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Fish supply and demand scenarios in Cambodia and perspectives on the future role of aquaculture
Type: Brief
Fish is vital to the well-being and livelihoods to millions of people in the Lower Mekong Basin, many of whom are poor, relying on fish as a major source of animal protein, sometimes the only source. The supply of ‘free’ ...
Sub-Saharan fish trade and nutrition in a changing climate
Type: Brief
There is an increasing ‘fish gap’ in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where fish supplies have failed to keep pace with the region’s growing demand. Despite the high dependence on fish for nutrition in much of the region, consumption ...
Adaptation of floodplain fishing communities to hydro-climatic changes in the Niger basin: lessons learned
Type: Brief
The river floodplain ecosystems of the Sahelian region have recently undergone two major hydrological changes: (i) increased interannual variation in rainfall and (ii) a steep reduction of flood peaks and floodplain ...
Responses to climate change: adaptation pathways to change
Type: Brief
This project, Responding to Climate Change Using an Adaptation Pathways and Decision-making Approach, funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), aims to strengthen coastal and marine resource management in the Coral ...
Aquaculture helping to improve health and nutrition in Bangladesh
Type: Brief
Bangladesh has made important human development gains in recent years, reflected by reductions in poverty, mortality of children under five, and chronic malnutrition. These gains have been achieved in spite of frequent ...
Gender and fisheries: do women support, complement or subsidize men's small-scale fishing activities?
Type: Brief
Women’s involvement in fisheries is more significant than often assumed. According to current estimates from nine major fish producing countries, they comprise 46% of the labor force in smallscale capture fisheries-related ...
Aquaculture and food security in Solomon Islands
Type: Brief
Aquaculture and Food Security in the Solomon Islands (ACIAR Project FIS/2009/061) was formulated to assist the Government of Solomon Islands in better understanding the future demand for aquaculture and particularly to ...
CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food-Systems (FISH) in Myanmar
Type: Brief
Myanmar is a country with central lowlands including a mega delta, ringed by steep rugged highlands. As the second-most important food after rice, fish is an essential component of the diet in Myanmar, where per capita ...
CGIAR Research Program on climate change, agriculture and food security
Type: Brief
Climate change is an unprecedented threat to the food security of hundreds of millions of people. Climate change affects agriculture and food security, and likewise, agriculture and natural resource management affect the ...