Climate change

“Traditional-plus” shrimp farming can quadruple yields of extensive farmers by the adoption of simple technologies and better management practices.

Minh Phu’s rice-shrimp farming model combines rice cultivation and shrimp farming in an integrated and innovative way, optimising land use and farm inputs, while reducing operational risks for farmers in the Mekong Delta.

Despite facing a number of key challenges, Bangladesh’s monodon sector has an opportunity to position itself as a low carbon alternative to the more intensively produced vannamei that dominate global markets.

How shrimp farmers can gain tangible benefits from reducing their carbon footprints is one of the key themes at the climate session of this year’s Global Shrimp Forum.

Despite the turbulent events that Iraq has witnessed over the past decades, there is still some hope for the country’s tiny aquaculture sector, according to Hatim Al-Hamdani, the head of the Rawafed Foundation for the Development and Production of Aquatic Life…

While the market for UK seaweed products is growing, the industry currently relies on wild harvests to meet the majority of its demand, preventing the sector from realising its potential.

Crawfish farming is one of the most lucrative and sustainable forms of aquaculture in the US, but recent droughts in its southern heartlands are putting livelihoods at risk.

Sharing practical tips for small-scale aquaculture operators, particularly those based in the tropics, to adapt and become more resilient to the changing climate and extreme weather events.