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Increasing productivity and improving livelihoods in aquatic agricultural systems: a review of interventions
Type: Journal Article
The doubling of global food demand by 2050 is driving resurgence in interventions for agricultural intensification. Globally, 700 million people are dependent on floodplain or coastal systems. Increased productivity in ...
A bibliography of important tilapias (Pisces: Cichlidae) for aquaculture: Oreochromis macrochir, O. aureus, O. hornorum, O. mossambicus, O. niloticus, Sarotherodon galilaeus, Tilapia rendalli and T. zillii
Type: Book
A supplement to ICLARM Bibliogr. 3. Includes references on Oreochromis macrochir, O. aureus, O. hornorum, O. mossambicus, O. niloticus, Sarotherodon galilaeus, Tilapia rendalli and T. zillii published up to the end of 1983.
APART Six Month Progress Report-4 (Apr 2020-Sept 2020)
Type: Donor Report
The present report includes the following major activities taken up by WorldFish for this project during the period from April, 2020 to September, 2020
Performance of the Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia (GIFT) strain over ten generations of selection in Malaysia
Type: Journal Article
A selection programme using Best Linear Unbiased Prediction (BLUP) method for the estimation of genetic merit was implemented by the Department of Fisheries Malaysia (DOF) in collaboration with the WorldFish Centre. This ...
Demand for fish in Sub-Saharan Africa: the past and the future
Type: Journal Article
The Sub-Saharan region of Africa accounted for only 5.5% of the world's demand for fish from 1989 to 1991, inspite of comprising 9% of the global population. This study was carried out to determine the future demand for ...
Fish consumption in urban Lusaka: The need for aquaculture to improve targeting of the poor
Type: Journal Article
Aquaculture in Zambia is growing and likely to play an important role for food and nutrition security in the country. While outputs in capture fisheries and small-scale aquaculture are stagnating, commercial aquaculture ...
Report of a six month training period with the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management in Taiwan from November 1983 to May 1984
Type: Report
This report deals with some of the experiences during a six months training period undertaken by the author. This field training is part of the requirements for a Masters Degree in fish culture and fisheries at the ...
Aquaculture technology transfer to smallholder farmers in Malawi, Southern Africa
Type: Journal Article
Details are given of activities conducted in Zomba, Malawi, in order to demonstrate new aquaculture technologies and encourage their use by smallholder fish farmers. The following technologies were introduced: napier grass ...
GIZ MYSAP Inland sixth technical progress report - 31 October 2019 - 31 March 2020
Type: Donor Report
This MYSAP Inland technical progress report details the progress of MYSAP Inland activities towards target indicators for the promotion of small-scale aquaculture and improved human nutrition.
Differences in sexual size dimorphism among farmed tilapia species and strains undergoing genetic improvement for body weight
Type: Journal Article
Many tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) farmers produce all-male populations because of the superior growth rate of males compared to females. To investigate differences in body weight at harvest of males and females among different ...








