venerdì 3 ottobre 2014
More aquaculture production needed to feed a growing and urbanizing world
Six countries in the Asia-Pacific region, the world’s largest consumer of fish products, have come together to draft a work plan on the sustainable intensification of aquaculture for ‘Blue Growth,’ the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), announced yesterday.
Representatives from the Governments of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam are working with FAO global and regional fishery and aquaculture experts in the development of an FAO regional initiative to enhance production of aquaculture in an environmentally sound and sustainable way – “Blue Growth.”