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Mangrove ecosystem services and payments for blue carbon in Solomon Islands
Type: Brief
The AusAID Development Research Project: Poverty Alleviation, Mangrove Conservation and Climate Change: Carbon offsets as payment for mangrove ecosystem services in Solomon Islands (# 49892) was designed to evaluate the ...
Effect of gypsum treatment on water quality parameters and fish performance in fertilized polyculture earthen ponds
Type: Journal Article
This experiment aimed to study the effect of agriculture gypsum treatment in aquaculture ponds (to raise water total hardness) on the physico-chemical and biological parameters of pond water and fish performance in a ...
A framework to assess national level vulnerability from the perspective of food security: The case of coral reef fisheries
Type: Journal Article
Measuring the vulnerability of human populations to environmental change is increasingly being used to develop appropriate adaptation policies and management plans for different economic sectors. We developed a national-level ...
Genetic improvement of farmed tilapias: Genetic parameters for body weight at harvest in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) during five generations of testing in multiple environments
Type: Journal Article
The main objective of this paper was to report more reliable estimates of the genetic variation and the genotype by test environment interaction for harvest body weight in the GIFT population in the Philippines than could ...
Profitability of small-scale fisheries in Elmina, Ghana
Type: Journal Article
In order to achieve sustainable fishing livelihoods in coastal communities, data on profitability of small-scale fisheries relative to fish species caught and gear types used by fishermen is required as part of a broader ...
FishBase and SeaLifeBase: the database structure can manage data and information on aquatic genetic resources for all marine and freshwater organisms
Type: Book Chapter
An overview of FishBase and SeaLifebase was given.
Commune Agroecosystem Analysis in Cambodia: a guidance manual
Type: Manual
Commune Agroecosystems Analysis (CAEA) is a participatory analysis methodology used by the Department of Agricultural Extension to identify and prioritize agricultural development needs at the commune level. This manual ...
Coral reef economic value and incentives for coral farming in Solomon Islands
Type: Brief
This brief was completed as part of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) National Program in the Solomon Islands. The research project, "Economic valuation of coral reefs and ...
Value chain analysis of the Egyptian aquaculture sector
Type: Conference Paper
Egypt’s aquaculture production (921,585 tonnes in 2010) is by far the largest of any African country and places it 11th in terms of global production. Despite the fact that the aquaculture sector in Egypt is now a mature ...
Building coalitions, creating change: An agenda for gender transformative research in development workshop report. 3-5 October 2012.Penang, Malaysia
Type: Report
There is compelling evidence that increased gender equity can make a significant contribution towards alleviating poverty and increasing food security. But past efforts to integrate gender into agricultural research and ...