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Rebuilding coastal fisheries livelihoods after the Tsunami: key lessons from past experience
Type: Journal Article
Fishing communities around the Indian Ocean were severely affected by the December 2004 tsunamis. Programs for rebuilding coastal fisheries livelihoods need to address the pre-tsunami situation that was characterized by ...
The WorldFish Center addressing global development needs : strategic research by WorldFish and the CGIAR
Type: Brochure
The work of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) provides a scientific basis for sustainable development. As one of 15 CGIAR research institutes, the WorldFish Center provides expertise on ...
Malawi: fighting poverty - impacts from collaborative research in southern Africa
Type: Brochure
WorldFish established an African aquaculture project office at the National Aquaculture Center in Domasi, Malawi, in 1987 with funding from Deutsche Gesellschaft fiir Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ). The office now services ...
China's accession to the WTO and its implications for the fishery and aquaculture sector
Type: Journal Article
This paper reviews recent developments in China’s fishery and aquaculture sectors, as well as the policies affecting rural households in general and fisheries households in particular. It explores how China’s policies may ...
Inland aquaculture in India : past trend, present status and future prospects
Type: Journal Article
In India, inland aquaculture has emerged as a fast-growing enterprise and a viable alternative to the declining capture fisheries. The present paper is an attempt to assess Indian inland aquaculture with respect to its ...
Community Driven Regulation: Balancing Development and the Environment in Vietnam ( by Dara O'Rourke)
Type: Journal Article
In Community-Driven Regulation, Dara O’Rourke focuses his attention on the other end of the spectrum of civic action, the local level. O’Rourke offers a detailed set of cases from Vietnam that demonstrate how pressure from ...
Addressing global development needs: strategic research by WorldFish and the CGIAR
Type: Brochure
The work of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) provides a scientific basis for sustainable development. As one of 15 CGIAR research institutes, the WorldFish Center provides expertise on ...
Making a difference in Bangladesh
Type: Brochure
For nearly 30 years, WorldFish Center scientists have been working in Bangladesh developing innovative ways for its poorest people to improve their livelihoods through sustainable, equitable and participatory fisheries ...
The good, the bad and the ugly: discourse, policy controversies and the role of science in the politics of shrimp farming development.
Type: Journal Article
This article revisits through a policy analysis the ongoing debate on shrimp farming aquaculture. It describes the changes in policy orientations that have takenplace in recent years, and tries to relate them to the advocacy ...
Fisheries and the millennium development goals : solutions for Africa
Type: Brief
Africa, and in particular sub-Saharan Africa, stands out as facing tremendous difficulties in achieving even modest progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Today, over 46% of Africans live in absolute ...