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  1. Title

    Future for fish in the food and livelihoods of the poor in Asia

    Description
    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.
    Author
    M. Briones; M. M. Dey; M. Ahmed
    Publisher
    The WorldFish Center
    http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/na_2321.pdf
  2. Title

    Gender in agriculture sourcebook, Contents

    Description
    This report (in ten parts) highlights the value of agriculture to the livelihoods of the rural poor and examines the issues surrounding gender equality and women's empowerment in the agricultural sector. This part contains the table of contents and an overview of the report.
    Publisher
    The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; The World Bank Group
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/aj288e/aj288e00.htm
  3. Title

    Gender in agriculture sourcebook, Index

    Description
    This report (in ten parts) highlights the value of agriculture to the livelihoods of the rural poor and examines the issues surrounding gender equality and women's empowerment in the agricultural sector. This part contains the index to this report.
    Publisher
    The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; The World Bank Group
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/aj288e/aj288e00.htm
  4. Title

    Gender in agriculture sourcebook, Module 11: Gender and crises and Module 12: Gender in crop agriculture

    Description
    This report (in ten parts) highlights the value of agriculture to the livelihoods of the rural poor and examines the issues surrounding gender equality and women's empowerment in the agricultural sector. This part contains two modules which examine the connection between agriculture and crises brought on by conflicts and natural disasters and explore the concept that farming is a way out of poverty for women.
    Publisher
    The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; The World Bank Group
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/aj288e/aj288e00.htm
  5. Title

    Gender in agriculture sourcebook, Module 13: Gender in fisheries and aquaculture and Module 14: Gender and livestock

    Description
    This report (in ten parts) highlights the value of agriculture to the livelihoods of the rural poor and examines the issues surrounding gender equality and women's empowerment in the agricultural sector. This part contains two modules which examines gender inequities in the aquaculture and fisheries sector and gender-specific issues in the livestock sector.
    Publisher
    The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; The World Bank Group
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/aj288e/aj288e00.htm
  6. Title

    Gender in agriculture sourcebook, Module 15: Gender and forestry and Module 16: Gender issues in monitoring and evaluation

    Description
    This report (in ten parts) highlights the value of agriculture to the livelihoods of the rural poor and examines the issues surrounding gender equality and women's empowerment in the agricultural sector. This part contains two modules which explores women's and men's role in the forestry sector and provides guidance on how gender can integrated into ongoing monitoring and evaluation.
    Publisher
    The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; The World Bank Group
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/aj288e/aj288e00.htm
  7. Title

    Gender in agriculture sourcebook, Module 1: Gender and food security and Module 2: Gender and agricultural livelihoods

    Description
    This report (in ten parts) highlights the value of agriculture to the livelihoods of the rural poor and examines the issues surrounding gender equality and women's empowerment in the agricultural sector. This part contains two modules which examine women's role in food security and highlights the importance of strengthening agricultural governance.
    Publisher
    The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; The World Bank Group
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/aj288e/aj288e00.htm
  8. Title

    Gender in agriculture sourcebook, Module 3: Gender and rural finance and Module 4: Gender issues in land policy and administration

    Description
    This report (in ten parts) highlights the value of agriculture to the livelihoods of the rural poor and examines the issues surrounding gender equality and women's empowerment in the agricultural sector. This part contains two modules which highlight the critical role of financial services in rural livelihood development and explores the ways that land policy and administration projects can contribute to gender inequality.
    Publisher
    The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; The World Bank Group
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/aj288e/aj288e00.htm
  9. Title

    Gender in agriculture sourcebook, Module 5: Gender and agricultural markets and Module 6: Gender mainstreaming in agricultural water management

    Description
    This report (in ten parts) highlights the value of agriculture to the livelihoods of the rural poor and examines the issues surrounding gender equality and women's empowerment in the agricultural sector. This part contains two modules that examine the limitations of women's access to agricultural markets and analyzes the principal gender issues that arise in agricultural water management projects.
    Publisher
    The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; The World Bank Group
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/aj288e/aj288e00.htm
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    Gender in agriculture sourcebook, Module 7: Gender in agricultural innovation and education and Module 8: Gender issues in agricultural labor

    Description
    This report (in ten parts) highlights the value of agriculture to the livelihoods of the rural poor and examines the issues surrounding gender equality and women's empowerment in the agricultural sector. This part contains two modules which examine gender access to agricultural information and technology and explore gender inequality in the agricultural labor market.
    Publisher
    The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; The World Bank Group
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/aj288e/aj288e00.htm
  11. Title

    Gender in agriculture sourcebook, Module 9: Gender in rural infrastructure for agricultural livelihoods and Module 10: Gender and natural resources management

    Description
    This report (in ten parts) highlights the value of agriculture to the livelihoods of the rural poor and examines the issues surrounding gender equality and women's empowerment in the agricultural sector. This part contains two modules which highlight the importance of including gender equity into rural infrastructure policies and programs and examine the gender-specific issues in natural resources use and management.
    Publisher
    The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; The World Bank Group
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/aj288e/aj288e00.htm
  12. Title

