Aquaculture , Poverty Impacts and Livelihoods

An Exploration of Impacts of Aquaculture Production and Marketing on Rural Livelihoods in Three Regions in Bangladesh

The Social Relations of Aquaculture Development in South and Southeast Asia

Aquaculture is equated with the reduction of poverty in discourse advanced by intergovernmental agencies such as FAO. This discourse demands support for the promotion small-scale aquaculture through project-based interventions. There is a lack of convincing empirical evidence to support the efficacy of development interventions of this type however. Meanwhile, huge increases in cultured freshwa...

Impact of Climate Change on Fisheries and Aquaculture Activities in Southern Iraq

The impacts on aquaculture and fisheries sectors from climate change in the southern part of Iraq will likely to be both positive and negative arising from direct and indirect impacts on natural resources. The main elements of climate change that could potentially impact fisheries and aquaculture activities in Iraq are temperature, rain patterns, shortage of freshwater, circulation, upwelling, ...

Capturing Ecosystem Services, Stakeholders' Preferences and Trade-Offs in Coastal Aquaculture Decisions: A Bayesian Belief Network Application

Aquaculture activities are embedded in complex social-ecological systems. However, aquaculture development decisions have tended to be driven by revenue generation, failing to account for interactions with the environment and the full value of the benefits derived from services provided by local ecosystems. Trade-offs resulting from changes in ecosystem services provision and associated impacts...

The livelihood impacts of fishponds integrated within farming systems in Mymensingh District, Bangladesh

Links between the pond and surrounding land for horticulture is a distinctive feature of farming households in Bangladesh. It was hypothesised that the role of fishponds in integrated aquaculture systems has potential towards improving livelihoods and poverty alleviation. Rural and peri-urban settlements in Mymensingh District, Bangladesh were selected for assessing the importance and role of p...