Exploring the potential and constraints of smallholder aquaculture in marginalized saline areas in Pakistan

Pakistan is the sixth-most populous country in the world, with a population of approximately 225 million. More than 20% of the population lives below the national poverty level (World Bank, 2021). •Fishery and aquaculture have the potential to significantly reduce poverty and food insecurity in Paki...

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Autores principales: Rossignoli, Cristiano, Obi, Chinedu, Ali, Syed
Formato: Ponencia
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: WorldFish 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127409
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author Rossignoli, Cristiano
Obi, Chinedu
Ali, Syed
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description Pakistan is the sixth-most populous country in the world, with a population of approximately 225 million. More than 20% of the population lives below the national poverty level (World Bank, 2021). •Fishery and aquaculture have the potential to significantly reduce poverty and food insecurity in Pakistan (Rehman et al., 2019).•Pakistan ranks low in global aquaculture production (FAO, 2022) -aquaculture produced 162,462 tons of fish in 2020. Over the past five years, the aquaculture sector has grown at a rate of approximately 1.5%.•Because of the arid and semi-arid climate, rainfall is scarce and irregular in most of the areas and contributes to salinity and waterlogging -salinity in the soil makes land unsuitable for growing crops: an opportunity for practicing “inland saline aquaculture” on lands not suitable for crop cultivation -11.1 million acres (4,49 million ha). •Despite the huge potential of saline aquaculture, the characteristics of the production systems in Pakistan are still unknown due to data deficiency, making it difficult to understand investment needs that will help in the sector's development.
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spelling CGSpace1274092025-12-08T09:54:28Z Exploring the potential and constraints of smallholder aquaculture in marginalized saline areas in Pakistan Rossignoli, Cristiano Obi, Chinedu Ali, Syed smallholder farmers marine aquaculture fish saline waters smallholder systems Pakistan is the sixth-most populous country in the world, with a population of approximately 225 million. More than 20% of the population lives below the national poverty level (World Bank, 2021). •Fishery and aquaculture have the potential to significantly reduce poverty and food insecurity in Pakistan (Rehman et al., 2019).•Pakistan ranks low in global aquaculture production (FAO, 2022) -aquaculture produced 162,462 tons of fish in 2020. Over the past five years, the aquaculture sector has grown at a rate of approximately 1.5%.•Because of the arid and semi-arid climate, rainfall is scarce and irregular in most of the areas and contributes to salinity and waterlogging -salinity in the soil makes land unsuitable for growing crops: an opportunity for practicing “inland saline aquaculture” on lands not suitable for crop cultivation -11.1 million acres (4,49 million ha). •Despite the huge potential of saline aquaculture, the characteristics of the production systems in Pakistan are still unknown due to data deficiency, making it difficult to understand investment needs that will help in the sector's development. 2022-12-02 2023-01-18T13:26:30Z 2023-01-18T13:26:30Z Presentation https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127409 en Open Access application/pdf WorldFish Cristiano Rossignoli, Chinedu Obi, Syed Ali. (2/12/2022). Exploring the potential and constraints of smallholder aquaculture in marginalized saline areas in Pakistan. Bayan Lepas, Malaysia: WorldFish (WF).
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title Exploring the potential and constraints of smallholder aquaculture in marginalized saline areas in Pakistan
title_full Exploring the potential and constraints of smallholder aquaculture in marginalized saline areas in Pakistan
title_fullStr Exploring the potential and constraints of smallholder aquaculture in marginalized saline areas in Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the potential and constraints of smallholder aquaculture in marginalized saline areas in Pakistan
title_short Exploring the potential and constraints of smallholder aquaculture in marginalized saline areas in Pakistan
title_sort exploring the potential and constraints of smallholder aquaculture in marginalized saline areas in pakistan
topic smallholder farmers
marine aquaculture
fish
saline waters
smallholder systems
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