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Community-based aquaculture in India- strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
Type: Journal Article
Community-based aquaculture founded on the principles of common interest groups working together regardless of sex and age has been an effective tool for implementing scientific aquaculture programs in India. Water bodies ...
Collective marketing may help small-scale fish farmers in Africa
Type: Journal Article
Studies in Cameroon have found that aquafarmers with closer access to urban markets were able to sell much higher quantities of fish at higher prices. In recent research on collective marketing involving 32 rural fish ...
Seasonality, labor and integration of aquaculture into southern African smallhold farming systems
Type: Journal Article
Fish production on Malawian smallholdings is generally limited by the quantity and quality of inputs to the pond (Brummett and Noble 1995). The timing of labor availability and other farm activities limit the amount farmers ...
Adoption and Productivity Impact of Modern Rice Varieties in Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
The Bangladesh research system has been continuing to release new rice varieties with novel traits. The improved varieties have spread to nearly two thirds of the rice area. The technological progress has helped Bangladesh ...
Production priorities overshadow genetic quality at African fish hatcheries
Type: Journal Article
Based largely on FAO programs that address rural poverty, small-scale hatcheries have been developed in Africa to produce catfish and tilapia fingerlings. Production practices that fail to maintain genetic diversity, ...
Factors influencing cultivation of the Lilongwe and Linthipe River Banks ni Malawi: a case study of Salima District
Type: Journal Article
The study was conducted to investigate factors that influence farmers to cultivate along the river banks in Salima District, in the Central Region of Malawi. Using logit analysis the study revealed that household size, ...
Genetic improvement of carp reduces poverty, hunger in Asia
Type: Journal Article
Breeding programs for carp species carried out in a number of Asian countries have delivered genetically fast growing strains to farmers and producers. The economic benefits resulting from the programs are substantial. The ...
The farming practices and economics of aquaculture in Thailand
Type: Journal Article
The paper reviews freshwater and coastal aquaculture practices in Thailand, and compares the productivity, costs, and benefits across various types of cultivation and various intensities of production. The paper is based ...
Estimation of genetic change in the GIFT strain of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by comparing contemporary progeny produced by males born in 1991 or in 2003
Type: Journal Article
Genetic change in the Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia (GIFT) Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) was estimated by comparing the performance of the progeny produced from cryopreserved spermatozoa from the base population ...
Simulation of optimal harvesting strategies for small-scale mixed-sex tilapia (Oreochromis shiranus Boulenger 1896) ponds using a bio-economic model
Type: Journal Article
A cohort-based bio-economic biomass growth and economic model, validated with data from experiments conducted in Malawi, was used to identify an optimal harvesting strategy for mixed-sex tilapia ponds.Three harvesting ...