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Aquaculture vis-a-vis agriculture
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- This short article examines the effects aquaculture has on agriculture through a study on rice fields skirting three shrimp farms and finds that aquaculture and agriculture can coexist in coastal areas if there are buffer zones between them. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2000.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/aq1.pdf
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Causes of fish depletion - a factor analysis approach
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- This article summarizes the results a study conducted in 54 wetlands across 13 districts of Assam, India to evaluate the causes of fish depletion. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2005.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/na_2326.pdf
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Challenges in sustaining and increasing fish production to combat hunger and poverty in Asia
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- This article discusses the need for a sustainable increase in aquaculture production in Asia to bridge the gap between the supply and the growing demand for fish. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2006.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/na_2347.pdf
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Community-based aquaculture in India - strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
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- This brief research article reviews the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT analysis) of aquaculture programs run by common interest groups working together in India. It also includes an overview of the principles of community-based aquaculture, its resource potential, problem identification for technology implementation and impact assessment. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2001.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/Naga24-1&2/pdf/aquabyte%201.pdf
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Community-based fish culture in seasonal floodplains
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- This brief research article examines the possibility of using flooded land that is temporarily unavailable for crop production to produce a crop of aquatic organisms through case studies of community-based management systems in Bangladesh and Vietnam. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldBank Center, in 2006.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/community.pdf
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Development of giant freshwater prawn broodstock
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- This short article reports on a study which attempted to improve the success of a giant freshwater prawn hatchery through increasing the quality and quantity of broodstock by developing the broodstock near a hatchery to be used for seed production throughout the year. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2000.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/aq3.pdf
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Dietary phytase: an ideal approach for a cost effective and low-polluting aquafeed
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- This article discusses the need for a sustainable, nutritious fish feed and attempts to summarise the effects of phytase on nutrient utilization, growth of fish and aquatic pollution. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2004.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/na_2314.pdf
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Diversification of aquaculture for empowerment to fisheries through Institution Village Linkage Programme (IVLP) in Kerala, India
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- This article describes the implementation of the Institution Village Linking Programme (IVLP) in Elamkunnapuzha, India, which assessed and refined the technologies of the coastal agro ecosystems. It also discusses the resulting yield and benefits. Particular emphasis was put on marginal and small farmers and women for poverty alleviation and equity. This article was originally published in in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2006.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/na_2369.pdf
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Evaluation of the contribution of fisheries and aquaculture to food security in developing countries
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- This article discusses the issue of demand for fish products exceeding the natural supply and some of the ways to develop aquaculture to encourage rapid growth in fish production. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2005.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/na_2324.pdf
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From drawing board to dining table: the success story of the GIFT project
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- This article describes the Genetic Improvement of Farmed Tilapia (GIFT) project, which involved the development of methods for genetic enhancement of tropical finfish using Nile tilapia as a test species, and describes the impacts of the project on the adoption of these methods for other species and the dissemination of improved breeds in several countries in Asia and the Pacific. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2004.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/naga27-3n4/pdf/article01.pdf
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Future for fish in the food and livelihoods of the poor in Asia
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- This article describes the Fish Supply and Demand in Asia project which profiled key technologies in aquaculture and fisheries; analysed policies, the institutional environment and the support services to assess policy options; drew a socioeconomic profile of major stakeholders in the sectors; analysed projections for fish supply and demand in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam; and formulated action plans based on the findings. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2004.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/na_2321.pdf
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Genetic diversity in wild stocks of the giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii): implications for aquaculture and conservation
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- This article discusses the potential use of wild stocks of giant freshwater prawns as a method of improving the genetics of culture stocks and studies the extent and patterns of genetic diversity in wild giant freshwater prawn stocks to assist decisions about the direction of future breeding programs. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2003.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/naga26-4/pdf/naga-26-4-article1.pdf
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Genetic improvement of the herbivorous blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala)
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- This article discusses selection experiments carried out with the herbivorous blunt snout bream or Wuchang bream which examined the effects of mass selection and inbreeding. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2003.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/Naga26-1/pdf/naga_26no1_feature6.pdf
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Half-lives of biological activity of some pesticides in water
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- This article discusses the results of analysis carried out to determine the half-lives of biological activity of pesticides in soft water to attempt to determine a pesticide suitable for use in rice-fish culture. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2001.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/Naga24-3&4/pdf/aquabyte%201.pdf
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High level of hybridisation in three species of Indian major carps
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- This article reports on a study which examined thirty individuals of each species of Indian major carps gathered from a nursery near Bangladesh to determine the extent of genetic erosion through hybridisation which could potentially lead to slower growth of fish within aquaculture. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2004.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/naga27-1n2/pdf/article-13.pdf
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Integrating fish into seasonally flooded rice fields: on-farm trials in Assam, India
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- This article describes two on-farm experiments for integrating rice cultivation and fish production with the intent of contributing to the understanding of how raising fish can improve rice yields, rice-ecosystems and farm incomes. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2006.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/na_2350.pdf
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Integration of freshwater prawn culture with rice farming in Kuttanad, India
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- This article discusses the potential integration of paddy cultivation with prawn/fish culture to effectively utilize the vast embanked coastal flood plains in Kuttanad, India. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2002.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/Naga25-3&4/pdf/NAGA_25no3n4_features_c.pdf
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Investigation of relationship between economy and environment
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- This article discusses the relationship between economic development and environmental change with reference to developments in China. The article was published in the Journal of Geography and Geology Vol. 1, No. 1; May 2009.
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- Canadian Center of Science and Education
- http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jgg/article/view/1823
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Neoliberal mining amid El Nino induced drought in the Philippines
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- This article discusses the issues arising from encouraging large scale mining in the Philippines as a means of encouraging economic development despite the vulnerability of those islands to El Nino induced drought. Mining can affect groundwater resources and potentially make the drought worse. The article was published in the Journal of Geography and Geology; Vol. 5, No. 1; 2013.
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- Canadian Center of Science and Education
- http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jgg/article/view/23214
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Pen fish culture in reservoirs - an alternative to land based nurseries
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- This article describes an experiment to rear carp seed that was carried out in Tamil Nadu, India which aimed to standardize pen fish rearing technology for production of stocking material of desired size at a lower cost as a cheaper alternative to expensive land-based nursery ponds. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2005.
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- The WorldBank Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/na_2328.pdf
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Perspectives from agriculture: advances in livestock breeding - implications for aquaculture genetics
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- This article discusses developments in the design of breeding programs, formulation of breeding objectives and the establishment of genetic evaluation and dissemination systems specifically applied to tilapia and carps. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2006.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/e-Naga/29-3-4/pdf/article6.pdf
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Review of land ecological security evaluation in China
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- This article examines the state of land ecological security evaluation in China, focusing on evaluation scale, evaluation index and evaluation methods. The article was published in the Journal of Geography and Geology Vol. 2, No. 1; September 2010.
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- Canadian Center of Science and Education
- http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jgg/article/view/5781
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Shrimp disease management using bioactive marine secondary metabolites: an eco-friendly approach
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- This article discusses the attempts to control the bacterial disease vibriosis of black tiger shrimp using Marine Secondary Metabolites (MSMs) of seaweed and sponge. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2003.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/Naga26-1/pdf/naga_26no1_feature3.pdf
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Small-scale rural aquaculture in Assam, India - a case study
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- This article discusses a project carried out in Assam, India, with a group of resource poor tribal farmers that revealed that a production of about 1800 kg/ha/yr could be achieved from small seasonal homestead ponds through integrated use of locally available biological resources. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2006.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/na_2349.pdf
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