This paper discusses the role of tilapia culture in rural development in Asia (Philippines, Thailand, Bangladesh and other Asian countries), Africa, and in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is stated that rural aquaculture is a multi-disciplinary practice, involving technical, socioeconomic, and...

This chapter presents the synthesis of findings of a study that explored an integrative assessment of food security in less-favoured areas in the Philippines. The study investigated the linkages between the resource environments (i.e. biophysical, socioeconomic), livelihoods and food security of...

In the Philippines, conflicts between fishing, aquaculture, tourism and other uses of the coastal waters are common because they are not clearly integrated into the management of the coastal zone. Resource use allocation then remains a challenging task for decision makers. Development activities...