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Polyculture of carps in integrated broiler-cum-fishfarming systems
Type: Book Chapter
A study was undertaken to determine fish species combinations that would result in optimum production levels in integrated broiler raising systems. Its objectives were: (i) to evaluate the production potential of fish in ...
Two new approaches for examining multivariate aquaculture growth data: the "Extended Bayley Plot" and path analysis
Type: Book Chapter
Two new approaches for the multivariate analysis of fish growh in aquaculture are presented.
The tabao of Atulayan: communal use of private property in the Philippines
Type: Book Chapter
The purpose of this paper is threefold: first, to describe a low cost, effective fish aggregating device (FAD) technology; second, to examine the factors sustaining the use of this technology without the extensive outside ...
Current trends in the Asian tilapia industry and the significance of genetically improved tilapia breeds
Type: Book Chapter
Tilapia production is increasing rapidly in Asia, and is one of the most popular aquaculture activities in PR China, Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan and Thailand. The most popular farmed tilapia species is still the Nile ...
Tracking nutrient flows in a multi-enterprise farming systems with a mass-balance model (ECOPATH)
Type: Book Chapter
Whether grown for sale or for on-farm consumption, vegetables and other crops are often managed as stand-alone, monoculture enterprises. Integrated farming can help improve the nutrient output-input balance sheet and ...
Aquaculture for small farmers: a technology development and dissemination strategy
Type: Book Chapter
The International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has been assisting the Bangladesh Agricultural Re-search Council ...
Low input technologies for rural aquaculture development in Bangladesh
Type: Book Chapter
Fish is the main animal protein source for the people of Bangladesh. In spite of vast water resources, fish production is in decline, resulting in protein-energy malnutrition. Farmers participating in on-farm research ...
Aquaculture and sustainable food security in the developing world
Type: Book Chapter
The author discusses the role of aquaculture in food security in the developing world.
Integrated smallholder agriculture aquaculture in Asia: optimizing trophic flows
Type: Book Chapter
A nutrient modelling approach was applied to show how the combination of crops, trees, livestock, and fish, that is, integrated agriculture-aquaculture (IAA), helps in optimizing trophic flows in Asian rice-based agroecosystems. ...
Transition in the contribution of living aquatic resources to sustainable food security
Type: Book Chapter
This paper addresses the outlook for living aquatic resources in food security and how research can contribute to improving that outlook where it matters most for the low-income people in the developing world.