The world’s rapid transition to urbanization contributes greatly to the pressure on water, food security, and energy, as the World Water Week Workshop on Securing Water and Food in an Urbanising World explored. We cannot simply look at urbanization …
Archive for September, 2012
Rethinking the value of wastewater
Growth and survival rate of three genetic groups fed 28% and 34% protein diets Aquaculture Research
The strain by nutrition interaction in body weight and survival rate was examined by testing three genetic groups (Selection and Control lines of the GIFT strain, and Red tilapia) at two levels of protein in the diet (28% and 34%).
Relative performance of two Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus Linnaeus) strains in Egypt: The Abbassa selection line and the Kafr El Sheikh commercial strain
The Abbassa selection line (developed by selective breeding) and the Kafr El Sheikh commercial strain (widely used in Egypt), both Oreochromis niloticus, were compared at two stocking densities (two and four fish m-2). Harvest weight, length, depth, wi…
CIFOR is looking for a Researcher
The Researcher will be working on ILEA. CIFOR’s Forests and Governance Programme has pioneered the Integrated Law Enforcement Approach (ILEA) which aims to curtail illegal logging by focusing on, among other things, improving forest governance.