Support shrimp and prawn disease investigation work with USDA Winrock funded SAFETI project

The GIFT project is a major strategic research initiative in applied genetics and breeding in tropical aquaculture. The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) was selected as a pilot species for the GIFT project because of ...

An account is given on the history and establishment of the Biological research program at the University of San Carlos, Cebu, Philippines

Roles of science in assisting natural resource management are discussed emphasizing on how science can best serve fisheries and natural resource management objectives.

Most small waterbodies were built for irrigation and/or drinking water storage for humans and livestock, but have also been shown to play an important role in watershed management. Apart from natural lakes, small waterbodies ...

The number of described species on the planet is about 1.9 million, with ca. 17,000 new species described annually, mostly from the tropics. However, taxonomy is usually described as a science in crisis, lacking manpower ...

By bringing together diverse stakeholders in a collaborative process, a WorldFish initiative has strengthened the collective capacity of an emerging grassroots network of fishing communities to: identify and articulate ...

The USAID-funded Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia in Bangladesh (CSISA-BD) project is a five-year initiative implemented through a collaboration between three CGIAR member centers, the International Rice Research ...

This essay presents evidence that check marks on the hard parts of tropical fishes can be used for aging these, in spite of the small seasonal temperature and other environmental oscillations prevailing in the tropics. The ...

During the stated period, WorldFish has conducted second round Beel User Group(BUG) member’s household livelihood study. Study covered 25 sample waterbodies from projects waterbodies and 5 sample households from each sample ...