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No Thumbnail AvailableBook (series)Integrated agriculture-aquaculture: a primer 2001This primer is an edited and slightly revised version of a previously published integrated agriculture-aquaculture (IAA) technology information kit. It contains 38 contributions in seven sections covering sociocultural, economic and environmental considerations in introducing IAA technologies, overviews and various examples of integrated farming systems including livestock-fish and rice-fish integration, as well as selected aspects of fish feeding and management, and fish breeding and nursing in IAA. The document aims to give decisionmakers concerned with agriculture and rural development an overview and a basis for understanding the principles of IAA, and to help them decide whether to embark on IAA activities and include these in their program portfolio. For those who work directly with farmers, this primer aims at providing good examples of IAA, but it is not intended to be a compilation of procedures that should be strictly followed. Rather, this primer should help convince i ts readers/users that farmers can improve their livelihoods by either introducing IAA, or by further developing the many IAA opportunities on their existing farms.
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ProjectDiversifying Farming through an Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture System - MTF/GLO/101/MSS 2024
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No results found.Integrating fish into rice farming is a diversification strategy that can lead to maximized productivity, increased incomes and improvements in food security and nutrition for rice growing communities. This practice of combining aquaculture and agriculture is widespread in parts of Asia; however, in other areas of the world, farmers lack the technical skills and inputs to implement it. This project concentrated its efforts in Nigeria, which could benefit significantly from farm diversification to combat its high prevalence of undernutrition and undernourishment. The project design included elements to address the issues inhibiting the integration of aquaculture and agriculture in the country, and to develop templates, technological packages and adaptation and mitigation measures for potential challenges to the establishment of the system. At its core, the project sought to refine the aquaculture-agriculture farm diversification methodology to suit agroecosystems and socioeconomic conditions in sub-Saharan Africa, and possibly other regions beyond Asia, with the ultimate aim of scaling up the benefits of this practice globally. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetIntegrated agriculture-aquaculture: an efficient use of resources 2024
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No results found.Integrated agriculture-aquaculture is a sustainable development option. In integrated farming, the waste of one enterprise become inputs of another and, thus, optimize the use of resources and lessen pollution. Moreover, by integrating crops, vegetables, livestock, trees and fish, farming systems benefit from a diversity of genetic resources and the survival of beneficial insects and other wildlife. Production becomes more stable, with more efficient resource use and better environmental conservation. Importantly, this integrated approach can increase dietary diversity and raise consumption of fish with the corresponding nutritional benefits. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has supported integrated agriculture-aquaculture projects across Asia and Africa. In the Lao People's Democratic Republic, FAO has supported farmers as they revive the traditional practice of rice-fish farming by training them to use less rice seed, transplant younger seedlings, and make bio-fertilizer by producing liquid extracted from organic material. In Malawi, FAO trained farmers who were impacted by scarcer rainfall in integrated agriculture-aquaculture and provided them with equipment, fingerlings and fish feed. In Nigeria, FAO helped adapt the practice of rice-fish farming to the local context, training over 727 farmers, young graduate students and extension workers.
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