COSTAL AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MOZAMBIQUE - Pilot project for the development of aquaculture for the socio-econimic improvement of coastal communities in the Maputo Bay area TABLE OF CONTENTS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.   INTRODUCTION

2.   SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

3.   BACKGROUND INFORMATION

3.1   General ecology
3.2   Infrastructure
3.3   Demography
3.4   Constraints to economic growth
3.5   Government strategy for rural development
3.6   Present organization of agricultural production
3.7   Communal villages

4.   POTENTIAL FOR COASTAL AQUACULTURE

4.1   General
4.2   Maputo Bay Area
4.3   State of brackishwater fish farming

5.   THE PROJECT AREA

5.1   Location and physical infrastructure
5.2   Physical features

5.2.1   Topography and elevation
5.2.2   Vegetation
5.2.3   Soil
5.2.4   Hydrology
5.2.5   Climate

5.3   Human resources
5.4   The target group
5.5   Institutions

5.5.1   The institute of fishery development
5.5.2   The Gabinete de Zonas Verdes (G.Z.V.)

6.   THE PROJECT

6.1   Project rationale and organisation
6.2   Technical features

6.2.1   Farming objectives
6.2.2   Culture methods
6.2.3   Pond construction and development

6.3   Benefits and costs
6.4   Strategy for involvement of the target group

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