RUAF - Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security - Aquaculture

Revista de Agricultura Urbana Edição No 2 - Outubro de 2000

Ellen Radstake — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:00:59 +0000

Revista de Agricultura Urbana
Edição No 2 - Outubro de 2000
A criação de animais nas cidades e em seus arredores

Sarnissa (2011)

Ellen Radstake — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:09:42 +0000

Aquaculture (the farming of aquatic organisms ,including fish, molluscs, aquatic plants and other aquatic products) in sub-Saharan Africa has good potential due to increasing demand for fish and other aquatic products, the decline in marine and freshwater fisheries, favourable natural conditions for fish farming and the availability of relatively low-priced land and labour. The development of aquaculture in sub-Saharan Africa has received much policy and donor attention over the past 30 years, but generally the results have been disappointing.

Papussa (2006)

Femke Hoekstra — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:13:09 +0000

This is a series of 5 Policy Briefs produced under the EU funded PAPUSSA (Production in Aquatic Peri-urban Systems in Southeast Asia) project, a collaborative reserach project of European organisations and Asian partners in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, Phnom Penh in Cambodia, and Bangkok in Thailand (www.papussa.org). Elaboration: Marielle Dubbeling, ETC Urban Agriculture (m.dubbeling@etcnl.nl); language editing: William Lesschen; Graphic design: Zonacuario, Quito, Ecuador.

Policy briefs

Femke Hoekstra — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:09:25 +0000

Books

Femke Hoekstra — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:06:35 +0000

RUAF Publications

Femke Hoekstra — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:04:56 +0000

Since the start of the first RUAF programme until now, many RUAF Publications have been published. On this page, you will find links to the the RUAF Publications available online, subdivided per type of publication. If you are looking for non-RUAF publications, you should search our bibliographic database. If you are looking for a certain Urban Agriculture Magazine article, please go to the Urban Agriculture Magazine section of this website.

TV video documentary Aquatic plants grown in sewage

Femke Hoekstra — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:54:12 +0000

Cambodias capital Phnom Penh enjoys a beautiful setting on the Mekong. The river provides both transport and income for the city's one million population. Now another, unlikely, stretch of water - Beung Cheung Ek Lake which receives 80% of the city's sewage - is offering economic opportunities for three and a half thousand lower income families through the cultivation of the edible aquatic plant - Morning Glory - which is widely consumed by the city's expanding population.

Papussa Policy Briefs

Femke Hoekstra — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:06:32 +0000

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:

Urban Aquatic Production

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:33:57 +0000

Stuart Bunting, David Little and William Leschen

In: Cities Farming for the Future - Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive Cities

The status of urban aquaculture is assessed in this chapter and the most important literature and knowledge sources are discussed providing a comprehensive overview that highlights challenges facing decision-makers, planners and stakeholders in developing policies, programmes and management strategies that facilitate sustainable, equitable and safe urban aquaculture. The prevailing characteristics of existing urban aquaculture activities are described and the associated benefits are discussed. The recognised constraints and emerging threats to urban aquaculture are then presented. Following this assessment important knowledge gaps and challenges facing planners, managers and other stakeholders are identified and potential approaches to deal with the issues raised are proposed.

Introduction

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:54:33 +0000

René van Veenhuizen

In: Cities Farming for the Future - Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive Cities

Attention to urban agriculture has increased markedly during the last couple of decades. The number of activities to promote urban agriculture at international, national and local level has grown, but urban farmers in many cities in the world still struggle to get their main survival strategy recognised by city authorities. The demand of policy makers and local practitioners for inspiring examples of successful policies and actions in cities is therefore growing. Urban agriculture contributes to a wide variety of urban issues and is increasingly being accepted and used as a tool in sustainable city development. Currently the challenge is its integration into city planning and facilitation of its multiple benefits for urban inhabitants. This book seeks to present the current state of affairs regarding urban agriculture and sustainable urban development.

Cities Farming for the Future - Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive Cities (2006)

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:07:58 +0000

Edited by René van Veenhuizen (2006). Published by RUAF Foundation, IDRC and IIRR.

Urban Aquaculture

Femke Hoekstra — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:04:21 +0000

Urban Aquaculture, introduced by: Stuart Bunting and David C. Little (Institute of Aquaculture, Stirling, Scotland)

In: Annotated Bibliography on Urban Agriculture

Annotated Bibliography on Urban Agriculture (2002)

Femke Hoekstra — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:28:34 +0000

In conjunction with Sida, ETC Netherlands, TUAN and other organisations, "An Annotated Bibliography on Urban Agriculture" has been produced. It contains 16 themes with State of the Art introductions. This Annotated Bibliography on Urban Agriculture contains a comprehensive literature overview in 17 chapters, each with a "state of the art" overview followed by literature references with abstracts.

