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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 ...
Alleviating poverty through aquaculture: progress, opportunities and improvements
Type: Conference Paper
Significant changes in our understanding of the interrelationships between aquaculture and poverty have occurred in the last decade. In particular, there is a growing realization that the impacts of aquaculture need to be ...
Fisheries and poverty reduction
Type: Report
The purpose of this review is to review historic and contemporary research into fisher poverty. Our review commences by acknowledging the paucity of studies on the levels of (income) poverty within the sector and highlights ...
Impacts of climate change and variability on fish value chains in Uganda
Type: Report
Fish are a significant source of income and food security in Uganda, highly vulnerable to climate and non-climate related drivers of change. This study examines the vulnerability of the fish sector in Uganda as it relates ...
Livelihood Systems and Dynamics of Poverty in a Coastal Province of Vietnam
Type: Book Chapter
It is well recognized in the development literature that movement in and out of poverty is caused by several demographic, economic and natural factors that are within and outside the control of the household. This chapter ...
Small-scale aquaculture development model for rural Nepal
Type: Conference Paper
The majority of rural farmers in Nepal are small holders and their livelihood is based on agriculture. Three projects on small- scale aquaculture, with focus on women’s involvement, were completed in Kathar and Kawasoti ...
Policy, planning and management at the land-water interface
Type: Book Chapter
Historically, land and water management within many coastal deltas has focused on the exclusion of saline water flows that move upstream from the coast. However, this approach fails to recognize the diversity of rural ...
The impact of integrated aquaculture-agriculture on small-scale farms in Southern Malawi
Type: Journal Article
Sustainable agricultural intensification is an urgent challenge for Sub-Saharan Africa. One potential solution is to rely on local farmers’ knowledge for improved management of diverse on-farm resources and integration ...
Towards sustainable development of small-scale fisheries in the Philippines: Experience and lessons learned from eight regional sites
Type: Brief
The focus of this paper is on the governance of small-scale or municipal fisheries in the Philippines in light of the critical role they play in the livelihoods of coastal communities and in the nation as a whole. The ...
Common-pool resources, livelihoods, and resilience: critical challenges for governance in Cambodia
Type: Working Paper
Common-pool resource management is a critical element in the interlocked challenges of food security, nutrition, poverty reduction, and environmental sustainability. This paper examines strategic policy choices and governance ...