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Climate change and pacific island food systems
Type: Book
Climate change in Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) is projected to have significant impacts, including rising sea-levels, more violent tropical cyclones and droughts. Fish stocks in the tropical regions of ...
Increasing social-ecological resilience within small-scale agriculture in conflict-affected Guatemala
Type: Journal Article
Climate change scenarios suggest largely detrimental impacts on agricultural production from a deterioration of renewable natural resources. Over the last 15 years, a new field of research has focused on the interactions ...
Fish ring microhabitats: Resilience in rice field fisheries
Type: Brief
A habitat is the environment where species such as fish live, feed and breed. A small, specialized area of a habitat (a microhabitat) can be created and managed as a way to attract and encourage a species to use the ...
Climate-smart house: Housing that is cyclone resistant and food, energy and water efficient in Bangladesh
Type: Brief
Since cyclones Sidr (2007) and Aila (2009), communities in southern Bangladesh have increasingly needed to protect their homes and livelihoods from destructive natural disasters. WorldFish embarked on a climate-resilient ...
Vertical agriculture: Suspended horticulture in towers
Type: Brief
The farmers of Bangladesh face many challenges associated with climate change and increases in population. Rising salinity, waterlogging, flooding and storm surges, coupled with a growing population that is expected to ...
Vertical agriculture: Homestead horticulture suspended in sacks
Type: Brief
Suspending horticulture in sacks above the ground can result in higher levels of productivity for vegetables when the challenges of unfertile or saline soil, flooding, waterlogging, and land and water constraints are ...
A step-by-step practical guide for participatory prioritization of climate smart aquaculture in Myanmar
Type: Manual
This document describes a participatory methodology developed to help in prioritization of climate smart aquaculture technologies and practices in Myanmar.
A training dialogue report: Introduction to Climate Services for Aquaculture
Type: Report
Aquaculture is critically important to food and nutrition security in Bangladesh. It provides 60 percent of animal protein requirements for Bangladeshis and makes up 3.65 percent of the country’s GDP . It has pulled more ...
A rights-based perspective on adaptive capacity
Type: Journal Article
Whilst it is increasingly recognised that socio-political contexts shape climate change adaptation decisions and actions at all scales, current modes of development typically fail to recognise or adequately challenge these ...
Building climate-resilient food systems for Pacific Islands
Type: Report
The countries and territories of the Pacific Islands face many challenges in building the three main pillars of food security: availability, access and appropriate use of nutritious food. These challenges arise from factors ...