Report of the

FAO/CIFA/NACA Expert Consultation on the Intensification of Food Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries through Aquaculture

Bhubaneswar, India, 16-19 October 2001

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2003

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Report of the FAO/CIFA/NACA Expert Consultation on the Intensification of Food Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries through Aquaculture. Bhubaneswar, India, 16-19 October 2001.

FAO Fisheries Report. No. 718. Rome, FAO. 2003. 58p.

ABSTRACT

The FAO Fisheries Department promotes sustainable intensification of food production through aquaculture, particularly in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs). As part of this initiative, an Expert Consultation was held from 16 to 19 October 2001, in Bhubaneswar, India, to review the technical issues associated with sustainable intensification of food production through aquaculture in the countries of South Asia. The FAO, the Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA, Bhubaneswar, India) and the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA), carried out this activity as a cooperative effort.

The overall goal of the Expert Consultation was to facilitate the preparation of draft Technical Guidelines on Aquaculture Nutrition and Environmental Health Management for the Sustainable Intensification of Food Production through Aquaculture in LIFDCs in South Asia. The Expert Consultation helped in consolidating the information, experiences, ideas and findings related to intensification of freshwater aquaculture systems with focus on nutrition, disease and health management, and environmental management. The Expert Consultation brought participation and contributions of major stakeholders, including producers, national aquaculture experts, government planners and policy makers.

The Expert Consultation focused on major issues related to intensification, particularly on (i) water use and environment, (ii) nutrition and feeding, (iii) diseases and health management, and (iv) seed resources. The Expert Consultation will benefit planners and policy makers, technical specialists and primary producers of this Asian region as well other regions.