    General considerations for infrastructure planning

    Description
    This working paper report provides guidance for post-earthquake infrastructure development planning for communication, energy, transport and water with examples of lessons learned from post-earthquake recovery programs in India, South Asia and Indonesia. It was written to assist the government of China with post-disaster recovery following the Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008. This report was published by The World Bank in 2010.
    Author
    Geoffrey Read
    Publisher
    The World Bank Group
    https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/10129
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    Genetic diversity and selective breeding of red common carps in China

    Description
    This article reports on studies conducted into knowledge of the quantitative and molecular genetics of red common carp which aimed to understand the genetic diversity and genetic relationship of red common carps in China, to understand the inheritance of color phenotype of Oujiang color carp, to select stable Oujiang color carp with fast growth rate and ornamental Oujian color carp compared with Koi common carp from Japan, to study the culture performance and culture systems suitable for the Oujian color carp in cages and paddies and to extend better quality fish and appropriate culture systems for small scale fish farmers in poor areas. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2001.
    Author
    Li S. F.; Wang C. H.
    Publisher
    The WorldFish Center
    http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/Naga24-3&4/pdf/inga%20news.pdf
  14. Title

    Genetic diversity in wild stocks of the giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii): implications for aquaculture and conservation

    Description
    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.
    Author
    P. B. Mather; M. de Bruyn
    Publisher
    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)

    Description
    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.
    Author
    S. F. Li; W. Q. Cai
    Publisher
    The WorldFish Center
    http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/Naga26-1/pdf/naga_26no1_feature6.pdf
  16. Title

    Getting a grip on climate change in the Philippines: executive report

    Description
    This report reviews the Philippines climate reforms to help finalize and implement the adaptation and disaster risk management and reduction of the climate-related risks to coastal and urban areas and the agriculture and fisheries industries. It discusses the impacts of global climate change affecting the Philippines, the increase of greenhouse gas emissions and the positive impacts of climate change activities as well as identifies a number of barriers that impede sustained change and provides recommendations for strengthening the planning, execution and financing framework, enhancing leadership and accountability and building capacity and managing change. This report was published by The World Bank in 2013.
    Publisher
    The World Bank Group
    https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16525
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    GHG mitigation in India: an overview of the current policy landscape

    Description
    This report provides an overview of the Indian national policies that are likely to reduced greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in India and identifies priorities for effective policy implementation including improved coordination among different levels of government, institutional capacity building and sufficient financing.
    Author
    Neha Pahuja; Nimisha Pandey (Teri); Koyel Mandal; Chayan Bandyopadhyay (IFMR)
    Publisher
    World Resources Institute (WRI)
    http://www.wri.org/sites/default/files/wri_workingpaper_india_final.pdf
  18. Title

    Global carbon cycle

    Description
    This brief report describes the interactions that take place between the carbon cycle, climate and human actions, including the emissions gap, vulnerability, inertia of processes and the systems approach to carbon cycle management. This report was published in 2006.
    Publisher
    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)
    http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001500/150010e.pdf
  19. Title

    Global environmental change and food security

    Description
    This brief report examines how global environmental change (GEC) could threaten food security. It recommends the use of a food system approach to help improve understanding of the interactions between GEC and food security. This report was published in 2010.
    Author
    John Ingram
    Publisher
    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
    http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001897/189745e.pdf
  20. Title

    Global food losses and food waste: extent, causes and prevention

    Description
    This study highlights the food losses that are occurring along the entire food chain, assesses the extent of these losses and identifies causes and possible ways of preventing these losses.
    Author
    Jenny Gustavsson; Christel Cederberg; Ulf Sonesson; Robert van Otterdijk; Alexandre Meybeck
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    http://www.fao.org/3/a-i2697e/index.html
  21. Title

    Global forest resources assessment 2005: Bangladesh: Country reports on bamboo resources

    Description
    This is a 2005 report produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and describes the extent of bamboo resources in Bangladesh. The resource includes many tables such as categories and definitions, data sources, forest ownership, growing stock, biomass stock, and diversity of species.
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/ah771e/ah771e00.pdf
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    Global forest resources assessment 2005: China: Country report on bamboo resources

    Description
    This is a 2005 report produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and describes the extent of bamboo resources in China. The resource includes many tables such as categories and definitions, data sources, forest ownership, growing stock, biomass stock, and diversity of species.
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/ah774e/ah774e00.pdf
  23. Title

    Global forest resources assessment 2005: India: Country reports on bamboo resources

    Description
    This is a 2005 report produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and describes the extent of bamboo resources in India. The resource includes many tables such as categories and definitions, data sources, forest ownership, growing stock, biomass stock, and diversity of species.
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/ah777e/ah777e00.pdf
  24. Title

    Global forest resources assessment 2005: Indonesia: Country report on bamboo resources

    Description
    This is a 2005 report produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and describes the extent of bamboo resources in Indonesia. The resource includes many tables such as categories and definitions, data sources, forest ownership, growing stock, biomass stock, and diversity of species.
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/ah778e/ah778e00.pdf
  25. Title

    Global forest resources assessment 2010: Country report: Bangladesh

    Description
    This 2010 report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations describes forest resources in Bangladesh. Topics covered include growing stock, use of resources, protected areas, forest ownership and management, fires, biomass stock, wood removal, and local and national policies.
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/al453E/al453E.pdf

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