This chapter discusses the importance of recognizing knowledge systems as part of diversified agroforestry landscapes. It focuses on milpa, a maize-centred polyculture system of pre-Hispanic origin, which has historically constituted an essential source of food and has persisted until the present....

The ultimate goal is to achieve food security, create employment and generate income. This book is an attempt to help develop the tilapia industry while keeping those goals in mind. This manual is written to cover all aspects of tilapia farming as a business. Starting from the importance of tilapia ...

Culturing two or more species together in the same system is called polyculture. This chapter discusses the polyculture of tilapia with other suitable species; and highlights the feeds and feeding programme, harvesting and socioeconomics of polyculture.

This chapter covers the welfare issues in aquaculture (fish and crustaceans) as well as the aquaculture system categories. The following factors are discussed in relation to animal welfare: water quality; water supply; polyculture; fish ranching; stocking density; fish feeding; cannibalism and...

This chapter (i) documents the present status of polyculture systems being employed by the aquaculture industry, (ii) provides examples of balanced ecosystem approaches to aquaculture and fisheries, and (iii) examines the question of how to develop models for maximizing the production of seafood...

This book contains 17 chapters. Topics covered are: management of marine aquaculture: the sustainability challenge; marine mammals and aquaculture: conflicts and potential resolutions; recreational fishing and aquaculture: throwing a line into the pond; aquaculture: opportunity of threat to...