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
Community Participation in Irrigation Management: Case Study of Solma Irrigation Project in East Nepal
Published:
August 1, 1987U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentWinrock International
This report covers hill irrigation in Nepal. Nepal has a high ratio of people to cultivable land. The mountainous terrain forces farmers to use marginal lands on steep slopes that are difficult to irrigate, and yet an increasing population demands intensive farming method, for which irrigation is a...Read more
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NepalSouth East AsiaCommunity Fish Farming in the Tarai: Case Study of Bhawanipur and Hanuman Nagar
Published:
July 1, 1987U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentWinrock International
Fish farming will flourish on badly drained land which is little suited to cultivation or which would need great capital expenditure to make it so. It will flourish in brackish and saline water unsuited for agricultural practices. Drainage water from existing agricultural schemes, which has become...Read more
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