When Indonesia's state electric company constructed two dams along Citarum River to boost its hydroelectric reserves, two new reservoirs were created, agricultural and settled lands were lost, and thousands of families were displaced. This book gives the results of research conducted to help...

A summary report on the ICLARM-GTZ/Malawi Fisheries Department/University of Malawi International Conference in Zomba, Malawi, on 2-6 April 1990. Contains abstracts of the papers, which attempt to identify the reasons why the progress of aquaculture in Africa has been slow. With Malawi as a case...

Full proceedings of the 1983 PCARRD-ICLARM Workshop on Philippine Tilapia Economics held at Laguna, Philippines. The workshop brought together Philippine researchers who had conducted economic analyses of tilapia operations. Contains 18 papers, working group reports, discussions and recommendations.

Recommendations from the 1990 international conference on environment and aquaculture in developing countries.

This volume contains brief papers which review the socioeconomic and biophysical environment in which integrated aquaculture must function in subSaharan Africa; presentations of experiences from research and the field, including both biotechnical and anthropological studies; and a summary of...

Highlights the traditional importance of giant clams, and how participatory farming research can best be carried out within the islands' culture.

China is a large and rapidly developing country. Fisheries and aquaculture have been prominent sectors in the contribution to GDP and the provision of food security, export revenue, and livelihoods for the poor. The rapid development has come at some cost to the environment and the...

A study summarizing available literature on aquaculture and small-scale aquaculture in Malawi. It gives a national case study of one African context in which small-scale aquaculture has developed, and in which integrated systems of agriculture-aquaculture might be promoted.