Miscellaneous themes: Recent submissions
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Increasing water productivity in agriculture
(2012)Type: Book ChapterWater productivity is defined as the amount of agricultural output per unit of water depleted and can be applied to crops, trees livestock and fish. This chapter reviews challenges and opportunities to improve water ... -
Beam trawlermen take feet off gas in response to oil price hikes
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleAverage towing speed by Dutch beam trawlermen has fallen substantially between 2002 and 2009. Changes in towing speed are related to changes in oil price. The price of their valuable main target species (sole, Solea vulgaris) ... -
Wetland agroecosystems
(2012)Type: Book ChapterCommencing with a summary of the current status, importance and productivity of natural wetlands the contribution of wetland ecological functions to sustaining vital ecosystem services is then reviewed. Provisioning services, ... -
Community fish refuges in Cambodia: Lesson learned
(2012)Type: BriefCambodia's wetlands cover over 30 percent of the country’s land area and support one of the largest, most diverse and intensive freshwater fisheries in the world. In the flood season (July-February), the flood waters from ... -
Strengthening governance across scales in aquatic agricultural systems
(2012)Type: Working PaperAquatic agricultural systems in developing countries face increasing competition from multiple stakeholders operating from local to national and regional scales over rights to access and use natural resources—land, water, ... -
New species in the old world: Europe as a frontier in biodiversity exploration, a test bed for 21st century taxonomy
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleThe number of described species on the planet is about 1.9 million, with ca. 17,000 new species described annually, mostly from the tropics. However, taxonomy is usually described as a science in crisis, lacking manpower ... -
CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems Roll-Out Handbook. Ver. 1.0. May, 2012
(2012)Type: BookThis handbook is a guide to procedures and practices that should be observed during hub roll-out by the teams coordinating the planning, implementation and reporting of the activities of the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic ... -
Design and implementation of fishery modules in integrated household surveys in developing countries
(2012)Type: ReportFish and other aquatic animals contribute to the food security of citizens of developing countries, both as a source of income and as a component of healthy diets, yet fishing is not currently captured in most integrated ... -
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A guide to mangrove rehabilitation in Solomon Islands
(2012)Type: BrochureThere are about 30 species of mangroves in Solomon Islands, representing 40% of the world’s mangrove species. They can be found on most islands and it is estimated that mangroves here cover an area of about 50 000 hectares. ... -
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2011 Publications catalog
(2012)Type: BookThis catalog lists publications published by The WorldFish Center and papers contributed by the Center’s scientists in 2011. It reflects the outcomes of research carried out in collaboration with partners from 27 countries ... -
Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems: Program summary: Solomon Islands
(2012)Type: BrochureThe Program will achieve impact at multiple scales (household, community, province and national as well as amongst program countries) through pathways that include partnerships, knowledge sharing and learning. In Solomon ... -
CGIAR research program collaboration on NRM impact assessment: workshop report. 12-14 February
(2012)Type: ReportNatural Resource Management (NRM) Research in the CGIAR faces three interlinked impact challenges. First the CGIAR needs to pursue NRM research that achieves reductions in poverty and hunger and does so at scale; second ... -
The WorldFish Center: Solomon Islands
(2012)Type: PosterA poster on role of WorldFish in the Solomon Islands -
Recipe card: Rohu, Mola and mixed small fish
(2012)Type: OtherA postcard of fish recipe from the Feed the Future program -
Trading-off fish biodiversity, food security, and hydropower in the Mekong River Basin
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleThe Mekong River Basin, site of the biggest inland fishery in the world, is undergoing massive hydropower development. Planned dams will block critical fish migration routes between the river's downstream floodplains and ... -
Report on progress 1
(2012)Type: ReportThe CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (CRP AAS) began operations in July 2011 with an initial focus on establishing the key governance, management and science leadership capacities required for successful ... -
Sustainability as a dialogue of values: Challenges to the sociology of development
(2013)Type: Book ChapterEven in an increasingly polarized climate of global policy-making, the ideal of “sustainable development” retains currency across a remarkably broad swath of the political spectrum in debating alternative scenarios for the ...
