The PAPUSSA Programme has made available an increasing amount of information on peri-urban aquatic production systems in South-East Asian cities, their benefits and constraints. To further support the strengthening the peri-urban aquatic production and marketing systems in the above-mentioned cities, as well as in other South-East Asian cities, stakeholders in these cities identified 4 key recommendations (see below) to guide policy makers and other senior stakeholders in further development of the sector. These recommendations include the need to:

• Integrate aquaculture into urban planning and development strategies
• Manage health risks to develop wastewater into a valuable resource and asset
• Improve public health and food safety concerned with urban aquaculture, and
• Promote more sustainable production and marketing strategies.

An overall description of the importance, the need and recommendations for development and policy making on (peri)urban aquaculture is given in a first and introductory Policy Brief. Each of these recommendations has further been addressed in greater depth in 4 additional Policy Briefs. All guidelines given are based on PAPUSSA research and output, and aim to assist in the process of decision-making rather than to provide definitive answers.

Policy Briefs

1. Why are aquatic production systems important to South-East Asian cities?
2. Integrating aquaculture into urban planning and development
3. Managing health risks to develop wastewater into a valuable resource and asset
4. Improving public health and food safety
5. Promoting sustainable aquatic production and marketing to reduce poverty and hunger