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Institutional Profiles from the Tonle Sap Lake Region: Findings from Informant Interviews
Type: Report
This report is based on key informant interviews conducted in 6 of the 12 villages in the Tonle Sap Lake Region where the WorldFish-led CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) proposes to work with ...
Solomon Islands: Western Hub scoping report
Type: Working Paper
Aquatic agricultural systems (AAS) are places where farming and fishing in freshwater and/or coastal ecosystems contribute significantly to household income and food security. Globally, the livelihoods of many poor and ...
Improving productivity and environmental performance of aquaculture
Type: Working Paper
Fish--including finfish and shellfish--are an important item in the human food basket, contributing 17 percent of the global animal-based protein supply in 2010. They are an especially valuable food source in developing ...
Strengthening community roles in aquatic resource governance in Uganda
Type: Report
Lake Victoria fisheries face severe environmental stresses. Stocks are declining in a context of increasing population and growing demand for the lake's resources. Rising competition between users is putting conservation ...
CGIAR Research Program on climate change, agriculture and food security
Type: Brief
Climate change is an unprecedented threat to the food security of hundreds of millions of people. Climate change affects agriculture and food security, and likewise, agriculture and natural resource management affect the ...
Flesh characteristics: estimation of genetic parameters and correlated responses to selection for growth rate in the GIFT strain
Type: Journal Article
Genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) has undergone ten generations of selection for harvest body weight in Malaysia, but there have been no reports on genetic parameters for flesh characteristics for this strain. In ...
Value chain analysis of the Egyptian aquaculture feed industry
Type: Report
The commercial aquaculture feed industry in Egypt is growing at a rapid rate. As a result, the number of fish feed mills has increased from just 5 mills producing about 20,000 t per year in 1999, to over 60 mills with a ...
A digital approach to surveys in developing countries
Type: Book Chapter
In this paper, the authors present a methodology developed for gathering socioeconomic and environmental survey data in the field. The system is divided into two interfaces: i) an Android tablet with survey software for ...
Solomon Islands: Western Province situation analysis
Type: Working Paper
Aquatic agricultural systems (AAS) are places where farming and fishing in freshwater and/or coastal ecosystems contribute significantly to household income and food security. Globally, the livelihoods of many poor and ...
Gender situational analysis of the Barotse Floodplain
Type: Report
Zambia's rivers, lakes and wetlands support extensive agriculture, fisheries and livestock production and contribute to the livelihoods of about 3 million people or 25% of the country's population. These aquatic agricultural ...