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General information
| Innovation ID | 361 |
| Version ID | 88 |
| Innovation Title | Co-management of community fish refuges (CFRs) in multifunctional rice/wetland landscapes to enhance fish production, water security and adaptive capacity to climate change in Cambodia |
| Innovation description | A CFR is a form of stock enhancement or a fish conservation measure to improve the productivity of rice-field fisheries within rice-dominate multi-functional landscapes. The CFR is a refuge, or sanctuary, for brood fish that is protected from fishing year-round and is especially important as fish habitat during the dry season in seasonally inundated rice fields. During the dry season fish refuges in remaining deeper pools, during the flood season the fish emerge to breed. |
| Reporting Staff | Sarah Freed (WF), Peter Jackson (WF) |
| Year (Reporting) | 2019 |
| Reporting status | Approved |
| Innovation Type | Production systems and Management practices |
Stage reached
| Stage of Innovation | Stage 3: available/ ready for uptake |
| Year (Stage) | 2019 |
| Stage Description | A best practices manual has been published by WorldFish and Cambodia's Fisheries Administration with support from USAID. This manual is available for partners to uptake and scale the best practices of Community Fish Refuge-Rice Field Fisheries management. |
| Has a lead organization | yes |
| Lead Organization | WorldFish |
| Top 5 contributors | Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries, General Directorate of Agriculture |
Contributions and mapping
| All partners | Independent / Not associated-Private Sector; The Fisheries Administration-Government; WorldFish-CGIAR Center/Program (Center); United States Agency for International Development-Financing Institutions (including Foundations) |
| Main CRP | CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems |
| Flagship project | FP2-Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries |
| Cluster | FP2-2-Fish in multifunctional landscapes |
| Other CRPs-Flagships-Clusters |
Scope
| Geographic scope | National |
| Regions | |
| Countries | Cambodia |
Targeted outcomes
| Main Sub-IDO | Enhanced conservation of habitats and resources. |
| Other Sub-IDO | More productive and equitable management of natural resources |
| Other Sub-IDO | Increased resilience of agro-ecosystems and communities, especially those including smallholders |
Evidences
| Evidences | Strategic Planning Doc (2010-2019) [http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/cam143042.pdf] "Miratori Kim, Vichet Sean, Rick Gregory, Viseth Hav, Somony Thay, Alan Brooks, Kosal Mam. (24/6/2019). A Manual for Community Fish Refuge - Rice Field Fisheries System Management in Cambodia. Cambodia: WorldFish (WF).""Miratori Kim, Kosal Mam, Vichet Sean, Somony Thay, Viseth Hav, Rick Gregory, Alan Brooks. (24/6/2019). Guidelines for Community Fish Refuge – Rice Field Fisheries System Management in Cambodia. Cambodia: WorldFish (WF).""Miratori Kim, Kosal Mam, Vichet Sean, Alan Brooks, Somony Thay, Viseth Hav, Rick Gregory. (24/6/2019). Guidelines for Community Fish Refuge – Rice Field Fisheries System Management in Cambodia (Khmer version). Cambodia: WorldFish (WF)." |
Linked Elements
| Milestones |
| Outcome Impact Case | How rice field fisheries are netting nutrition gains for over 124,876 people in Cambodia https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/63409f Significant nutrition gains on nearly 150,000 people in Cambodia strengthen the validation of community-managed rice field fisheries attracting more investments for scaling https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/e0c7fc Sustainable rice-fish management in Cambodia contributes to significant improvement in nutrition and livelihoods for over 365,045 people https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/4a544c |
| Policy | Inclusion of co-management of community fish refuges (CFRs) into Cambodia’s 10-year Strategic Plan for Fisheries Conservation and Management https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/960ef5 Community Fish Refuge best practice taken up into Cambodia's 10 year Strategic Plan; scaling up of increased fish production and improved food security https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/9b6cc8 |