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BookletMulti-criteria decision analysis for selection of vulnerable districts: Transforming Indus Basin with climate resilient agriculture and water management 2020
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No results found.Modelling of climate change scenarios for Pakistan indicates that if agriculture and water management in the Indus River Basin continue in a ‘business as usual’ mode, the increase in temperatures and changes in precipitation will pose serious threats to the future livelihoods of farmers and to the Pakistani agricultural sector. In this context, FAO Pakistan has proposed a project to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on “Transforming the Indus Basin with Climate Resilient Agriculture and Water Management”. This project is designed to change that by moving away from ‘business as usual’ in the Basin and shifting agriculture and water management to a new paradigm in which producers are successfully adapting to climate change and are able to sustain their livelihoods. The project objective is to transform agriculture in the Basin by increasing resilience among the most vulnerable farmers and strengthening the Government’s capacity to support their communities to adapt. To ensure the success of the project, an appropriate selection of districts for project interventions is a crucial factor. The Technical team at FAO has employed a detailed Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) technique using GIS for the selection of the district areas. As an outcome of the detailed MCDA analysis, a GIS based vulnerability index has been developed for the districts. Based on the vulnerability index, eight districts in Punjab and Sindh are selected for the implementation of the project. -
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FACTSHEET FOR THE SIXTH WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE, HONG KONG
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No Thumbnail AvailableProjectSite selection criteria for marine finfish netcage culture in Asia
Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia
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No results found.Netcage culture is a popular method of rearing finfish along the coastline. This new technology utilizes little physical facilities, less space, low initial investment and is moderately inexpensive to operate. Another advantage is the easy and fast harvesting of live fish which fetch higher price in the market. There are two general types of cages, floating and stationary. A floating cage is made up of a floating unit from which a single or a series of netcages are suspended. Some of them are mobile and can be easily towed away. A stationary cage, on the other hand, is tied to fixed poles at their corners. In Asia, finfish like grouper (Epinephelus tauvina), seabass (Lates calcarifer), snapper (Lutjanus spp.) and siganid (Siganus spp.) are cultured in commercial scales in tropical countries such as Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Hong Kong. While other finfish like red sea-bream (Pagrosomus major), black sea-bream (Sparus microcephalus), yellow tail (Seriola quinqueradiata), flatfish (Paralichthys olivaceus) etc., are cultured in temperate waters, such as in China, DPRKorea, ROKorea and Japan. Proper site selection for marine netcage culture is of paramount importance as it may considerably affect construction costs, operating costs, growth and survival rate of the fish, and the period of usefulness of the cages. Although floating cages can be usually towed away, sometimes it is not economical to do so
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