Water and Energy Abstracts
Open Access
  • Year: 2004
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue: 1

128. Irrigation Development and Fisheries – Managing Impacts on Resources and Livelihoods

  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 45 to 46

(Water, Issue 17, pp. 9).

Abstract

Freshwater fisheries make important contributions to rural livelihoods, and may be strongly impacted by irrigation development. Integrating fisheries considerations in all stages of irrigation development can mitigate negative, and enhance positive impacts.

Keywords

Freshwater, Irrigation, Fisheries, Impacts