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Water quality research or water quality checking: proposed guidelines
Type: Journal Article
A simple plan is outlined to assist in the design of water quality research and monitoring programmes at aquacultureresearch stations. Before monitoring any programme, a decision on the goals of the aquaculture research to ...
FISHBASE: an information system to support fisheries and aquaculture research
Type: Journal Article
The International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and with the support of the Commission of the European ...
Aquaculture technology transfer to smallholder farmers in Malawi, Southern Africa
Type: Journal Article
Details are given of activities conducted in Zomba, Malawi, in order to demonstrate new aquaculture technologies and encourage their use by smallholder fish farmers. The following technologies were introduced: napier grass ...
Integrated farming in Zimbabwe
Type: Journal Article
Integration of aquaculture with agricul¬ture (integrated farming) provides balanced food production, increases farmers' income, recycles nutrients, protects the environment and optimizes food production where resources are ...
Using the growth performance index Phi to choose species aquaculture: an example from Kuwait
Type: Journal Article
Following a brief account of the advantages of using the growth performance index in choosing species for culture purposes, an examination is made of growth parameters of Epinephelus suilis and Acanthopagrus cuvieri chosen ...
Integration of aquaculture and agriculture: a route to sustainable farming systems
Type: Journal Article
The integration of agriculture and aquaculture as a means of intensifying resource use and improving the productivity of many current farming practices in Southeast Asian and African countries is discussed. A brief account ...
Rural women in aquaculture: Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
This essay told the story of a Bangladesh woman in using integrated small-scale aquaculture technology on her small plot of pond in improving her family's livelihoods.
Down to earth thoughts on conserving aquatic genetic diversity
Type: Journal Article
A discussion is presented on the topic of maintaining genetic diversity in aquatic ecosystems, considering the various threats caused by irreversible damage or loss to the environment. The current situation in aquaculture ...
Smallholder farmers in Malawi adopt and improve technologies from collaborative research
Type: Journal Article
Details are given of the various new technologies demonstrated by ICLARM and the Fisheries Department in Malawito smallholder farmers, which include the following: 1) Use of Pennisetum purpureum as an alternative/supplement ...
Reservoir fisheries and aquaculture development for resettlement in Indonesia
Type: Report
When Indonesia's state electric company constructed two dams along Citarum River to boost its hydroelectric reserves, two new reservoirs were created, agricultural and settled lands were lost, and thousands of families ...