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Agriculture Research and Extension Impacts in Cambodia and South Asia

Presented by Prof. Craig Meisner at WorldFish HQ, Penang, Malaysia 7th August 2012. Craig has many years experience in agricultural research and for the last 3 years has been managing a multi million dollar project for ACIAR in Cambodia. He has welcomed the opportunity to share his experiences in this Food for Thought seminar.
 

Greening the economy: economic benefits of sustainable development

Balancing human demand for land and food with the need to protect the world’s dwindling natural resources is a global challenge. For developing nations, the challenge can seem insurmountable in the face of booming populations, entrenched poverty and limited institutional know-how for creating sustainable resource management policies. Developing nations can also miss out on tapping into the vast economic benefits that can come with reducing environmental damage and over-exploitation.

The importance of the fish resource in the Mekong River and examples of best practices

The Mekong is an exceptional river in many ways. In terms of fish biodiversity, it is the world’s second richest river after the Amazon (www.fishbase.org). With 6 to 18% of the global freshwater fish catch, it is also home to the largest freshwater fisheries in the world.
 

Fish and rice, together at last

Source: The Phnom Pehn Post - by Joe Freeman and Kim Yuthana
 
A new long-term project aims to boost fish stocks in rice fields. That was not a typo.
 
For years, rice farmers in Cambodia have swept up fish – as well as frogs, snails and other aquatic fauna – that make their way from streams, canals and floodplains into rice fields. They then sell the fresh catches on the side or eat them at home.
http://www.worldfishcenter.org/news-events/fish-and-rice-together-at-last

Community fish refuges in Cambodia – lessons learned

Joffre, O. ; Kosal, M. ; Kura, Y. ; Pich, S. ; Nao, T.
Lessons Learned Brief 2012-03. WorldFish. Phom Penh, Cambodia. 16 p.
 
Also available in Khmer.
 

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