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Adaptation to climate change in agriculture, forestry and fisheries: perspective, framework and priorities
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007Climate change poses severe threats on agriculture. Even though some countries may experience beneficial change to agricultural gross domestic product (GDP), the majority, particularly developing countries, will experience significant negative impacts.DocumentEU Ban, HACCP Compliance and Shrimp Exports from Bangladesh
2012The paper evaluates the impact of the European Union import ban on shrimps from Bangladesh in 1997 and HACCP compliance on Bangladesh’s shrimp exports by using an augmented gravity model. Panel estimation method was applied to capture the import country effect.DocumentNew directions in fisheries: a series of policy briefs on development issues
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012The aim of this policy brief is to: a) Show how new information and communications technologies (ICTs) can link with established methods to enhance opportunities for development b) Review the uses and potential impact of existing and emerging information and communications technologies in fisheries and fishing communities and c) Suggest policy strategies and partnerships to encourage access to andDocumentAdaptation to climate change and managing disaster risk in the Caribbean and South-East Asia
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency, Barbados, 2003This report is an of the outcome of the Seminar on Climate Change and Severe Weather Events in the Caribbean and Asia, held in Barbados in July of 2003. Presentations made at the seminar were based on six case studies carried out in the Caribbean and Southeast Asia.DocumentAdaptation of fisheries and fishing communities to the impacts of climate change in the CARICOM region
2002This paper is a compilation of information on impacts of climate change on Caribbean fisheries and adaptation approaches to these impacts. It also incorporates discussions and recommendations from the “Consultation on Adaptation of Fisheries and Fishing Communities to the Impacts of Climate Change in the CARICOM Region”, held in Tobago in 2002.DocumentTechnologies for climate change adaptation: agriculture sector
United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2011The agriculture sector faces the challenge of providing adequate food to a growing world population. There is limited scope to expand arable land, and unpredictable weather, floods, and other disastrous events make food production even more challenging. This guidebook provides information on 22 technologies and options for adapting to climate change in the agriculture sector.DocumentFishing Down the Value Chain: biodiversity and access regimes in freshwater fisheries - the case of Malawi
Mzuzu University, 2003A long-held view of the development of fisheries is that they initially exploit more abundant, more easily caught species, and switch over time to increasingly less abundant, less easily caught species. Moreover, it is argued that the rate at which less easily caught species are substituted for more easily caught species is accelerated in open access fisheries.DocumentManaging grey literature in fisheries and aquaculture information: experiences in Malawi.
2008'Grey Literature' refers to publications issued by government, academia, business, and industry, in both print and electronic formats. The collection of grey literature involves circulating offices and approaching authors to obtain copies of their documents, and can be very time consuming.DocumentTechnical efficiency of smallholder farmers: a study of adopters and non-adopters of integrated aquaculture agriculture
Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2006This paper investigates the technical efficiency of two samples of smallholder farmers in southern Malawi, one involving farmers adopting integrated aquaculture-agriculture (IAA) technology and the other involving non-adopters.