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Giant clams
Type: Book Chapter
Adapting fish farming to HIV/AIDS affected families
Type: Brochure
This brochure captures the testimony of the Chingale community in Malawi, who benefited from this joint aquaculture project between World Vision and WorldFish through improved nutrition in their fight against HIV/AIDS and ...
Vulnerability of national economies to the impacts of climate change on fisheries
Type: Journal Article
Anthropogenic global warming has significantly influenced physical and biological processes at global and regional scales. The observed and anticipated changes in global climate present significant opportunities and ...
Gleaner, fisher, trader, processor: understanding gendered employment in fisheries and aquaculture
Type: Journal Article
Most research on gender difference or inequities in capture fisheries and aquaculture in Africa and the Asia-Pacific focuses on the gender division of labour. Emerging research on globalization, market changes, poverty and ...
Mating systems and male reproductive success in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus): a microsatelite analysis
Type: Journal Article
Fry production in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus is typically achieved by mass spawning of males and females stocked in large hapas suspended in ponds. In such spawning aggregations, territorial behavior and reproductive ...
Review of social science literature on risk and vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in fishing communities in Sub-Saharan Africa
Type: Report
The WorldFish Center and FAO are implementing a regional programme entitled "Fisheries and HIV/AIDS in Africa; investing in sustainable solutions", funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) ...
Traditional management systems, poverty and change in the arid zone fisheries of northern Nigeria
Type: Journal Article
This paper, basd on fieldwork results, explores traditional mangement systems (TMS) in the arid zone fisheries of north-eastern Nigeria with particular reference to their impact on rural poverty. The first section provides ...
Coping with resettlement: A livelihood adaptation analysis in the Mekong River basin
Type: Journal Article
A major driver of change in the Mekong River basin relates to hydropower development and the consequent changes in landscape and natural resource access regime that it induces. In this paper, we examine how the livelihoods ...
Effect of dietary protein to energy ratio on performance of nile tilapia and food web enhancement in semi-intensive pond aquaculture
Type: Journal Article
When fish have only access to formulated feed, the optimal dietary protein to energy ratio (P:E) for tilapia ranges between 18 and 23 g.MJ<sup>-1</sup>. In pond culture, where natural foods complement administrated feed, ...
Profitability of the farming systems and contribution of small-scale aquaculture in Bangladesh
Type: Working Paper
This paper summarizes the results from monitoring 200 whole-farm systems in Bangladesh during 1998-1999. Sample farms were drawn from among those participating in an ICLARM - sponsored aquaculture demonstration effort ...






