Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific
Email Newsletter, March 2010 |
Success stories in Asian aquaculture - free download!
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The stories in this book reflect the unique nature of Asian aquaculture, providing first-time insight into how and why it has become so successful.
The book demonstrates how the resiliency, adaptability, and innovation of small-scale aquaculture farmers have been crucial to this success. It places aquaculture development in Asia into a wider global context, and describes its relationship to natural systems, social conditions, and economics.
Case studies include striped catfish culture in Vietnam, shrimp farming in Thailand, rice-fish culture in China, genetic improvement of tilapia and many more >> Free download
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Aquaculture publications (free downloads, full text)
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Global Conference on Aquaculture 2010: Update
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9-12 June, Bangkok, Thailand
We are pleased to announce that a keynote address Aquaculture and Sustainable Nutrition Security in a Warming Planet, will be given by Professor Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, winner of the first World Food Prize in 1987 and one of TIME Magazine's "20 most influential Asian people of the 20th century".
The programme will feature regional and global reviews on aquaculture, followed by thematic sessions and expert panel presentations on key issues facing the industry. For a speakers list and more information about the programme please visit:
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The majority of reservoir fisheries in Asia are artisanal and provide livelihoods and nutrition for the rural poor. The project will identify national and regional R&D needs for effective utilisation of reservoirs and lakes for food fish production and develop capacity in management of reservoir fisheries. Smallholder farmer capacity building in ASEAN
This project aims to strengthen the adaptive capacities of rural farming communities to the impacts of climate change. The project focuses on small-scale aquaculture and related sectors that depend on aquatic resources for their livelihoods. The project is working in Indonesia, India, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and Nepal. |
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Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific PO Box 1040, Kasetsart University Post Office, Jatujak, Bangkok 10903, Thailand Phone: +662 561 1728, Fax: +662 561 1727, Email: info@enaca.org |
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