Tilapia aquaculture systems in Egypt: Characteristics, sustainability outcomes and entry points for sustainable aquatic food systems

The future demand for fish and other aquatic foods requires the sustainable intensification of related production systems. However, policy and investment decisions for the sustainable intensification of aquaculture systems are usually hindered by the lack of benchmarking data about their actual sust...

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Autores principales: Rossignoli, Cristiano, Manyise, Timothy, Shikuku, Kelvin, Nasr-Allah, Ahmed, Brako Dompreh, Eric, Henriksson, Patrik, Dam Lam, Rodolfo, Lozano, Denise, Tran, Nhuong, Roem, Arjen, Badr, Alaa, Sbaay, Ashraf, Moruzzo, Roberta, Tilley, Alexander, Karisa, Harrison, Gasparatos, Alexandros
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131507
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author Rossignoli, Cristiano
Manyise, Timothy
Shikuku, Kelvin
Nasr-Allah, Ahmed
Brako Dompreh, Eric
Henriksson, Patrik
Dam Lam, Rodolfo
Lozano, Denise
Tran, Nhuong
Roem, Arjen
Badr, Alaa
Sbaay, Ashraf
Moruzzo, Roberta
Tilley, Alexander
Karisa, Harrison
Gasparatos, Alexandros
author_browse Badr, Alaa
Brako Dompreh, Eric
Dam Lam, Rodolfo
Gasparatos, Alexandros
Henriksson, Patrik
Karisa, Harrison
Lozano, Denise
Manyise, Timothy
Moruzzo, Roberta
Nasr-Allah, Ahmed
Roem, Arjen
Rossignoli, Cristiano
Sbaay, Ashraf
Shikuku, Kelvin
Tilley, Alexander
Tran, Nhuong
author_facet Rossignoli, Cristiano
Manyise, Timothy
Shikuku, Kelvin
Nasr-Allah, Ahmed
Brako Dompreh, Eric
Henriksson, Patrik
Dam Lam, Rodolfo
Lozano, Denise
Tran, Nhuong
Roem, Arjen
Badr, Alaa
Sbaay, Ashraf
Moruzzo, Roberta
Tilley, Alexander
Karisa, Harrison
Gasparatos, Alexandros
author_sort Rossignoli, Cristiano
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description The future demand for fish and other aquatic foods requires the sustainable intensification of related production systems. However, policy and investment decisions for the sustainable intensification of aquaculture systems are usually hindered by the lack of benchmarking data about their actual sustainability performance, often resulting in poorly developed and implemented interventions that ignore potential sustainability trade-offs. This is a reality in many of the leading aquaculture producers in the developing world like Egypt. In this study we analyzed farm-level data from 402 aquaculture producers in the Kafr El Sheikh governorate in Egypt, to characterize and benchmark the performance of tilapia production systems against key sustainability outcomes. For the analysis we used a combination of statistical tools such as ordinary least square regressions, simultaneous quantile regressions and propensity score matching. We focussed on how the production characteristics and practices of different tilapia production systems intersect with economic, food security, and environmental outcomes that cover multiple dimensions of sustainability. We found that differences in these production characteristics and practices were significantly associated with the sustainability performance of tilapia production systems. In particular, our results show that yields in monocultural systems (10,460.5 ton/ha) were significantly higher than in polyculture systems (8404.7 ton/ha). Furthermore, despite the generally positive economic, food security, and environmental outcomes of several of the studied systems, some trade-offs emerge both between and within these sustainability dimensions.
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spelling CGSpace1315072026-01-24T02:04:12Z Tilapia aquaculture systems in Egypt: Characteristics, sustainability outcomes and entry points for sustainable aquatic food systems Rossignoli, Cristiano Manyise, Timothy Shikuku, Kelvin Nasr-Allah, Ahmed Brako Dompreh, Eric Henriksson, Patrik Dam Lam, Rodolfo Lozano, Denise Tran, Nhuong Roem, Arjen Badr, Alaa Sbaay, Ashraf Moruzzo, Roberta Tilley, Alexander Karisa, Harrison Gasparatos, Alexandros aquaculture egypt tilapia aquatic food systems fish benchmarking The future demand for fish and other aquatic foods requires the sustainable intensification of related production systems. However, policy and investment decisions for the sustainable intensification of aquaculture systems are usually hindered by the lack of benchmarking data about their actual sustainability performance, often resulting in poorly developed and implemented interventions that ignore potential sustainability trade-offs. This is a reality in many of the leading aquaculture producers in the developing world like Egypt. In this study we analyzed farm-level data from 402 aquaculture producers in the Kafr El Sheikh governorate in Egypt, to characterize and benchmark the performance of tilapia production systems against key sustainability outcomes. For the analysis we used a combination of statistical tools such as ordinary least square regressions, simultaneous quantile regressions and propensity score matching. We focussed on how the production characteristics and practices of different tilapia production systems intersect with economic, food security, and environmental outcomes that cover multiple dimensions of sustainability. We found that differences in these production characteristics and practices were significantly associated with the sustainability performance of tilapia production systems. In particular, our results show that yields in monocultural systems (10,460.5 ton/ha) were significantly higher than in polyculture systems (8404.7 ton/ha). Furthermore, despite the generally positive economic, food security, and environmental outcomes of several of the studied systems, some trade-offs emerge both between and within these sustainability dimensions. 2023-08-08T16:35:04Z 2023-08-08T16:35:04Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131507 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier Ltd. Cristiano Rossignoli, Timothy Manyise, Kelvin Shikuku, Ahmed Nasr-Allah, Eric Brako Dompreh, Patrik Henriksson, Rodolfo Dam Lam, Denise Lozano, Nhuong Tran, Arjen Roem, Alaa Badr, Ashraf Sbaay, Roberta Moruzzo, Alexander Tilley, Harrison Karisa, Alexandros Gasparatos. (30/7/2023). Tilapia aquaculture systems in Egypt: Characteristics, sustainability outcomes and entry points for sustainable aquatic food systems. Aquaculture, 577.
spellingShingle aquaculture
egypt
tilapia
aquatic food systems
fish
benchmarking
Rossignoli, Cristiano
Manyise, Timothy
Shikuku, Kelvin
Nasr-Allah, Ahmed
Brako Dompreh, Eric
Henriksson, Patrik
Dam Lam, Rodolfo
Lozano, Denise
Tran, Nhuong
Roem, Arjen
Badr, Alaa
Sbaay, Ashraf
Moruzzo, Roberta
Tilley, Alexander
Karisa, Harrison
Gasparatos, Alexandros
Tilapia aquaculture systems in Egypt: Characteristics, sustainability outcomes and entry points for sustainable aquatic food systems
title Tilapia aquaculture systems in Egypt: Characteristics, sustainability outcomes and entry points for sustainable aquatic food systems
title_full Tilapia aquaculture systems in Egypt: Characteristics, sustainability outcomes and entry points for sustainable aquatic food systems
title_fullStr Tilapia aquaculture systems in Egypt: Characteristics, sustainability outcomes and entry points for sustainable aquatic food systems
title_full_unstemmed Tilapia aquaculture systems in Egypt: Characteristics, sustainability outcomes and entry points for sustainable aquatic food systems
title_short Tilapia aquaculture systems in Egypt: Characteristics, sustainability outcomes and entry points for sustainable aquatic food systems
title_sort tilapia aquaculture systems in egypt characteristics sustainability outcomes and entry points for sustainable aquatic food systems
topic aquaculture
egypt
tilapia
aquatic food systems
fish
benchmarking
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131507
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