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Fish, roots, tubers and bananas: opportunities and constraints for agri-food system integration
Type: Journal Article
Agri-food system integration has the potential to increase and add value to agricultural production, reduce cost of and dependency on external inputs, generate additional income to farmers, and encourage the diversification ...
Aspects of the fishery and biology of small pelagic fishes at Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Type: Journal Article
The findings are presented of an investigated conducted to determine the seasonal availability, distribution, abundance and biology of the small pelagic species occurring along the coast of Tanzania. Data are provided ...
Growth, mortality, maturity and length-weight parameters of fishes in Lake Kariba, Africa
Type: Journal Article
This preliminary compilation presents vital parameters for 22 species of freshwater fish from Lake Kariba. The majority of the growth parameters are derived from tables in Balon and Coche's "Lake Kariba: a man-made tropical ...
Food and feeding habits of Synodontis nigrita from the Osun River, SW Nigeria
Type: Journal Article
An investigation was conducted into the food and feeding habits of Synodontis nigrita from the Osun River near Epe, Lagos, Nigeria. The food items in the stomach of the S. nigrita covered a wide spectrum, ranging from ...
Length-weight relationships of fishes from tributaries of the Volta River, Ghana Part 1: Analysis of pooled data sets
Type: Journal Article
The parameters a and b of length-weight relationships of the form W = a L super(b) were estimated for 45 fish species sampled in the Oti, Pru and Black Volta rivers, Ghana. Also, the slope and intercepts of regressional ...
Length-weight relationships of Lake Kariba fishes
Type: Journal Article
The parameters a and b of the length-weight relationship of the form W = aL super(b) were computed for 40 species from tables/graphs presented in E. Balon's Fishes of Lake Kariba, Africa.
Retention of fish biodiversity in a mixed-use agroecosystem in Cambodia
Type: Journal Article
Fisheries of the Mekong Basin are crucial to regional food security. They rely on seasonal monsoon rains that inundate rice fields and reconnect water bodies. Species assemblages vary over time and space, but infrastructure ...
A fish crop may improve rice yields and ricefields
Type: Journal Article
Rice and fish are important in Asian diets. Up to now the supplies of rice and fish have come from differentRice and fish are important in Asian diets. Up to now the supplies of rice and fish have come from different ...
Nudging fisheries and aquaculture research towards food systems
Type: Journal Article
Food system is a powerful concept for understanding and responding to nutrition and sustainability challenges. Food systems integrate social, economic, environmental and health aspects of food production through to ...
Genetic variation in wild populations and farmed stocks of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Madagascar
Type: Journal Article
Four farmed stocks and four wild populations of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), which was first introduced to Madagascar sixty years ago, were assayed for genetic variation at nine microsatellite loci to determine ...