lake Chilwa basin, Malawi: implications for managing a tropical wetland
Type: Journal Article
This study analyses land use and cover changes in the Likangala River catchment of Lake Chilwa, Malawi, an endorheic tropical African lake. It also examines how land use-related physico-chemical and hydrological parameters ...
Culture-based production systems: Options for the chambo in Lake Malawi and Lake Malombe
Type: Conference Paper
The drastic decline of the chambo in Lake Malawi and Lake Malombe has sparked interest in its restoration to reach its maximum sustainable yield (MSY). The paper reviews several options that are applied worldwide and ...
A preliminary study on the feasibility of using fenced brushparks for fish production in Lake Chilwa, Malawi
Type: Journal Article
A study to investigate the feasibility of using fenced brushparks for fish ranching in Lake Chilwa was conducted for five months at the Kachulu Harbor. In a water depth of 1.4 m enclosures constructed from bamboo sticks ...
Effect of stocking size and nutrient inputs on productivity of Oreochromis shiranus in ponds
Type: Report
A study to investigate the effects of three different stocking sizes (5, 10, 20 g) and two isonitrogenous input regimes (maize bran x urea and napier grass x urea) on the production of Oreochromis shiranus was conducted ...
An organic matter and nitrogen dynamics model for the ecological analysis of integrated aquaculture/agriculture systems: II model evaluation and application
Type: Journal Article
The performance of a model developed to simulate organic matter and nitrogen dynamics in integrated aquaculture/agriculture systems was evaluated using sensitivity analysis and model verification procedures with data from ...