Sustainable aquaculture: Recent submissions
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Certifying catfish in Vietnam and Bangladesh: Who will make the grade and will it matter?
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleCertification is an increasingly pervasive form of market governance through which retailers and NGOs are able to exert control over producers of primary products in order to secure their commercial and institutional ... -
Fundamental considerations about design and sample size in strain comparisons and their implications
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleWell-known formulae for the calculation of the necessary number of animals in strain comparisons are presented. Their use is illustrated with an example with fish. Use of the formulae in the planning and design of strain ... -
Genetic improvement of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) with special reference to the work conducted by the WorldFish Center with the GIFT strain
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleWe mainly (but not exclusively) draw on research and development work carried out by The WorldFish Center (WorldFish). We review in detail the current state of development of a selection program that has had a main focus ... -
Effect of dietary protein to energy ratio on performance of nile tilapia and food web enhancement in semi-intensive pond aquaculture
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleWhen fish have only access to formulated feed, the optimal dietary protein to energy ratio (P:E) for tilapia ranges between 18 and 23 g.MJ<sup>-1</sup>. In pond culture, where natural foods complement administrated feed, ... -
Use of hapas to produce Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) seed in household foodfish ponds: a participatory trial with small-scale farming households in nothwest Bangladesh
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleProduction and supply of fish seed-stock are essential for the promotion of aquaculture. Traditional inland aquaculture was based on the collection of seed-stock from rivers and required the sorting and acclimatising of ... -
Aquaculture development and scenarios of change in fish trade and market access for the poor in Cambodia
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleAquaculture holds considerable potential to contribute to poverty alleviation, if it provides poor people with opportunities other than as primary producers. Integration of aquaculture into poverty reduction programmes ... -
Immanent and interventionist inland Asian aquaculture development and its outcomes
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleAquaculture is equated with the reduction of poverty by intergovernmental agencies such as the FAO, which advocate the promotion of small-scale aquaculture through project-based interventions. There is a lack of convincing ... -
The impact of integrated aquaculture agriculture on small-scale farm sustainability and farmers’ livelihoods: experience from Bangladesh
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleIntensification of agriculture often requires external inputs, has negative environmental effects and increases risk, especially for small-scale producers. Integrated aquaculture-agriculture (IAA) instead uses on-farm ... -
Enhancing benefits from polycultures including tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) within integrated pond-dike systems: a participatory trial with households of varying socio-economic level in rural and peri-urban areas of Bangladesh
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleLinkages between the fish ponds and surrounding land for horticulture are a distinctive feature of farming households in Bangladesh. It was hypothesised that integration of fish ponds in integrated farming system enhances ... -
Giant freshwater prawn culture: Experiences from on-farm trials in the Philippines
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleThis study explored the viability of giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii, locally known as ulang) culture in six regions in the Philippines. Twelve farmer-cooperators employed ulang monoculture and eight ... -
Targeting agricultural research and extension for food security and poverty alleviation: a case study of fish farming in Central Cameroon
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleOver 5 years of participatory on-farm research, market access, profitability, farming systems productivity and economic sustainability were compared on 100 small-scale farms in Central Cameroon. Integration technology based ... -
Inclusive aquaculture: business at the bottom of the aquatic pyramid
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleThrough a SIDA -funded project on small-scale fisheries FAO and partners have been supporting WorldFish Center research into small-scale aquaculture investment. Studies of projects in Bangladesh, India and Indonesia suggest ... -
Genetic evaluation of a complete diallel cross involving three populations of freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) from different geographical regions of India
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleEstimates of additive genetic, reciprocal and average heterosis effects were obtained from a three by three complete diallelcross experiment for giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii. The data were generated in ... -
The incidence of suspected white spot syndrome virus in semi-intensive and extensive shrimp farms in Bangladesh: implications for management
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleThe study was conducted to assess key factors influencing suspected white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) disease and associated shrimp production and economic performance in three contrasting black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) ... -
A comparison of communal and separate rearing of families in selective breeding of common carp (Cyprinus carpio): Estimation of genetic parameters
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleThe objective of this study was to investigate ways of improving the selective breeding program for growth related traits in common carp in Vietnam. A base population was established from six carp stocks following a single ... -
Community-based fish culture: a viable coping strategy for farmers in the Mekong Delta?
(2011)Type: Book ChapterFloodplains are characterized by a period of several months when the land is not available for agriculture and large and open areas are used for fisheries. Enclosures in the flooded areas can be utilized to produce a crop ... -
Integrated aqua-agricultural production systems in the brackish water zones of Bangladesh
(2011)Type: Conference PaperSurveys of exiting farming systems and a series of on-farm trials, conducted under PN10 project of CPWF in Phase 1 revealed that improved technologies could greatly enhance the productivity, reduce crop-shrimp farming ... -
Scaling out enhanced floodplain productivity by poor communities: aquaculture and fisheries in Bangladesh
(2011)Type: Conference PaperPrivate lands in floodplains are vital components of inland natural fisheries but they are increasingly converted to culture-based systems. This raises fish productivity but can adversely affect the poor and biodiversity. ... -
Scaling out enhanced floodplain productivity by poor communities: aquaculture and fisheries in Bangladesh and eastern India
(2011)Type: Conference PaperRearing fish in seasonal floodplains raises productivity but can adversely affect the poor and the biodiversity of important natural fisheries. Equitable community institutions enable poor rural households to cooperate ... -
Aquaculture and food security in Solomon Islands
(2011)Type: Journal ArticlePacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) are some of the most vulnerable nations to climate change. Growing populations, combined with climate change and overfishing of inshore reef fish, will compound food security ...
