34 DECEMBER 2017 • WORLD AQUACULTURE • WWW.WAS.ORG management practices increase food security and provides highly prized cash income from surplus production in many households (Miller 2009). Dissemination of these findings to other districts of southern Nepal can improve the quality of life through more stable, resilient farming practices. Acknowledgements The authors acknowledge the generous support of EU-funded ANEP Project, CEAPRED and the WorldFish Center. Special thanks are extended to all Siktahan fish farmers, marketers, integrated service providers, and project staff who participated so enthusiastically in all phases of this work. We are indebted to Mr. Ram Kumar Tharu, one of the most widely-connected farmers of that area, for his untiring efforts and support during the time of study. Notes Shailesh Gurung, Assistant Professor, Tribhuvan University, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS), Bhairahawa, Nepal. Sujan Bhattarai, Graduate Student, Kentucky State University, Department of Aquaculture, Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S.A. * Corresponding Author: destinysujan@gmail.com or sujan. bhattarai@kysu.edu Hugh Thomforde , USAID Grantee, Farmer to Farmer Volunteer, Winrock International, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA Arun Thapa, Asia Farmer to Farmer Program, Winrock International, Nepal References Barg, U., D. Bartley, J. Kapetsky, M. Pedini, B. Satia, U. Wijkstrom and R. Willmann. 2000. Integrated resource management for sustainable inland fish production. FAO Aquaculture Newsletter 23:4-8. Biggs, S. and G. Smith. 1998. Beyond methodologies: Coalitionbuilding for participatory technology development. World Development 26:239-248. Bloomer, J. 2012. Homestead Aquaculture in Bangladesh: Current Status and Future Directions. A report submitted to World Fish Center, 14th Sept. 2012. Edwards, P. 1999a. Towards increased impact of rural aquaculture. Discussion paper prepared for the First Meeting of the APFIC Ad Hoc Working Group of Experts on Rural Aquaculture held in Bangkok, Thailand, October 20-22, 1999. FAO Regional Office, Bangkok, Thailand. Edwards, P. 2008. Rural aquaculture. Sustainable Aquaculture AprilJune, 2008:3-7. Edwards, P., D.C. Little and H. Demaine. 2002. Issues in rural aquaculture. Pages 323-338 In: P. Edwards, D.C. Little and H. Demaine, Rural Aquaculture, CAB International, Wallingford, UK FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). 2003. Address by Dr. Jacques Diouf, Director-General, FAO, to the Council on Foreign Relations. http://www.africafocus.org/docs03/ fao0311.php. Date of access 4/11/17 Friend, R. and S.J. Funge-Smith. 2002. Focusing small-scale aquaculture and aquatic resource management on poverty alleviation. FAO Regional Office & NACA. Bangkok, Thailand. Haylor, G. and S. Bland. 2001. Integrating aquaculture into rural development in coastal and inland areas. Pages 73-81 In: R.P. Subasinghe, P.B. Bueno, M.J. Philips, C. Hough, S.E. McGladdery and J.R. Arthur, editors. Aquaculture in the Third Millennium. FAO, Rome, Italy, and NACA, Bangkok, Thailand. Karim, M. 2006. The livelihood impacts of fishponds integrated within farming systems in Mymensingh District, Bangladesh. Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK. http://hdl. handle.net/1893/85. Date of access 4/11/17 Little, D.C. and P. Edwards.1999. Alternative strategies for livestock-fish integration with emphasis on Asia. Ambio 28:118-124. Little, D., M. Verdegem and R. Bosma.2007. Approaches to understanding pond-dike systems in Asia: the POND-LIVE project approach. NACA/STREAM, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand. Little, D.C. and P. Edwards. 2003. Integrated livestock-fish farming systems. 189 FAO, Rome, Italy. Lo, C.P. 1990. People and environment in the Zhu Jiang Delta of South China. National Geographic Research 6:400-417. Miller, J.W. 2009. Farm ponds for water, fish and livelihoods. FAO Diversification Booklet 13. Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division, FAO, Rome, Italy. Shrestha, M.K. and R.N. Mishra. 2014. Fish production systems in Nepal. Aquafish Innovation Lab Council Partners Workshop, March 10-12, 2104, Shangri-La Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal WorldFish. 2015. Aquaculture for improved income, food security and livelihood: Initiative and success. Performance Report. Cereal System Initiatives for South Asia (CSISA) in Bangladesh, Dec. 2015. FIGURE 4. Farmer harvesting small indigenous species from her fish pond. FIGURE 5. Changes in small indigenous fish species consumption by project households before and after the WorldFish-ANEP project.
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