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Preliminary results of integrated pig-fish and duck-fish production tests
Type: Book Chapter
A research project was initiated in 1977 at the Freshwater Aquaculture Center (FAC) of the Central Luzon State University (CLSU) design a fish polyculture system that would provide the highest economic return, giving manure ...
Rice research, technological progress, and poverty: the Bangladesh case
Type: Book Chapter
This case study assesses the impact on poverty of the technological changes in rice cultivation made by IRRI and its national partners in Bangladesh. Modern varieties (MVs) with higher yield potential were first introduced ...
Implications of agricultural innovation on gender norms: gender approaches in aquatic agriculture in Bangladesh
Type: Book Chapter
Studies have shown that gender norms and gender relations restrict the innovation capacity of women in aquatic agricultural systems. This article explores the converse question: in what ways do and can aquatic agricultural ...
Fish and the poor
Type: Book Chapter
To effectively improve fisheries management for the benefit of the poor, this paper argues that management approaches must address the inherent complexity and heterogeneity found in fisheries, and the differing needs of ...
Regional economic integration of the fisheries sector in ASEAN countries
Type: Book Chapter
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is committed to deepening and broadening its internal economic integration and linkages, with the participation of the private sector, to realise an ASEAN Economic Community ...
Improved management, increased culture and consumption of small fish species can improve diets of the rural poor
Type: Book Chapter
In many low-income countries with water resources, small fish species are important for the livelihoods, nutrition and income of the rural poor. The small size of fish favours frequent consumption by and nutrition of the ...
Integrated smallholder agriculture aquaculture in Asia: optimizing trophic flows
Type: Book Chapter
A nutrient modelling approach was applied to show how the combination of crops, trees, livestock, and fish, that is, integrated agriculture-aquaculture (IAA), helps in optimizing trophic flows in Asian rice-based agroecosystems. ...
Tracking nutrient flows in a multi-enterprise farming systems with a mass-balance model (ECOPATH)
Type: Book Chapter
Whether grown for sale or for on-farm consumption, vegetables and other crops are often managed as stand-alone, monoculture enterprises. Integrated farming can help improve the nutrient output-input balance sheet and ...
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.
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 ...