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No Thumbnail AvailableProjectProgramme / project reportEconomic feasibility of fish-culture in Zambia 1985
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No results found.Fish is a major source of animal protein in Zambia. During the past 15 years however, Zambians have reduced their fish consumption because of the economic hardships which their country has been through. Even by developing capture fisheries to their full potential, it is doubtful that Zambia could maintain consumption per caput to existing level ten years from now. Therefore additional supplies will have to come from imports or fish-farming. Import potential is very limited due to the existing ba lance of payment problems. In that context, fish-farming represents a promising activity oriented towards one of the country's essential needs. During the past decade, many companies, commercial farms have added fish-farming to their on-going operations. Even if fish-farming is generally marginal compared to their main operation, they have carried it with much enthusiasm and obtained encouraging results. Many have plans for expansion. However, successful fish-farming development depends on ade quate technical back-up which should help fish-farmers in using best development and management methods. Economic analysis indicates that fish-farming can be an attractive financial proposal, mostly when associated with animal husbandry like pig or duck raising, which provides free fertilizer for the ponds. Financial institutions in Zambia have recognized this potential by extending loans for fish-farming development. This report assesses the economic viability of different fish-farming option s. Its conclusions however are related to the existing conditions of the Zambian economy and in particular the balance of payments, which has known growing difficulties in the recent years. Therefore, those conclusions should be adapted, eventually to changing economic conditions. -
Book (series)Working paperFAO’s methodology for damage and loss assessment in agriculture 2020
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This paper presents the FAO Damage and Loss Assessment methodology as a framework for identifying, analyzing and evaluating the impact of disasters on agriculture, including crops, livestock, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry. Its potential is explored as a strategic tool for assembling and interpreting new or existing information to inform risk-related policy decision-making and planning. Furthermore, the FAO methodology is presented in the larger context of the current global resilience agendas, such as the SFDRR, while its linkages and complementarities with similar approaches are explored. In addition, the flexibility of the methodology in terms of estimation and data needs, as well as its ease of use and wide range of applicability are emphasised. -
BookletManual / guideAgricultural extension manual for extension workers 2019
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No results found.In the context of sustainable agricultural development, agricultural extension has a very crucial role to play. The tasks and responsibilities of extension service will need to be broadbased and holistic in contents and scope, thus beyond agricultural technology transfer. Its normal task of transferring and disseminating to farmers appropriate agricultural technologies and good farm practices would not be sufficient. Extension agencies, services, and workers will need to exercise a more proactive and participatory role and serve as knowledge/information "brokers", initiating and facilitating mutually meaningful and equitable knowledge-based transactions among agricultural researchers, trainers, and primary producers. To improve its cost-effectiveness, proper strategies to advocate favorable and explicit agricultural extension policies are needed. Modern strategic planning and quality management tools and approaches should be utilized in developing or restructuring extension organizations or institutions. More innovative methods must be developed to identify systematically farmer’s problems and felt needs, and to help formulate and set agricultural research agenda based on such needs and problems. In short, there is a need to develop and improve the conceptual, technical, and operational methods and tools in order to strategically plan, efficiently manage, and scientifically evaluate a problem-solving, demand-driven and needs-based agricultural extension program. This manual is a practical guide for extension workers in agriculture. It contains simple, easy to follow tools on the commonly used extension methods and an outline of how extension may be planned and implemented.