Fisheries in the drylands of sub-Saharan Africa

Kolding, J.,  van Zwieten, P, Marttin, F and Poulain, F

Fisheries in the drylands of sub-Saharan Africa

Year of publication 2016

Pages 64 p.

Author Kolding, J., van Zwieten, P, Marttin, F and Poulain, F

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-109219-4

Series title FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular

Series number C1118

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) The focus of this review has been on both documenting the general resilience of many fish resources to climatic variability and its underestimation in livelihood importance, including in protracted crisis situations, but also on enhancing the potential supply of fish from dryland areas by better use of the available water bodies, and in particular from small reservoirs.

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In response to an increasing interest in sustainable aquaculture among governments and international donors, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the WorldFish Centre undertook a review of how aquaculture is targeted in sub-Saharan Africa as a first step in the identification of appropriate extension approaches and production strategies that would suit the various technology user-groups. Representatives of senior fisheries management agencies from nine countries in the region met to discuss progress, opportunities and key constraints to aquaculture development. Through a series of presentations, working group sessions and plenary discussions, broad consensus was achieved on the way forward for African aquaculture. In an effort to realize the goals of aquaculture, an attempt was made to develop a set of practical guidelines that can be used by national governments to insure that the major constraints are being addressed and that the major opportuni ties for aquaculture are capitalized upon to increase the contribution of aquaculture to food security and economic growth.

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