Is it really necessary to develop aquaculture in desert?
40 years ago FAO used to say in SSA "fish culture is everyone's
business" (we saw the result), now it will claim "fish culture is every
Touareg's business"!!
Why not trying to develop fish culture where possible, it is difficult
enough .....
Jérôme Lazard
Le 19/01/2012 12:49, William Leschen a écrit :
Voir ci-dessousnouvelle publication de la FAO sur, mais seulement avec
un résumé en français et pas plein texte français. Voir les mots de
Valerio Crespi de la FAO. Si vous souhaitez obtenir une copie complète
de la publication en français alors e-mail à Valerio et la demande
d'un. Si suffisamment de membres SARNISSA le faire alors qu'il devrait
lui faire pression pour obtenir davantage de fonds pour faire une
traduction complète en français
*From:*Crespi, Valerio (FIRA) [mailto:Valerio.Crespi@fao.org]
*Sent:* 19 January 2012 10:35
*To:* William Leschen; Alushe Hitula
*Cc:* Hishamunda, Nathanael (FIRA)
*Subject:* RE: New FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Proceedings:
Aquaculture in desert and arid lands: Developments and constraints
(FAP 20)
Dear Will,
Thank you for your prompt action. I have just posted a news in the
ANAF web site. Unfortunately due to budget constraints in FAO I was
only able to add the French and Arabic translations of the abstract of
each paper. I do not know in the future, but according to the interest
for this publication we can find some funds for translation, maybe
from NEPAD or SIDA project.
All the best, Valerio
Cher Will,
Merci pour votre action rapide. Je viens de posté un nouvelles dans le
site Web de l'ANAF. Malheureusement, en raison de contraintes
budgétaires de la FAO, je n'ai pu ajouter les traductions en français
et en arabe le résumé de chaque document. Je ne sais pas à l'avenir,
mais en fonction del'intérêt pour cette publication, nous pouvons
trouver des fonds pour la traduction,peut-être du NEPAD ou l'ASDI projet.
Tous les meilleurs, Valerio
*From:*William Leschen [mailto:william.leschen@stir.ac.uk]
<mailto:[mailto:william.leschen@stir.ac.uk]>
*Sent:* Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:31 AM
*To:* Crespi, Valerio (FIRA); Alushe Hitula
*Subject:* RE: New FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Proceedings:
Aquaculture in desert and arid lands: Developments and constraints
(FAP 20)
Dear Valerio(and Alushe)
Thank you for this - Ive now put up on sarnissa network -- e forum
website and Facebook site - Valerio -- just to ask for francophone
Africa and are french speaking SARNISSA members esp the likes of
Mali Burkina Faso etc W Africa do you have link to French language
version .
Best wishes Will
*From:*Crespi, Valerio (FIRA) [mailto:Valerio.Crespi@fao.org]
*Sent:* 19 January 2012 09:09
*To:* Betty Nyandat; mukalazif(a)yahoo.com <mailto:mukalazif@yahoo.com>;
eliaikaritha(a)yahoo.co.uk <mailto:eliaikaritha@yahoo.co.uk>;
bondjamonique(a)yahoo.fr <mailto:bondjamonique@yahoo.fr>;
isabelomar(a)hotmail.com <mailto:isabelomar@hotmail.com>;
modmazu(a)yahoo.com <mailto:modmazu@yahoo.com>; Diegane Ndong; Emmanuel
Aryee; coulibaly seydou; joseph mutale; andrewalio(a)gmail.com
<mailto:andrewalio@gmail.com>; mwafula(a)lvfo.org
<mailto:mwafula@lvfo.org>; vmotari(a)gmail.com
<mailto:vmotari@gmail.com>; jbalirwa(a)yahoo.com
<mailto:jbalirwa@yahoo.com>; Alushe Hitula; Sloans Chimatiro; William
Leschen; Panduleni Elago
*Cc:* Sbabura; Bright Onapito; Moehl, John (FAORAF); Lovatelli,
Alessandro (FIRA)
*Subject:* FW: New FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Proceedings:
Aquaculture in desert and arid lands: Developments and constraints
(FAP 20)
*Dear All,*
We are pleased to inform you that the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture
Technical Proceedings No. 20 on "/Aquaculture in desert and arid
lands: Developments and constraints/" has been published and is now
available (*see below*)
This FAO technical workshop allowed to highlight that aquaculture has
great potential for expansion not only in marine offshore areas, but
also in desert and arid lands (covering 20 percent of the world land
mass) with surface and/or subsurface water resources. Underground
water certainly represents an opportunity for poor farming communities
living in arid and isolated areas. Applying water-saving strategies,
including use of run-off water and integration of aquaculture with
agriculture practices, has demonstrated the good performances of
fish/vegetable co-culture systems even in very arid and remote areas.
*We would certainly appreciate if you could bring this publication to
the attention of all interested and relevant people and offices you
may be in contact with.*
Hard copies are available on demand.
Kindest regards,
*Valerio Crespi*and *Alessandro Lovatelli*
**
*Crespi, V.; Lovatelli, A.*
/Aquaculture in desert and arid lands: Developments and constraints/
FAO Technical Workshop. 6-9 July 2010, Hermosillo, Mexico. Proceedings
No. 20 Rome, FAO. 2011. 202 pp.
*/ABSTRACT-/*Aquaculture in desert and arid lands has been growing
steadily over the last decade thanks to the modern technologies and
alternative energy sources that have allowed water in these places of
extremes to be exploited more effectively and more efficiently, using
it for both crop irrigation and production of fish.
This publication presents the evolution of desert and arid land
aquaculture in the past few decades in seven countries and regions
(Australia, Egypt, Israel, Mexico, Southern Africa, the United States
of America, and Central Asia) describing the achievements of a number
of farming operations, which demonstrate the significant potential for
farming commercial aquatic organisms using geothermal, fresh and
brackish waters. The global overview on desert aquaculture development
shows, through the use of maps and tables, those countries with vast
extensions of arid territories that should be better investigated for
potential aquaculture development.
Limiting factors were extensively discussed during the workshop, and
several measures were identified and proposed. Desert conditions are
characterized by high day temperatures, cold winter nights, solar
radiation, scarce precipitation and very low relative humidity. The
experts reached consensus on the definition of aquaculture in the
desert and arid lands, which was defined as follows: "Aquaculture
activities practised in desert and arid lands characterized by low
precipitation (< 250 mm/year), high solar radiation, high rate of
evaporation, using subsurface and surface water".
At the end of the workshop, a series of recommendations were
elaborated by the experts to assist FAO Member countries wishing to
generate a favourable national environment to promote sustainable
aquaculture development.
Limited water supply remains the single largest constraint for
aquaculture development in arid and semi-arid regions; however, where
the resource is available, the development of integrated
aqua-agriculture systems may certainly provide economic output
opportunities from such resource-limited regions. Such farming systems
may also enable the production of highly priced fish, vegetables and
fruits all year round.
*The publication can be found at the following addresses: ***
Online PDF file:
http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/ba0114e/ba0114e.pdf
Online PDF zipped file:
http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/ba0114e/ba0114e.zip
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*Valerio CRESPI*
Aquaculture Officer (Information)
Aquaculture Service of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
V.le delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome-Italy.
Tel : +39-0657052009
Fax : +39-0657053020
E-mail : valerio.crespi(a)fao.org <mailto:valerio.crespi@fao.org>__
Please visit our homepage:
www.fao.org/fishery/aquaculture
<http://www.fao.org/fishery/aquaculture>
Global Conference on Aquaculture 2010
/Farming the waters for people and food/
www.aqua-conference2010.org <http://www.aqua-conference2010.org>
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