Aquaculture
According to the World Resources Institute, aquaculture—or fish farming—has grown rapidly to meet world fish demand, more than doubling production between 2000 and 2012. New research shows that aquaculture production will need to more than double again between now and 2050 to meet the demands of a growing population. Resources available in this sub-theme include aquaculture development strategies, country-wide aquaculture project reports, and institutional practices for aquaculture strengthening, among other resources that support improving aquaculture globally.
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Aquaculture Resources
The Context of Small-Scale Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture Systems in Africa: A Case Study of Malawi
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January 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
This study, supplemented by field surveys, summarizes available literature on aquaculture and the context of aquaculture in Malawi. It provides a national case study of one African context in which small-scale aquaculture has developed and in which integrated systems of agriculture-aquaculture...Read more
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Malawi, Sub-Saharan AfricaLessons from Fisheries Development in West Africa Overview
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July 1, 1986U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper is the first in a series of five working papers that present the trend in the development of marine fisheries in West Africa from 1970-1982.Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaSociocultural Issues in West African Fisheries Development
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December 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
The focus of this paper is on the role of social and cultural variables in the development of the small-scale fishery in coastal West Africa. The small-scale marine fisheries of West Africa provide approximately 70 percent of the total marine production. Practically all of the small-scale fishermen...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaTechnical Change and Social Relations in a West African Maritime Fishery: a Development History
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November 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development
The relationship between technological development and socioeconomic change in the maritime fishing industry of the Sierra Leone Peninsula from 1600-1980 is explored in this paper. Positing that technological development in Africa derives from several interrelated factors such as existing...Read more
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Sierra Leone, Sub-Saharan AfricaWest Africa Fisheries Initiatives
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October 9, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development
Summarizes and analyzes the documentation relating to West African fisheries. Also provides synopses, analyses, and evaluations of the relevant institutions, training programs, and donor activities, with a discussion of the prospects for West African fisheries development and management is...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaWorking Bibliography on East African Fisheries
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June 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development
Defining East Africa broadly to include both the nations which bound the Great Lakes and the island nations in the Indian Ocean, this bibliography cites almost 600 sources of information on diverse aspects of the various types of fisheries found in the region. Contents are divided into two main...Read more
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Congo, Dem. Rep., Sub-Saharan AfricaLessons from Fisheries Development in West Africa: Purse Seine/Trawler Construction, Ghana
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June 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development
This publication is one of five working papers that evaluates fisheries development projects in West Africa. This particular paper evaluates the purse seine/trawler construction project in Ghana, and compares the financial data obtained from the operations of the 10 vessels that were constructed by...Read more
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Ghana, Sub-Saharan AfricaLessons from Fisheries Development in West Africa: Oyster Culture Project, Sierra Leone
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June 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development
This publication is one of five working papers that evaluates fisheries development projects in West Africa. This particular paper covers an oyster culture project in Sierra Leona, and discusses the possible factors that led to the non-implementation of the extension phase of the project.Read more
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Sierra Leone, Sub-Saharan AfricaFisheries Resource Assessment
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January 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development
Project to help the Government of Senegal (GOS) to better determine the availability, distribution, and variety of fish off its coastline by providing the GOS Centre de Recherches Oceaniographiques de Dakar-Thiaroye (CRODT) with the hydroacoustic equipment needed to improve its fish-finding and...Read more
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Senegal, Sub-Saharan AfricaReview of Aquaculture Development Activities in Central and West Africa
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August 22, 1979U.S. Agency for International Development
Fish farming is not widely practiced in Central and West Africa despite promotion efforts dating back to the 1940's, the acceptance of fish as a food by the vast majority of people, and the availability of suitable lands. The purpose of this study is to assess the reasons why these efforts...Read more
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