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Suitability for commercial farming and potential yield (crops/y) of Nile tilapia, African catfish and Common carp

 ISO19115/19139 XML

Identification info
Title  Suitability for commercial farming and potential yield (crops/y) of Nile tilapia, African catfish and Common carp
Date  1998-01-01
Date type  Publication: Date identifies when the resource was issued
Edition  First
Presentation form  Digital map: Map represented in raster or vector form
Abstract  Map derived from the combined suitability of areas apt for commercial fish farming development and operation with areas with potential yield (crops/y) of Nile tilapia, African catfish and Common carp for small-scale farming. Areas with suitability for commercial fish farming were derived from the combined suitability of five land-quality factors important for fish farming development and operation; net annual water requirement for shallow ponds, soil and terrain suitability for the construction of fish ponds, potential livestock wastes and agriculture by-products as feed and fertilizer inputs, potential for farm-gate sales and potential market demand. Predictions of growth were based on water temperature, in turn predicted from air temperature and wind velocity data. Gridded values of mean monthly daily minimum and maximum temperatures were obtained from the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies (CRES) at the Australian National University. Mean annual wind velocity was obtained from UNEP/DEIA/GRID-Geneva.
Purpose  The main objective was to map and estimate the areal expanses having suitable to optimum potential for subsistence and commercial warm water fish farming in ponds. A secondary objective was to encourage countries with relatively large potentials for warm water fish farming development to undertake more detailed, national-level studies as a step towards formulating or refining an aquaculture policy and to improve planning for aquaculture development.
Status  Completed: Production of the data has been completed
Descriptive keywords  Africa , Fishery , Fish farming , Commercial farming , Yield , Aquaculture , CIFA Technical Paper 32 .
Descriptive keywords  Africa (place).
Spatial representation type  Grid: Grid data is used to represent geographic data
Language  English
Character set  UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Topic category code  Economy
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Temporal Extent
Begin date  1997-01-01
End date  1998-01-01
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Polygon((-17.3 -34.6,51.1 -34.6,51.1 38.2,-17.3 38.2,-17.3 -34.6))
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Supplemental Information  This map derives from a wider study that evaluates inland fish farming potential at a continental-level, published by J.Aguilar-Manjarrez and S. S. Nath with the title "A strategic reassessment of fish farming potential in Africa". CIFA Technical Paper. No. 32. Rome, FAO. 1998. 170p. This study is a follow-up of an earlier assessment of warm-water fish farming potential in Africa by Kapetsky (1994) with the objective to assess locations and areal expanses that have potential for warm-water and temperate-water fish farming in continental Africa. Resolution 5 km x 5 km.
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OnLine resource  http://www.fao.org/docrep/W8522e/W8522E00.htm#TOC
OnLine resource  http://cres.anu.edu.au/software/africatxt.htm
OnLine resource  http://www.iiasa.ac.at/
Interactive Map  Suitability for commercial farming and potential yield (crops/y) of Nile tilapia, African catfish and Common carp
(OGC-WMS Server: http://data.fao.org/maps/wms?styles=geonetwork_s_comerc_3816_style )
View in Google Earth  Suitability for commercial farming and potential yield (crops/y) of Nile tilapia, African catfish and Common carp   View in Google Earth
Data for download  Suitability for commercial farming and potential yield (crops/y) of Nile tilapia, African catfish and Common carp (GRID format)
Data quality info
Hierarchy level  Dataset: Information applies to the dataset
Statement  Conversion from ASCII files to Arc/Info GRID
Metadata constraints
Access constraints  Copyright: Exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist, distributor
Metadata
File identifier  c1a4aff0-88fd-11da-a88f-000d939bc5d8
Metadata language  English
Character set  UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Date stamp  2009-04-14T15:53:10
Metadata standard name  ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version  1.0
Metadata constraints
Access constraints  Copyright: Exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist, distributor
Maintenance and update frequency  As needed: Data is updated as deemed necessary
Contact
Individual name  Jose Aguilar-Manjarrez
Organisation name  FAO - FIRI
Role  Point of contact: Party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource
Electronic mail address  Jose.AguilarManjarrez@fao.org