TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgement Introduction General ...

People centered. Support
should be provided only for
what matters to people. The
support must be sensitive to
differences among groups of
people and should fit their
current livelihood strategies,
social environment and ability
to adapt.
Responsive and participatory.
Poor people should be key
actors in identifying and
addressing priorities. Outsiders
will have to listen to and
respond to the poor.
Small-scale aquaculture
Conducted in partnership.
Partnership is needed in the
private and the public sectors
for the development of the
production system, marketing,
finance, regulations, technical
support, training, etc.
Dynamic. External support for
aquaculture development
must recognize the dynamic
nature of people's current
livelihood strategies and be
flexible to changes.
Multi-level. Concerns at the
micro-level, the locus of the
production, must inform the
development of policy (local
government and other levels)
for an effective and supportive
enabling environment.
Sustainable. In addition to
environmental sustainability,
aquaculture must pass the test
of social, economic and
institutional sustainability.
Aquaculture development intended as “small-scale” must be a poverty-focused
development activity. As such, it should comply with the principles as adopted by
DFID as core principles of sustainable livelihoods framework.
A useful framework to remember consists of the assets that people can draw upon
for aquaculture development. These are:
● natural capital, e.g., water, soil, fish stocks;