Support to the CGIAR Program on Aquaculture
More than 700 million people depend on aquatic agricultural systems (AAS) for their livelihood.
More than 700 million people depend on aquatic agricultural systems (AAS) for their livelihood.
Agriculture has made remarkable advances in the past decades, but progress in improving the nutrition and health of the poor in developing countries is lagging behind.
Malnutrition remains a serious problem in both Vietnam and Thailand, particularly in the uplands, home to most of the ethnic minorities. These communities are undergoing rapid social and economic changes.
Guatemala experiences significant food security problems and has one of the highest levels of chronic infant under-nutrition in the Western hemisphere.
Tunisia is an arid country, where water scarcity significantly limits agricultural production.
The agricultural and pastoral production deficit combined with the general rise in food prices has increased food insecurity in the Sahel.
This project aims to scale up natural resource management innovations (technologies, institutional options, tools) tested on pilot sites in Ethiopia and Uganda.