Secretariat Publications and Reports on Aquaculturehttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/46412024-03-28T09:39:09Z2024-03-28T09:39:09ZCommunity-based aquaculture in India - strength, weakness, opportunity and threatsRadheyshyamhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/46562021-11-28T03:07:46Z2008-01-01T00:00:00ZCommunity-based aquaculture in India - strength, weakness, opportunity and threats
Radheyshyam
Community-based aquaculture founded on the principles of common interest groups working together regardless of sex and age has been an effective tool for implementing scientific aquaculture programs in India. Water bodies that do not interest villagers are targeted for use to avoid communal problems. Farmers who share common interests are identified and organized and a team leader chosen among them. An inventory of resources using the SWOT analysis is made. A participatory approach to identify major problems, socioeconomic and biophysical constraints is used and appropriate interventions are planned. This process is then evaluated and the results of the impact assessment are provided to research/extension/policy planners for setting directions and priorities for further improvement. The potential for expanding community aquaculture for generating self-employment and improving food security of the rural poor as well as improving the environmental conditions of the villages in India can be further tapped.
2008-01-01T00:00:00ZBusiness planning and management for sustainable small-scale rural aquaculture ventureAgbayani, Renato F.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/46552021-11-28T03:07:46Z2008-01-01T00:00:00ZBusiness planning and management for sustainable small-scale rural aquaculture venture
Agbayani, Renato F.
This material is for use in training courses in business planning and management for small-scale aquaculture ventures. It contains a format or content outline of a Business Plan for Sustainable Small-Scale Rural Aquaculture Venture that serves as guide for the preparation of a business plan. This deviates from the standard business plans and feasibility studies in that it deals not only with the usual concerns on technical, market and financial viabilities of a business enterprise but also with factors and issues relating to the sustainability of natural resources and social equity. True, profit and growth are still the primordial concerns of any business, but there has been a paradigm shift that goes beyond profit. The emerging business models now take into account in their planning and management strategies external concerns that, in the long run, will affect the bottom-line figures of their operations and the stability of the society in which they operate. [Extract]
2008-01-01T00:00:00ZTechnology transfer of aquaculture technologies: Framework and strategiesAgbayani, Renato F.Sumagaysay-Chavoso, NeilaToledo, Joebert D.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/46542021-11-28T03:07:46Z2008-01-01T00:00:00ZTechnology transfer of aquaculture technologies: Framework and strategies
Agbayani, Renato F.; Sumagaysay-Chavoso, Neila; Toledo, Joebert D.
All over the world, aquaculture has been the fastest growing food production system for almost two decades now. Aquaculture provides 43% of the fish consumed worldwide (FAO 2006). The growing dependence on aquaculture to fill the increasing demand for fish is due to dwindling catch from the wild. Many developing countries, especially in Southeast Asia, look upon aquaculture to help address food and livelihood problems. To promote the development of aquaculture, governments have invested on aquaculture research and development (R&D), provided tax incentives to companies that are engaged in aquaculture and related enterprises, and formulated policies in support of aquaculture and aquaculture-related industries. [Extract]
2008-01-01T00:00:00ZUnderstanding community-based aquaculture through participatory approachesAgbayani, Renato F.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/46532021-11-28T03:07:46Z2008-01-01T00:00:00ZUnderstanding community-based aquaculture through participatory approaches
Agbayani, Renato F.
A comprehensive analysis of village conditions will require sufficient time and resources. More often, there is not much time and resources in doing social analysis of the conditions of a community for effective community-based natural resource management. In view of this, there has been growing interest in doing rapid and participatory appraisal of rural communities for collaborative decision-making purposes. [Extract]
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