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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 ...
Year 1 operational report: Improving employment and income through development of Egypt’s aquaculture sector (IEIDEAS) project
Type: Report
Implementation of the SDC funded project ‘Improving Employment and Income through Development of Egypt’s Aquaculture Sector’ commenced on 1st December 2011 and will continue until late 2014. This report summarizes the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Evolution of shrimp aquaculture systems in the coastal zones of Bangladesh and Vietnam: a comparison
Type: Book Chapter
Based on on-farm surveys implemented in the Ganges Delta in Bangladesh and the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, the dynamics of shrimp aquaculture in salinity-influenced coastal areas were analysed. Qualitative data were collected ...
Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Aquaculture Compact
Type: Brief
The Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) program, funded by the African Development Bank, is a knowledge- and innovation-based response to the need to scale up proven technologies across Africa. The ...
Lagoon livelihoods: gender and shell money in Langalanga, Solomon Islands
Type: Journal Article
Gender shapes livelihoods through access to resources and the distribution of benefits from economic activities. To work effectively with local people, resource management and community development initiatives should ...
Smoked marine fish from Western Region, Ghana: a value chain assessment
Type: Report
The value chain analysis of ths report focused on smoked marine fish- overwhelmingly the most important fish product originating in Western Region, Ghana. Smoked fish from Western Region is mainly destined for the domestic ...
Value-chain analysis of Egyptian aquaculture [in Arabic]
Type: Report
Egypt’s aquaculture production (705,490 tonnes in 2009) is by far the largest of any African country and places it 11th in terms of global production. The aquaculture sector makes a significant contribution to income, ...
Value chain analysis of Egyptian fish seed production
Type: Conference Paper
The current study is designed to provide more information on one of the main inputs for the Egyptian aquaculture value chains, i.e., the supply of fish seed. The study focused on the four selected governorates, namely ...