Adoption and Diffusion of Small-Scale Pond Aquaculture - The Case of Cameroon in Comparison to Malawi
- Publikations-Art
- Buch / Monografie
- Autoren
- Kriesemer, S.
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2009
- Herausgeber
- Hermann Boland, Volker Hoffmann, Uwe Jens Nagel
- Verlag
- Margraf Publishers , Weikersheim
- Band/Volume
- 94/
- Serie/Bezeichnung
- Kommunikation und Beratung
- ISBN / ISSN / eISSN
- 3-8236-1579-8
- Seite (von - bis)
- 154
Aquaculture can play an important role in eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, because fisheries have reached their maximum sustainable yield level. The increasing demand of a growing world population will need to be met from aquaculture. More recent efforts to promote fish farming in Africa did not bring about the anticipated impact. The objective of this study is to identify and describe the factors responsible for the adoption and diffusion of Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture and thus, to provide a comprehensive overview that can help the reader to take a decision on the suitability of this innovation in Cameroon and Malawi.
The book features a combination of qualitative and quantitative social and economic research which is increasingly demanded for explaining complex decision processes such as the adoption of agricultural innovations. It presents new methodologies and critically discusses their suitability for producing meaningful results.