Determinants of Climate-Smart Aquaculture Adoption in Tanzania’S’ Lake Zone: Evidence from Mara and Mwanza Regions

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Climate-Smart Aquaculture (CSAq) is recognized for optimizing resource use and enhancing resilience to climate-related stresses, but its adoption in Africa constrained by biophysical socio-economic challenges. This study examines the factors influencing CSAq Tanzania's Lake Zone, focusing on Mara Mwanza regions, based a cross-sectional survey of 384 farmers multinomial logistic regression analysis. The findings reveal that factors, such as education, gender, household size, significantly affect adoption. Integrated farming, commonly practiced male (70.3%), more prevalent among those aged 26-60 with primary while monoculture polyculture are common younger secondary or higher education. Statistically significant relationships were observed between education (χ² = 132.48, p < 0.01), gender 5.239, size 10.838, 0.05). Institutional including financial support, extension services, training, also critical, 52.6% integrated benefiting from interventions. Environmental water availability climate stability, influence practices, farming resource-rich areas. Economic access feeding resources market profitability, further drive adoption, particularly areas better access. underscores need holistic policies addressing institutional gender-sensitive interventions, environmental conditions scale practices sustainable aquaculture development, food security, resilience.

Language: Английский

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Identifying and overcoming barriers to climate change adaptation innovations among smallholder farmers in developing countries: a literature review and meta-analysis

Climatic Change, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 178(3)

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Sustainability of Aqua Feeds in Africa: A Narrative Review

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(23), P. 10323 - 10323

Published: Nov. 26, 2024

In recent decades, the aquaculture industry has seen exponential growth worldwide, surpassing other food production sectors. This review aims to explore dynamics of aqua feed production, particularly shift from conventional local in Africa, driven by cost-effectiveness and availability raw materials. examines various scientific publications on feed, focusing both novel formulations their impact small-scale large-scale aquaculture. Commonly used ingredients among African farmers include cassava, maize gluten, groundnut oilcake, sunflower soybean meal, kale, peas, garlic, shrimp wastes, waste blood. Novel such as insect-based diets, micro-algae, fish discard are also explored. Aqua composition impacts waste, water quality, algae, oxygen demand, mortality, eutrophication, findings literature reiterate need reorient formulation methods achieve a circular economy Africa. will entail promoting increased at minimal costs creating employment while supporting climate adaptation mitigation efforts. Ultimately, sector potential grow sustainably through adoption alternatives that prioritize sustainable encourage beneficiation studies.

Language: Английский

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Hard and soft climate-smart investments in aquaculture in Bangladesh: Conditioning factors and decision space

Climate Services, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 37, P. 100527 - 100527

Published: Dec. 2, 2024

Language: Английский

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