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ProjectDeveloping the World’s First System for the Sustainable Management of Aquatic Genetic Resources - GCP/GLO/970/GER 2024
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No results found.In 2019, FAO published The State of the World’s Aquatic Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, the first global assessment on the status of conservation, sustainable use and development of aquatic genetic resources for food and agriculture (AqGR), particularly those species used in aquaculture and their related farmed types and wild stocks. The assessment highlighted, among other things: a lack of detailed information on AqGR, especially below the species level; inadequate information systems for AqGR; and insufficient standardized mechanisms and terminology for reporting information on AqGR. In response to these identified needs and challenges, the Members of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Commission) requested FAO to develop a global information system for the reporting and monitoring of farmed and wild AqGR. Such an information system should also function as an authoritative tool for monitoring the implementation, by countries, of the FAO Global Plan of Action for the Conservation, Sustainable Use and Development of AqGR (Global Plan of Action). -
Book (series)Draft national strategy on aquatic animal health and biosecurity for the Federated States of Micronesia (2021– 2024) 2020
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No results found.The Federated States of Micronesia’s National Strategy on Aquatic Animal Health 2021–2024, a broad and comprehensive strategy to build and enhance capacity for the management of national aquaculture biosecurity and aquatic animal health, was developed under FAO’s Project TCP/MIC/3603/C2: “National Aquatic Animal Health and Biosecurity Strategy”. The FSM’s NSAAH has taken into consideration a new initiative that FAO and partners have developed – the Progressive Management Pathway for Improving Aquaculture Biosecurity (PMP/AB). The application of the NSAAH has now expanded to fit as an important element of the PMP/AB. This initial strategy document outlines 15 major Programmes that will assist in developing a national approach to overall management of national aquaculture biosecurity and aquatic animal health. To complete this draft document, the Competent Authority (the Department of Resources and Development, R&D) should review the brief summaries of key projects suggested to be of immediate high priority to be accomplished under each of the 15 Programmes, modifying or adding to these as appropriate. The R&D will also need to develop an associated Implementation Plan for the National Strategy on Aquatic Animal Health (NSAAH) that identifies the activities that must be accomplished, the responsible sector(s) (government, private sector, and/or academia), the key staff, details of each project, the time-frame and an associated budget and source of funding (government, private sector, or other source). It is expected that progress toward completion of the various Projects will be reviewed on a regular basis and, beginning in 2023, the NSAAH and its Implementation Plan will be revised and renewed on a 5-year basis. At these intervals, and as national aquaculture development and aquatic biosecurity progresses through completion of Projects, new Programmes and Projects will be added. As an evolving and living document, the NSAAH will contain the national action plans for short-, medium- and long-term phased implementation based on national priorities. -
Book (stand-alone)Focusing small-scale aquaculture and aquatic resource management on poverty alleviation 2002
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No results found.Living aquatic resources play a fundamental role in sustaining the livelihoods of many of the rural poor in Asia, providing crucial buffers to shock and food insecurity, and offering opportunities for diverse and flexible forms of income generation. As with any production-based intervention, the poorest groups face significant constraints to entry into aquaculture. However, aquaculture offers many opportunities for livelihood benefits that other sectors do not. Aquaculture technologies appropria te for poor people are now largely in place. Emphasis must therefore be given to more effective extension of low-cost technologies, appropriate management practices and securing rights of access and control, rather than technical research. This report provides a background to the issues of focusing aquaculture on poverty alleviation based on the conclusions of an expert consultation which was organized in order to provide field-level professionals in Asia with a unique opportunity to come togeth er to share experiences on working in the field of poverty alleviation and aquaculture, and to prepare a platform for future networking.
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