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Economic considerations in introducing integrated agriculture-aquaculture technology
Type: Book Chapter
Instuctions on how to make farm budgets, including monthly cash flows are presented with other economic considerations in introducing integrated agriculture-aquaculture technology to farmers.
Freshwater fish seed resources in Cameroon
Type: Book Chapter
The climate, land and water resources of Cameroon, combined with the high demand for fisheries products, makes this Central African country a high potential area for aquaculture. Fingerling availability and quality have ...
Fish diversity and fish consumption in Bangladesh
Type: Book Chapter
Bangladesh prides itself on being very rich in fish diversity. Its numeroud and diverse inland waterbodies and paddy fields are home to over 267 freshwater fish species. Biodiversity of fish species is important for nutrition ...
A preliminary analysis on the socioeconomic situation of coastal fishing communities in Vietnam
Type: Book Chapter
Fish production in Vietnam increased rapidly from 420 000 t in 1981 to 1 130 680 t in 1998. Likewise, there was an expansion in the number of motorized fishing boats from 29 584 units with an average horsepower (HP) of ...
Interactions between changes in marine ecosystems and human communities
Type: Book Chapter
This chapter discusses how small-scale fisheries dependent human communities are interactive with marine ecosystems. It has shown how changes in the marine ecosystems can impact human fishing communities, and also how the ...
Fish trade in Africa: its characteristics, role and importance
Type: Book Chapter
This chapter focuses on Africa and illustrates some of the ways in which fish trade affects development – with positive, negative and sometimes unclear outcomes. Although Africa is a minor player in global fish trade (Africa ...
Livelihoods and territorialisation of ocean space
Type: Book Chapter
In this chapter we discuss the place of fishing communities and fishing livelihoods within the emerging spatial turn in ocean management. It is argued that the place-specific and mobile livelihood strategies of fishing ...
Coastal resources management, policy and planning in Bangladesh
Type: Book Chapter
This paper reviews the coastal fishery resources of Bangladesh emphasizing the coastal environment, capture fisheries and management issues relative to the sector. Bangladesh’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers an area ...
Synthesis and lessons learned
Type: Book Chapter
Based on the selected case studies from various chapters in the book "Success stories in Asian aquaculture", this chapter further examined the broader set of lessons learned around successes in aquaculture in Asia with the ...
Integrated systems research in nutrition-sensitive landscapes: A Theoretical methodological framework
Type: Book Chapter
Sustainable intensification has recently been developed and adopted as a key concept and driver for research and policy in sustainable agriculture. It includes ecological, economic and social dimensions, where food and ...