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From researcher to farmer: partnerships in integrated aquaculture-agriculture systems in Malawi and Cameroon
Type: Journal Article
The potential for integrating aquaculture with agriculture has been widely recognized as a means of improving the use of inputs, diversifying output and economic opportunity, and enabling smallholder producers to maintain ...
Realizing the potential of integrated aquaculture: evidence from Malawi
Type: Book Chapter
In this chapter, the author discusses the Farmer-Scientist Research Partnership (FSRP) approach established in Malawi.
Aquaculture for African smallholders
Type: Report
This volume report is the findings of the ICLARM-BMZ/GTZ Africa Aquaculture Project (1986-1994). This project studied the smallholder farming systems and developed integrated aquaculture technologies in collaboration with ...
Weed control by adult and juvenile tilapia Tilapia rendalli in rainfed ponds
Type: Journal Article
Two studies were conducted in consecutive years over the time period 14 January to 1 July to determine whether labor-savings and fish growth enhancement could be achieved by stocking Tilapia rendalli directly into ponds ...
Seasonality, labor and integration of aquaculture into southern African smallhold farming systems
Type: Journal Article
Fish production on Malawian smallholdings is generally limited by the quantity and quality of inputs to the pond (Brummett and Noble 1995). The timing of labor availability and other farm activities limit the amount farmers ...
Indigenous species for African aquaculture development
Type: Book Chapter
From the history of introductions and the development of successful aquaculture elsewhere, it appears that the use of exotic species to speed up the rate of aquaculture development in Africa is unlikely to be an efficacious ...