Colophon

Femke Hoekstra — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 13:01:13 +0000

Urban Agriculture Magazine
Urban Aquatic Production
ISSN 1571-6244
No. 14, June 2005

UA Magazine is published three times a year by the Network of Resource Centres for Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF), under the Cities Farming for the Future Programme, which is financed by DGIS, the Netherlands, and IDRC, Canada.
UA Magazine is translated into French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic and Turkish, and distributed in separate editions through the RUAF regional networks, and is also available on www.ruaf.org.

Periurban Aquaculture in Ghana

Femke Hoekstra — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:36:33 +0000

With contributions from
Dr Eddie Kofi Abban and Mr. Ransford Cudjoe

In: UA Magazine No. 14 - Urban Aquatic Production

Fish farming was taken up enthusiastically in the late 1970’s by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) as an alternate income-generating venture. It was seen as an important part of the “Operation Feed Yourself “(OFY) that was launched by the then government. Efforts were made to develop fish farms on all available land that could not be used for farming at that time and where water was readily available. A few of the fish farmers made successes, but due to lack of training and information the majority ran into management problems. The fish farming programme to reduce poverty in the urban and periurban community failed. Within the last five years also, fish farming or aquaculture as an enterprise is becoming acknowledged by both urban and rural communities, but is gaining ground especially in urban centres.

Tilapia Culture in Homestead Concrete Tanks in Periurban Nigeria

Femke Hoekstra — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:32:09 +0000

J. A. Afolabi, P. B. Imoudu and O. A. Fagbenro

In: UA Magazine No. 14 - Urban Aquatic Production

Two major constraints to the establishment of fish culture enterprises in Nigeria include lack of initial capital input and the acquisition and ownership of land. The rental price of land suitable for modern and conventional pond fish culture becomes prohibitive and unaffordable especially in urban centres because of competing and conflicting uses. Family-scale (backyard) aquaculture in periurban areas has been recommended in Nigeria as an economical method of producing fish. The homestead concrete tank has been developed as an alternative and suitable enclosure for backyard fish culture.

The Role of Aqua Farming in Feeding African Cities

Femke Hoekstra — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:22:46 +0000

Krishen Rana, Jide Anyila, Khalid Salie, Charles Mahika, Simon Heck and Jimmy Young

In: UA Magazine No. 14 - Urban Aquatic Production

Rapid urbanisation in Africa (of about 7-10% per year), unemployment, food insecurity in urban and peri-urban zones, and declining fish supplies are major issues that have to be addressed by local and national governments in the region. These issues are occurring against a backdrop of changing economic forces and trade patterns in national and international food markets in the region, causing significant proportions of the urban poor to engage in farming as a livelihood and household food security option.

Family Aquaculture in Cuba

Femke Hoekstra — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:21:19 +0000

Magaly Coto Coto

In: UA Magazine No. 14 - Urban Aquatic Production

Aquaculture is seen as an important alternative in Cuban food production. The MIP promotes aquaculture in Cuba though the concept of “Family Aquaculture

The Use of Treated Sewage Water from Settlement Ponds in San Juan, Lima

Femke Hoekstra — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:12:57 +0000

Julio Moscoso

In: UA Magazine No. 14 - Urban Aquatic Production

The Treatment and Use of Sewage Water programme started at CEPIS twenty years ago in order to contribute to increasing the sewage water treatment network in the region using technologies that would allow for the removal of pathogenic organisms as well as organic materials. So far, CEPIS and the various Peruvian institutions have carried out a series of experiments on the treatment and use of sewage water at the Bio-Ecological Complex in San Juan, south of Lima, Peru.

Skin Diseases Among People Using Urban Wastewater in Phnom Penh

Femke Hoekstra — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:07:37 +0000

Wim van der Hoek, Vuong Tuan Anh, Phung Dac Cam, Chan Vicheth and Anders Dalsgaard

In: UA Magazine No. 14 - Urban Aquatic Production

The major challenge in sustainable use of wastewater in agriculture and aquaculture is to optimise the benefits of wastewater as a resource (both the water and the nutrients it contains) and to minimise the negative impacts on human health. Epidemiological studies in different countries have established
that the highest risk to human health of using wastewater in agriculture and aquaculture is posed by worm infections.

Demise of Periurban Wastewater-fed Aquaculture?

