 | ALCOM, GCP/INT/436/SWE/REP/9 HOW FISH CULTURE CAN STIMULATE ECONOMIC GROWTH: CONCLUSIONS FROM FISH FARMER SURVEYS IN ZAMBIAby ULF WIJKSTROM Funding Agency : Executing Agency : |
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2.1 Fish Farming as an Economic Activity
2.3 The Successful Fish Farmer
3. ECONOMIC CHANGE THROUGH FISH CULTURE
4. CHANGES TO FARMERS' NET INCOME
4.1 Poor, underemployed farmers in a stagnant economy
4.2 Poor farmers in a growing agricultural economy showing close to full employment
5. EFFECT ON THE NATIONAL SCALE : ECONOMIC GROWTH
6. EFFECTS ON THE NATIONAL SCALE : DISTRIBUTION OF DISPOSABLE INCOME
6.1 Stagnating rural economy with under employment
6.2 Growing rural economy with close to full employment
7. CONCLUSIONS : HOW MUCH GOVERNMENT EFFORT IS REASONABLE IN SUPPORT OF RURAL FISH CULTURE?
7.2 The Government's use of tax revenue
8. RECOMMENDATIONS : A STRATEGY BY WHICH A FISHERY DEPARTMENT MAY SUPPORT RURAL FISH CULTURE
8.1 Providing Fish Culture advice to Farmers
8.1.1 Preparation of a Programme
8.1.2 Implementation of a Programme Support to Farmers
8.1.3 Maintaining the Strategy up to date
8.2 Contacts with other Government Departments
8.2.2 The Role of Other Governments Departments in the Execution of Fish Culture Development Work
8.3 Organization of the Fish Culture Department
8.3.3 Research and Development
ANNEXES
1. The Survey Programme and its Execution
2. Recommendations made in Survey Reports
3. Observations on Quantitative
4. Study of “Consumption Effects” accruing from Fish Farming
FIGURES
1. Basic Components of Economic Growth
2. Increase in Production of Pond-Grown Fish in a Stagnant Economy
3. Increase in Production of Pond-Grown Fish in a Growing Economy
5. Economic Growth Resulting from Expansion of Fish Farming, in a Growing Economy
6. Farmers' Income from a kg of Fish; a Function of the Rural Economy
7. “We Generate Increased Production”
8. “We Prevent a Fall in Production”