Recommendation domains for pond aquaculture: country case study: development and status of freshwater aquaculture in Malawi

This monograph is a result of a 3-year project to produce a decision-support toolkit with supporting databases and case studies to help researchers, planners and extension agents working on freshwater pond aquaculture. The purpose of the work was to provide tools and information to help practitioners identify places and conditions where pond aquaculture can benefit the poor, both as producers and as consumers of fish. This monograph is the case study for Malawi. Written in three parts, it describes the historical background, practices, stakeholder profiles, production levels, economic and institutional environment, policy issues, and prospects for aquaculture in the country. First, it documents the history and current status of the aquaculture in the country. Second, it assesses the technologies and approaches that either succeeded or failed to foster aquaculture development and discusses why. Third, it identifies the key reasons for aquaculture adoption.Pond culture, Freshwater aquaculture, Policies, Economic analysis, Marketing, Trade, Malawi,

Recommendation domains for pond aquaculture

This publication introduces the methods and results of a research project that has developed a set of decision-support tools to identify places and sets of conditions for which a particular target aquaculture technology is considered feasible and therefore good to promote. The tools also identify the nature of constraints to aquaculture development and thereby shed light on appropriate interventions to realize the potential of the target areas. The project results will be useful for policy planners and decision makers in national, regional and local governments and development funding agencies, aquaculture extension workers in regional and local governments, and researchers in aquaculture systems and rural livelihoods. (Document contains 40 pages

Recommendation domains for pond aquaculture

This publication introduces the methods and results of a research project that has developed a set of decision-support tools to identify places and sets of conditions for which a particular target aquaculture technology is considered feasible and therefore good to promote. The tools also identify the nature of constraints to aquaculture development and thereby shed light on appropriate interventions to realize the potential of the target areas. The project results will be useful for policy planners and decision makers in national, regional and local governments and development funding agencies, aquaculture extension workers in regional and local governments, and researchers in aquaculture systems and rural livelihoods.Pond culture, Freshwater aquaculture, GIS

Identifying Sustainable technologies that help address the problem of malnutrition

With the United Nations discussing the adoption of Sustainable Development Goals for the post-2015 era, sustainability is back on the world development agenda. Indicators to monitor development for sustainability at the global or national level have been developed in the past. However, little research has been conducted to lidentify agricultural sustainability at the technology level, although only these technologies will be worthwhile promoting in the future. To assess specific innovations on their sustainability and productivity-enhancing effects, an analytical framework was developed. It comprises all relevant sustainability criteria and was validated through an expert consultation process. In this study, the framework was applied to two productivity-enhancing horticultural innovations contributing to healthy nutrition. The two innovations assessed are suitable specifically for poor and vulnerable people in developing countries, namely riverbed vegetable farming (Nepal) and vegetable production in sacks (Bangladesh). For the assessment process based on the framework, experts were asked to provide information on selected criteria determining the environmental resilience, economic viability, social acceptability and technical appropriateness of an innovation. Additional field studies were conducted for the two selected innovations between March and December 2013 to comprehensively validate the information provided by experts. Composite sustainability indicators were calculated based on the analytical framework with the addition of nutrition-related criteria. Results are presented graphically and compared with reference technologies. The analytical framework is discussed in terms of its applicability to horticultural innovations from the tropics with a data-scarce background.</p