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Coping with the Double Crisis: Lake Chilwa Recession and the Great Depression on Chisi Island in Colonial Malawi, 1930-1935
Type: Journal Article
During the 1930s, people in the Lake Chilwa Basin in Malawi had to cope with both the drying up of Lake Chilwa and the global economic depression. We chose to describe this confluence on Chisi Island as the 'double crisis,' ...
GIZ_First yearly technical report on "Golden Standard Plus for Commercial Pond Aquaculture" May 2019 – December 2019
Type: Donor Report
This research project aims at supporting fish farmers to shift from “subsistence” to farming as a business by developing a proof on concept for sustainable commercial aquaculture in Malawi. The proofed concept will establish ...
Building adaptive capacity to climate change; approaches applied in five diverse fisheries settings
Type: Brief
Climate 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 ...
Fish farming trainers' guide - Pond Aquaculture
Type: Manual
The Malawi Gold Standard Aquaculture Production System was reviewed and revised, and its associate 8 training modules were developed. Some of these modules include: Introduction to fish farming and production systems; Fish ...
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 ...
A Governance analysis of the Barotse Floodplain System, Zambia: Identifying obstacles and opportunities
Type: Working Paper
The Barotse floodplain is an ecosystem characterized by a paradox of widespread poverty amidst high ecological and agricultural potential. The CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) seeks to address ...
CIP_Third Narrative Reports Kulima - Worldfish_May 2019 to July 2019
Type: Donor Report
This third technical report highlights achievements made in regard to two result areas namely (1) Improved organization and delivery of national research and extension services and (2) Supply system of appropriate inputs ...
Uni of Malawi_Gender Inclusive Financing for Scaling up Improved Fish Processing Technologies in Malawi_Final Report_October 2018 - April 2021
Type: Donor Report
Final Technical Report for CultiAF project October 2018 - April 2021.
Analysis of bio-resource utilization in integrated agriculture-aquaculture farming systems in Zomba District, Southern Malawi
Type: Journal Article
A bio-resource flow analysis using participatory resource mapping was conducted in Chingale Area, west of Zomba District in southern Malawi. The analysis was aimed at providing the basis for designing an integrated ...
Children and wild foods in the context of deforestation in rural Malawi
Type: Journal Article
There is growing recognition of the contribution of wild foods to local diets, nutrition, and culture. Yet disaggregation of understanding of wild food use by gender and age is limited. We used a mixed methods approach to ...