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Improving Fishers’ Livelihoods: Better Fisheries Management & Improved Aquaculture

Natural Resources Knowledge
Collections of summaries describing key outputs from projects run by DFID's recently completed 10-year Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS) programmes.
Audience: Fishing Communities
Production and Management
Dealing with Pests and Diseases
Improved Marketing and Innovation
Improved Information and Tools
   
Production and Management of Fisheries and Aquaculture:
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Research Outputs
Cluster
Agriculture-aquaculture mix boosts productivity - Integrated aquatic production for rural livelihoods
AFGP04
Household hatcheries are a major breakthrough in small-scale fish farming - Partnerships in aquatic seed: Developing quality seed networks for diversified and profitable aquaculture
AFGP01
Foods from water bodies improve life for the very poor - Short-crop aqautic production
AFGP02
Huge potential for safe fish and vegetable production in urban areas - Local aquatic food for cities
AFGP03
Fish genetic networks boost production - Networks for genetic management for biodiversity and production gain to meet food supply and environmental quality goals in aquaculture and stocked fisheries
AFGP09
Opportunities in sustainable coastal aquaculture for the very poor - Promoting opportunities for sustainable coastal aquaculture
AFGP10
Best practices for fisheries - Improving policy for fishery management: maximising potential for economic growth and poverty reduction
FMSP02
Lessening risks for fishers in climate-change hot spots - Vulnerability of fisheries and fisher communities to climate variation: adaptation and policy responses
FMSP03
Participation oils the wheels of fisheries management - Participatory fisheries monitoring: transparency, sustainability and improvement
FMSP04
Fisheries - what is not measured cannot be managed - How to assess and manage a fishery: A collection of tools for fish stock assessment and developing management plans
FMSP05
Managing fisheries when there is not much data - Managing fisheries with limited data: technical and participatory approach
FMSP06
Learning-by-doing in fisheries management - Adaptive co-management: Supporting co-managed fisheries
FMSP07
Floating traps help small fishers catch large fish - Fish agregating devices (FADs) for enhancing coastal artisanal fisheries
FMSP11
Multiple production systems boost pro-poor benefits from the floodplains - Better options for integrated floodplain management: uptake promtion in Bangladesh
NRSP03
Teaching smallholders to combat soil erosion - Field methods to assess the extent and impact of land degradation in the context of local livelihoods
NRSP06
Getting everyone to agree in natural resources management - Analysing trade-offs for resilence in resource management
NRSP08
Policy reforms lead to improved livelihoods - Achieving alternative livelihood strategies
NRSP10
Do not let the rain run off - Rainwater harvesting for upgrading and stabilising rainfed agriculture in semi-arid areas
NRSP12
Rainfall modelling can predict future yields - Rainwater harvesting and management
NRSP13
Fair shares for all from the common pool - Rainwater harvesting and management of common pool resources
NRSP14
Irrigated gardens reduce poverty and build empowerment - Partnerships and empowerment: Scaling up irrigated gardens in the semi-arid communal areas of southern Africa
NRSP18
Boosting rice production - Strategies for participatory irrigation management and multiple water use support by interactive decision support tools
NRSP23
Lessons learned - managing shared resources - Common pool resource management and poverty
NRSP24
Tackling fish losses along the marketing chain - Fishloss Assessment and reduction - field based methodology
PHF08
Getting to grips with fish losses - Fishloss: Electronic tools for fish loss assessment and reduction
PHF09
Weighing up costs and benefits in fish factories - Cleanse it, Ice it and Log it
PHF13
Changing global seafood trade standards harm poor fishers - Globalisation and seafood trade legislation: The effect of poverty in India
PHF14

Dealing with Pests and Diseases:
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Research Outputs
Cluster
Combating fish diseases improves farmers returns - New strategies for aquatic animal health management
AFGP05
Combating food poisoning from seafood - Sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based detection of aquatic vibrios  
PHF10
Understanding the blowfly life cycle helps promote hygienic fish processing - Guidelines on using a systems based approach to control blowfly infestation of traditionally processed fish
PHF11
Saving fish from flies and beetles - A review of insect infestation of traditionally cured fish in the Tropics
PHF12

Improved Marketing and Innovation:
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Research Outputs
Cluster
Quality networks open markets for fish - Development opportunities from aquaculture market quality network
AFGP06
Helping fishers make smarter decisions - Livelihood gains from informed aquaculture markets
AFGP07
Knowledge brings opportunities in emerging domestic fish markets - Aquaculture production reaching home markets
AFGP08
Farmer marketing organisations help reduce poverty - Supporting farmer organisations for poverty reducing market access
CPH08
More marketing choices mean better livelihoods for poor paddy growers - Improved paddy markets for small-scale producers in Bangladesh: An analytical framework
CPH19
Credit and know-how boost farm incomes - Enhancing livelihoods and income through integrated land management and credit provision
NRSP16
Marketing for small-business success - Market orientation and value enhancment (MOVE) supporting sustainable livelihoods for the poor
NRSP27

Improved Information and Tools:
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Research Outputs
Cluster
Information maps - a path to effective solutions - Knowledge management
CPH45
Capturing farmers demands and involving them in research - Methods for linking the supply of technology with the demand from smallholder farmers
CPP58
Powerful planning tool for river basins and lakes - Simple empirical models for lake and river fishery assessment
FMSP01
Computer game strengthens control of foreign fishing - Optimal control of foreign fishing through improved fisheries governance
FMSP08
Strengthening pro-poor management in floodplains - Tools for managing floodplain fisheries
FMSP09
Software to boost or restore natural fisheries - Fisheries Enhancement Decision Support Tools
FMSP10
Cascading knowledge - training fisheries trainers - Training courses in fisheries stock assessment and management
FMSP12
How can we increase the impact and uptake of research - Scaling-up strategies for pilot research experiences - a comparative review
NRSP05
Promoting the use of research in coastal resource management - Communication and advocacy for pro-poor coastal resource management and development
NRSP07
Why are research results not reaching farmers fields - Institutional scaling-up and uptake promotion of outputs from soil and water management research in east and central Africa
NRSP15
Strengthening local organisations gives farmers more say in local policy - Strengthening Social Capital for Improving Governance of Natural Resources in Highlands of Eastern Africa
NRSP17
Database provides link between rural groups and policy makers - Informing the policy process: Decentralisation and environmental democracy in Ghana
NRSP19
Participatory systems put farmers knowledge into research - Integration of participatory technology developed into research and extension
NRSP20
Advocacy gives the voiceless a voice - Developing and promoting mechanisms for the delivery of improved rural services
NRSP21
Communication for dissemination - Scaling-up through communication
NRSP22
Getting farmers involved - Incorporating local knowledge in participatory technology developed of soil and water management interventions in the middle hills of Nepal
NRSP26
Tackling peri-urban problems - Supporting innovation - West African Peri-urban Poverty Policy Platform (WAPPPP)
NRSP28
A better method of planning for city fringes - Participatory Action Planning and Implementation (PU - PAPI)
NRSP29
Helping themselves out of poverty - Community mobilisation for self sustaining development in Africa and Asia
NRSP30
Mobilizing city-edge communities for action - Participatory planning and implementation
NRSP31
Spotlighting development in peri-urban areas - Less poverty for rural to urban change
NRSP32
Successes in improving the livelihoods of the poor and extremely poor - Scaleable and sustainable community-level institutions that facilitate livelihood improvement for the poor and the extreme poor
NRSP33