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WorldFish in Egypt
Type: Brief
Since launching its research program in Egypt in 1998, WorldFish has delivered high quality, practical research related to the country's aquaculture and fishery sector. A key research focus has been on improving fish ...
Carp genetic improvement programs
Type: Brief
The Carp Genetic Improvement Program is the only program of its kind in the world concentrating on catla and silver carp as well as being the largest familybased selection program for rohu. The methods are similar to those ...
Program Partnerships
Type: Brief
Effective partnership is central to the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agriculture Systems (AAS). We recognize that many organizations are working to improve the lives of people living in aquatic agricultural systems, ...
Aquaculture's unrealised potential: an ASARECA funded partnership learning programme for the fisheries sector
Type: Brief
The potential of aquaculture to reduce poverty and hunger has been recognised in Africa. However, growth in the sector has been limited up-to-now, providing less than 2% of total fish production. In Eastern and Central ...
Responses to climate change: adaptation pathways to change
Type: Brief
This project, Responding to Climate Change Using an Adaptation Pathways and Decision-making Approach, funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), aims to strengthen coastal and marine resource management in the Coral ...
Economic analysis of climate change adaptation strategies in selected coastal areas in Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam
Type: Brief
Climate change with its attendant geophysical hazards is well studied. A great deal of attention has gone into analyzing climate change impacts as well as searching out possible mitigating adaptive strategies. These matters ...
Supporting community-based resource management in Solomon Islands: The role of provincial governments
Type: Brief
Rural communities in Solomon Islands rely heavily on coastal fisheries for food and income. However, coral reefs, mangroves and seagrass are degrading in many areas because of overharvesting, pollution and unsustainable ...
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 ...
Engaging the private sector to address conflict in natural resource management
Type: Brief
International investments in agroindustry present a growing source of tension for local populations who rely on land, forests, water and fisheries for their livelihoods, particularly where local tenure security is put at ...
Supporting gender-inclusive dialogue over natural resource management
Type: Brief
Rural households who fail to gain a voice in decisions over the management of shared forests, pasturelands, wetlands and fisheries face heightened risks to their livelihoods, particularly as competition increases between ...