Femke Hoekstra — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:05:14 +0000

Peter Edwards

In: UA Magazine No. 14 - Urban Aquatic Production

Recent field visits of the author to periurban areas in Bangladesh and Vietnam indicate that some wastewater-fed aquaculture systems may have limited prospects, while others prove difficult to extend. The major constraining factor is the limited availability of land in rapidly expanding cities.

Planning for Aquatic Production in East Kolkata Wetlands

Femke Hoekstra — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:02:50 +0000

Nitai Kundu, Nina Halder, Mousumi Pal, Sharmistha Saha and Stuart W Bunting

In: UA Magazine No. 14 - Urban Aquatic Production

Wastewater aquaculture, as practised in the East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW), has attracted much international attention as a model system for the reuse of urban wastewater and resource recovery. At present the multifunctional wetland ecosystem covers approximately 12,500 ha, and is comprised mainly of 254 fisheries managed for wastewater aquaculture, agricultural land, horticultural plots and residential areas. It constitutes a unique system of resource recovery, in which nutrients are extracted from the city’s wastewater through fish farming and agriculture.

The Future of Periurban Aquatic Food Production Systems in Southeast Asia

Femke Hoekstra — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:59:28 +0000

Jonathan Rigg and Albert M Salamanca

In: UA Magazine No. 14 - Urban Aquatic Production

Periurban aquatic food production systems are systems in transition. They are always at the cusp of change, on the point of shifting from one thing to another. New activities, physical features, agencies, institutions, populations and infrastructures colonise the periurban space, and may replace or displace existing peoples, institutions and activities, or lead them to respond and adapt to the evolving situation.

Production and Marketing Systems of Aquatic Products in Ho Chi Minh City

Femke Hoekstra — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:55:01 +0000

Le Thanh Hung and Huynh Pham Viet Huy

In: UA Magazine No. 14 - Urban Aquatic Production

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) is the second city of Vietnam located in the South-Eastern part of the country.

Periurban Aquatic Food Production Systems in Phnom Penh

Femke Hoekstra — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:50:02 +0000

Kuong Khov, Sok Daream and Chouk Borin

In: UA Magazine No. 14 - Urban Aquatic Production

The numerous plots located around wetlands in peri-urban Phnom Penh, are important sources of edible aquatic vegetables and fish for the city and other areas of Cambodia. These areas are fertilised by domestic sewage/wastewater discharged from the city. The activities relating to these production systems are intrinsically linked with the livelihoods of many poor people living in and around the city.

Current Status of Periurban Aquatic Production in Hanoi

Femke Hoekstra — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:47:41 +0000

Nguyen Thi Dieu Phuong and Pham Anh Tuan

In: UA Magazine No. 14 - Urban Aquatic Production

With a total of 5100 ha of water surface area Hanoi has great potential for aquaculture development, not only of traditional aquaculture practiced in ponds, reservoirs, urban lakes, rice fields, and wastewater-fed areas, but also aquaculture integrated with tourism, leisure and entertainment facilities. Because of urbanisation, pond aquaculture in urban areas in Hanoi is decreasing, whilst in peri-urban areas lowland rice fields are being converted into areas for aquatic vegetable production, fish ponds and integrated farming systems.

Aquatic Food Production Systems in Bangkok

Femke Hoekstra — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:14:40 +0000

Ruangvit Yoonpundh, Varunthat Dulyapurk and Chumpol Srithong

In: UA Magazine No. 14 - Urban Aquatic Production

Around 10 million people now reside in densely populated communities in Bangkok. As a result, the demand for food has increased dramatically. Of the many varieties of fresh produce available, city consumers favour aquatic products such as water spinach, water mimosa and freshwater fish. These products are grown primarily in periurban areas around Bangkok.

State of the Art - Aquaculture

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 16:12:47 +0000

Urban Aquaculture

Stuart W Bunting and David C Little (nstitute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland)

PAPUSSA

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 10:33:43 +0000

PAPUSSA is a 3 year collaborative research project between European and Asian partners funded by the European Union seeking to better understand the importance and nature of aquatic food production that occurs in and around some of the major cities of Southeast Asia.

Aquaponics.com

Femke Hoekstra — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 15:08:11 +0000

This site is the source for information on aquaponics, hydroponics and aquaculture. Aquaponics is the combination of intensive aquaculture (fish farming) and hydroponics (growing plants without soil). In an aquaponic system, the fish consume food and excrete waste. Beneficial bacteria convert the waste to nitrate which the plants use in the growth process. These technologies can be used to commercially grow large quantities of food in an environment-friendly, sustainable way.