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Scaling out enhanced floodplain productivity by poor communities: aquaculture and fisheries in Bangladesh
Type: Conference Paper
Private lands in floodplains are vital components of inland natural fisheries but they are increasingly converted to culture-based systems. This raises fish productivity but can adversely affect the poor and biodiversity. ...
Aquaculture options for alternative livelihoods: the experience of the Adivasi Fisheries Project in Bangladesh
Type: Brief
The Adivasi Fisheries Project (AFP) set out in 2007 to help Adivasis in the north and northwest of Bangladesh find new and more sustainable livelihoods. It is based on 2 decades of WorldFish Center research in Bangladesh ...
Women's unpaid labor in the small scale fisheries sector in Malaysia
Type: Report
Recent studies have shown that women are actively involved in the small scale fisheries sector in Malaysia working very often without pay in the family businesses. Activities carried out by women include small-scale fish ...
Contract system boosts Chinese fish production
Type: Journal Article
Fish production in China and government policies on fishery and aquaculture development are discussed. There exist 2 forms of the production contract system operating in the country: National corporation and cooperative ...
Fisheries and aquaculture: The importance of fish for food and nutritional security
Type: Working Paper
This working paper is an attempt to distil what is known currently about the likely impacts of climate change on the commodities and natural resources that comprise the mandate of CGIAR and its 15 Centres. In this WorldFish ...
Impacts of technological interventions on fish production and biodiversity of seasonal floodplains in Bangladesh
Type: Working Paper
The Community-based Fish Culture in Seasonal Floodplains and Irrigation Systems (CBFC) project is a five year research project supported by the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF), with the aim of increasing ...
Aquaculture and fisheries for nutrition: Towards a nutrition-sensitive approach
Type: Journal Article
This article explains the concept of a "nutrition-sensitive approach" to aquaculture and fisheries and provides insights into the ways in which this approach, if widely applied, could create large impacts on the nutritional ...
Impacts of COVID-19 on aquatic food supply chains in Myanmar February – November 2020
Type: Report
We conducted a monthly phone survey with fish supply chain actors in Myanmar to assess impacts of COVID-19 on the availability and price of aquatic foods and production inputs. Respondents answered questions about their ...
Priorities in aquatic resources research in the Asia-Pacific region
Type: Conference Proceedings
This conference proceedings volume consists of 13 extended abstracts of country papers and 4 statements by regional and International Organizations, presented at the First Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Association of ...
Climate change: research to meet the challenges facing fisheries and aquaculture
Type: Brief
Climate change poses new challenges to the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture systems, with serious implications for the 520 million people who depend on them for their livelihoods and the nearly 3 billion people ...