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Impacts of climate variability and change on fishery-based livelihoods
Type: Journal Article
There is increasing concern over the consequences of global warming for the food security and livelihoods of the world’s 36million fisherfolk and the nearly 1.5 billion consumers who rely on fish for more than 20% of their ...
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 ...
Challenges to sustainable management of the lakes of Malawi
Type: Journal Article
This paper reviews the management challenges facing Malawi lakes and analyzes the management responses that have been developed to deal with these challenges. Malawi lakes are under considerable stress due to high population ...
Redistribution of water use and benefits among hydropower affected communities in Lao PDR
Type: Journal Article
In this paper, we assess how resettlement and changes in water access have altered livelihoods of local communities upstream of the Theun Hinboun Expansion Project in Lao PDR. Based on household surveys conducted both ...
Not by rent alone: analysing the pro-poor functions of small-scale fisheries in developing countries
Type: Journal Article
The dominant view in academic and policy arenas is increasingly one in which the major contribution of capture fisheries to development should be derived from the capacity of society to maximise the economic rent of fishery ...
Livelihoods and fisheries governance in a contemporary Pacific Island setting
Type: Journal Article
Inshore marine resources play an important role in the livelihoods of Pacific Island coastal communities. However, such reliance can be detrimental to inshore marine ecosystems. Understanding the livelihoods of coastal ...
Asset or liability? Aquaculture in a natural disaster prone area
Type: Journal Article
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of aquaculture in improving a familys ability to cope with disasters like cyclones. Small-scale aquaculture is expanding in deltas globally. This work, therefore, seeks to ...
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 ...
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 ...
Reconciling livelihoods and aquatic ecosystem resilience in the lakes of Malawi (Editiorial)
Type: Journal Article
Lakes Malawi, Malombe and Chilwa produce almost all the fish consumed in Malawi. The ecologies of these lakes are very different. These differences present significant challenges in implementing policies and management ...