A webinar exploring the social, economic and environmental benefits of implementing rice-fish culture systems around the world.

Date: Tuesday, 15 February 2022

Time: 17:30-19:00 (UTC+8)

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TECA (Technologies and Practices for Small Agricultural Producers) is an online FAO platform that gathers successful agricultural technologies and practices from various partners to facilitate knowledge exchange. The TECA platform fills the gap in knowledge sharing and provides practical information on proven agricultural technologies and practices, promoting sustainable agriculture and contributing to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of FAO.

In this virtual discussion, research and innovation experts from FAO, WorldFish and partners came together to discuss the application, importance and impacts of integrating rice and fish as a source of nourishment and income for millions of people, especially small-scale food producers who lack accessibility to resources and are vulnerable to climate impacts.

Together, the invited speakers explored the latest rice-fish technology and practices in different regions around the world, including 'Rice-Fish Culture System,' which promotes the development of a teeming ecosystem with aquaticlife such as small fish, where they are grown concurrently or alternately with rice that offers many social, economic and environmental benefits.

SESSION I: Introduction

Rice-Fish Innovations: Application, importance & impacts

I Xinhua Yuan, Team Leader, Aquaculture Technology and Production Team of Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (FAO)

TECA - Technologies and practices for small agricultural producers

I Selvaraju Ramasamy, Senior Agricultural Officer & Head of Research and Extension, Office of Innovation - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

SESSION II: Good practices for smallholder agricultural producers

Complex rice systems (rice, fish, duck, aquatic plants) in Indonesia

I Uma Khumairoh, Scientist, WorldFish, Indonesia

Rice-Fish Culture System (RFC)  

I Liu Moucheng, Associate Professor of Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy ofSciences (CAS), partner of FAO-Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)

Nutrition-sensitive fish production in homestead ponds in Bangladesh

I Benoy Kumar Barman, Senior Scientist, WorldFish, Bangladesh

Key messages and Conclusion:

Matthias Halwart, Senior Aquaculture Officer & Head of Aquaculture Branch of Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (FAO).

Follow WorldFish and the hashtag #aquaticfoods to check out past conversations on Twitter. 

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