This handbook aims to enhance the entrepreneurial capacity of small producers in the tilapia value chain. It describes the principles involved and explains the practical skills in analyzing situations and designing an efficient business arrangement that would increase opportunities for business partners to participate in and effectively access the target market.  It is designed as a learning resource for training...

  Halwart, M. and M.V. Gupta (eds.) 2004. Culture of fish in rice fields. FAO and The WorldFish Center, 83 p.   Rice today is grown in 113 countries in the world in a wide range of ecological conditions and water regimes. The cultivation of most rice crops in irrigated, rainfed and deepwater systems offers a suitable environment for fish and...

Aquaculture techniques for backyard rural aquaculture in Lao PDR (Lao language).  This document contains some extension materials prepared in Lao language developed by the Department of Livestock and Fisheries of Lao PDR during the Provincial Aquaculture Development Project (LAO/97/007).  There are short training sheets covering: basic techniques for small pond aquaculture, the nursing of fish in net cages, the formation...

  Lao PDR is a land locked country located within Southeast Asia and has a wide range of climatic environments. The country is composed of mountainous upland regions and lowland plains with a total area of approximately 236,800 km2. Upland areas constitute approximately 75% of the total area of the country, with the lowlands occupying approximately 60,000 km2. The country has...