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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetPiloting Marine Cage Farm as a Social Business Brief 2018
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No results found.Under the project “Strengthening resilience and livelihoods of Gazan fishing communities through promoting the establishment of a marine cage farming social business”, the Government of Italy is joining forces with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the Ministry of Agriculture’s Department of Fisheries, to establish a pilot marine cage farm off the coast of the Gaza Strip. The Government of Italy is providing EUR 2 million to address the long-term needs of Gazan fishing communities. Food security and livelihoods in Gaza have been severely impacted by restrictions on the movement of people and goods and access to land and water. Fishers are among the most vulnerable communities experiencing high poverty levels, and high production costs associated with traditional fishing methods and low labour productivity. The establishment of this marine aquaculture zone is intended to encourage the future expansion of the marine aquaculture sector in the Gaza Strip. -
Book (series)Transition from low-value fish to compound feeds in marine cage farming in Asia 2012
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No results found.This technical paper presents the findings of the FAO Regional Technical Cooperation Project TCP/RAS/3203 (D) 'Reducing the dependence on the utilization of trash fish/low-value fish as feed for aquaculture of marine finfish in the Asian Region,' which was implemented between 1 August 2008 and 31 July 2011 in China, Indonesia, Thailand and Viet Nam. It comprises the results of the project components, namely, farmers' participatory on-farm trials and a concurrent survey of farmers' perceptions concerning the use of two feed types and microcredit, environmental impact assessments of the use of both feed types, and a survey and analysis of the potential impacts of a change to pellet feeds on the livelihood prospects of fishers and suppliers of trash fish/low-value fish. An assessment of changes in the perceptions of farmers before and after the farm trials was undertaken, and a final regional stakeholders' workshop was conducted after the completion of all the project components. Incorp orated in the relevant parts of the report are the findings of a follow-up mission conducted 16 months after the end of the project. This mission was designed to confirm the findings, and assess further activities in line with the recommendations made at the final regional stakeholders' workshop. There were indications of the clear benefits to farmers as well as to the environment of adopting pellet feeds. Some indicators were not statistically significant, but present opportunities for addressi ng the constraints to the farmers' adoption of pellet feeds. A dominant finding was that the technical and economic performance from pellet feeds can be considerably enhanced by improving feed management, which was not a common attribute among the trial farmers. Furthermore, overall farm performance, whichever feed type was used, could be improved by introducing better management practices. The environmental impact assessments on the use of the two feed types suggested that good feed management and overall farming practices, and improving the quality of trash fish/low-value fish or pellets reduce the impacts of feed on the water beneath and around the culture sites. In addition, a good culture site where the carrying capacity is not stressed by aquaculture and non-aquaculture activities will considerably reduce the mortality risks from biotic and abiotic hazards. The technical and economic findings of the study were noted by the farmers, and contributed to the changes in their attitude s towards the pellet feeds from negative or neutral to positive. The recommendations of the project included providing the opportunities and enabling the farmers to translate their positive attitude into actual and sustained adoption of pellet feeds. Interventions that would promote the adoption of pellet feeds, among others, would include reasonable credit facility, species and growth-stage-specific feed formulations, farmers being associated to take advantage of economy of scale, and advice on better management practices. A standardized guide for a better management practice in cage mariculture was unanimously requested by the farmers. The impact on the livelihood of fishers and fish suppliers from losing the cage culture industry as a direct market for their trash fish/low-value fish was found to be minimal; they have robust coping mechanisms, which can be strengthened by policy and technical assistance from government. -
ProjectBuilding Agricultural Resilience to Natural Disasters - GCP/GLO/986/ITA 2022
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No results found.The adverse impacts of natural hazard induced disasters on agriculture, through damage to facilities and equipment, and production losses in the crops, livestock, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture subsectors, call for the enhanced mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction (DRR) within and across agriculture sectors. There is an urgent need to identify good practices for disaster risk management (DRM), in particular ‘ex ante’ measures, applied by governments, farmers and other stakeholders to increase resilience to natural hazard induced disasters as the increasing frequency and intensity of these types of disasters, and particularly of climate related hazards, are adversely impacting agriculture. Particular attention was given to the issue of agricultural risk management under the Republic of Italy’s G7 Presidency in 2017. In order to make a concrete contribution to this subject, the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies and Tourism of the Republic of Italy decided to finance a study on building agricultural resilience to natural hazard induced disasters. The current project was the result of that decision.
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