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Book (stand-alone)Manual / guideField Identification Guide to the Living Marine Resources of Pakistan 2015
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No results found.This field guide covers the major resource groups likely to be encountered in the fisheries of Pakistan. This includes shrimps, lobsters, crabs, bivalves, gastropods, cephalopods, sharks, batoid fishes, bony fishes, and sea snakes. Each resource group is introduced by a general section on technical terms and measurements pertinent to that group and an illustrated guide to orders and families of the group. The more important species are treated in detail with accounts providing scientific nomencl ature, FAO names in English and French (where available), local names used in Pakistan, diagnostic features, one or more illustrations, maximum size, and notes on fisheries and habitat. The guide is fully indexed and a list of further literature is appended. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookSMALL-SCALE SEED ENTERPRISE
Start-up and Management
2007Also available in:
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) gives a particular attention to seed industry development in developing countries as part of its mission of freeing the world from hunger. Since 1982, FAO has had a continuous history of involvement in the seed sector of Afghanistan, which has resulted in the implementation of several seed projects in close partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and funding from countries including The European Union, Germany , Japan, The Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. This handbook is developed as a guide for the much needed training required by the new small-scale seed enterprises. It focuses on developing entrepreneurial skills and attitudes among farmer groups in Afghanistan who are or will be interested in establishing private seed businesses. -
Book (stand-alone)HandbookInformation and communication technologies for small-scale fisheries (ICT4SSF) - A handbook for fisheries stakeholders
In support of the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication
2020Also available in:
No results found.The aim of this report is to present evidence towards how Information and Communication Technologies for Small-scale Fisheries (ICT4SSF) might enable and support the implementation of the FAO’s Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines). We present case studies of ICT4SSF initiatives in different use areas to identify key themes and reflect on successes and failures. There are very few baselines against which to compare fisher wellbeing and access before and after ICT initiatives, and this gap is an important finding in this report. Thus far, success has only been assessed qualitatively and relatively, in terms of uptake, sustainability and local legitimacy. Still, some ICT4SSF initiatives presented in this document are closely aligned with the Principles for Digital Development and the objectives of the SSF Guidelines. These initiatives highlighted that when ICTs are locally led or developed, or co-designed with end users and marginalised groups, or strengthened already existing networks and technologies, the potential for positive impact is much higher. However, there is much less evidence of proactive confrontation of inequality through data ownership. Further, there are very few examples of developing mechanisms for fishers and fish workers to hold, access or own their data, or legal mechanisms to recognise their ownership, or protect them against misuse or manipulation.