With 16 percent of the world’s population, India has 2.45 percent of the world’s land resources and 4 percent of its water resources. It is obvious that supply will barely match future demand. Around 50 percent of irrigated agriculture and 85 percent of rural drinking water comes from…
For many centuries, the people of the Near East and North Africa (NENA) Region were able to cope, and even flourish, under conditions of water scarcity. However, with decades of relentless high rate of population growth, rapid urbanization, and uncharacteristically excessive consumption patterns…
الهدف الرئيسي من المبادئ التوجيهية هو مساعدة البلدان والمؤسسات وصانعي السياسات في تنمية وتنفيذ استراتيجية لضمان استدامة قطاع تربية الأحياء المائية وإدماج تربية الأحياء المائية مع القطاعات الأخرى ومساهمتها في التنمية الاجتماعية والاقتصادية. "إن نهج النظام الإيكولوجي في تربية الأحياء المائية…
Estas orientaciones técnicas sobre el uso de recursos pesqueros silvestres para acuicultura basada en la captura han sido preparadas por el Departamento de Pesquerías y Acuicultura de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) bajo la colaboración de…
这些技术准则是对粮农组织《负责任渔业行为守则》（《守则》）的 补充。《守则》以及许多国际协定和会议均通过渔业生态系统方法和水产 养殖生态系统方法中所阐述的原则和概念，强调了采用此类方法的好处及 必要性。本准则的目的是协助各国，特别是在涉及大量利用自然资源的 情况下，以可持续的方式发展水产养殖业，争取在保护后代所需资源基础 的前提下，创造最大的社会和经济效益。过去十年来，人们不断认识到以 捕捞为基础的水产养殖（CBA）对野生资源的严重依赖及其对野生种群的 影响。这些准则专注于野生苗种采集给包括受威胁物种在内的主捕和非主 捕（兼捕）物种、…
The island of Sri Lanka is free from serious natural hazards such as volcanic activity and earthquakes resulting from climatic extremes, but there are impacts of many natural disasters, such as landslides, floods and droughts, the intensity and frequency of which are increasing due to human…
The island of Sri Lanka is free from serious natural hazards such as volcanic activity and earthquakes resulting from climatic extremes, but there are impacts of many natural disasters, such as landslides, floods and droughts, the intensity and frequency of which are increasing due to human…
Economic development has brought about,
the decline in contribution of the agricultural sector to
the economy of Sri Lanka, and, consistent with this economic
transformation, the structure of employment also changed.
Thus,…
This Poverty Assessment report reviews
the evolution, and nature of poverty in Sri Lanka, by
examining why its significant, recent economic downturn
contrasts sharply with its considerable, economic advances
during the 1960s…
Despite its healthy economic growth, due
to good macroeconomic management, and progress in trade
liberalization, Sri Lanka's development is perceived to
be well below its potential. Certainly, the civil conflict
has…
The objective of this paper is to serve
as an input into the on-going discussions concerning
sectoral and cross-sectoral aspects of the strategy.
Following this introduction, the second chapter provides a
brief background on…
Economic development has brought about,
the decline in contribution of the agricultural sector to
the economy of Sri Lanka, and, consistent with this economic
transformation, the structure of employment also changed.
Thus,…