Title: Report of the FAO Expert Workshop on Assessing the Contribution of Small-Scale Aquaculture to Sustainable Rural Development : Tagaytay City, the Philippines, 6-8 August 2009.
Authors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Aquaculture Congresses; Sustainable fisheries Congresses.
Abstract: The FAO Expert Workshop on Indicators for Assessing the Contribution of Small-Scale Aquaculture (SSA) to Sustainable Rural Development (SRD), held from 6 to 8 August 2009, in Tagaytay City, the Philippines, and participated by a total of twenty-three experts, was convened to achieve the following: (i) present the outcomes (results and analysis) of the case studies which pilot-tested the Nha Trang SSA contribution indicators using various types of SSA in the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam; (ii) present the cross-country analysis and synthesis based on the outcomes of the pilot tests; (iii) refine and validate the indicators and evaluate their robustness, replicability and applicability in helping measure SSA sector performance for wider adoption and (iv) draw up a list of recommendations to further support (e.g.^