How is innovation in aquaculture conceptualized and managed? A systematic literature review and reflection framework to inform analysis and action

Joffre, Olivier; Klerkx, Laurens; Dickson, Malcolm; Verdegem, Marc

doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2016.12.020

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“…Contact with extension personnel is a very important positive determinant of technology adoption (Bradfield ; Just and Zilberman ; Shields et al ; Blackman ) as it counterbalances the negative effects arising from technology complexities (Feder et al ; Joffre et al ), thus promoting ToT, management practices, and knowledge (Evenson ). The traditional agricultural extension follows a linear approach wherein research results are extended to farms, leading to adoption and increased productivity.…”

Section: Methods Of Information Transfermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, when experience within the general population about a specific technology is limited, more information often induces negative attitudes and highlights only the risk associated with technologies (Leathers and Smale ). Hence, information packages should be audience specific, timely, and bundled with both benefits and risks of the technologies (Joffre et al ).…”

Section: Methods Of Information Transfermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Complexities arise depending on the degree and extent of change required from the traditional technology or management (Henderson and Clark ). These can be (1) incremental changes to existing technologies, (2) modular changes to management process without change in the technology designs/components, (3) design changes that require change in management, and (4) radical innovation where the technology and management are profoundly different (Joffre et al ).…”

Section: Characteristics Of the Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Effective training programs organized by agencies such as FAO (Engle 1988) and World-Fish Center (Murshed-E-Jahan et al 2008) were instrumental in promulgating technologies that improved farm productivity. Extension agents are increasingly involved in the future planning of aquaculture development and planning by incorporating local farmers' knowledge into strategic planning at the onset of farming season (Joffre et al 2017). However, when experience within the general population about a specific technology is limited, more information often induces negative attitudes and highlights only the risk associated with technologies (Leathers and Smale 1992).…”

Section: Media and Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Factors Driving Aquaculture Technology Adoption

Kumar

Engle²,

Tucker

2018

J World Aquaculture Soc

198

103

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Technology adoption has played a key role in the global development and increase in agricultural productivity. However, the decision to adopt a new technology on farms is complex. While the factors that drive the adoption of new technologies have been well studied in agriculture, less attention has been paid to drivers of technology adoption in aquaculture. Aquacultural technologies have developed and advanced rapidly in recent decades, but not all technologies have been adopted readily by farmers. This review paper summarizes some of the critical factors that influence aquaculture technology adoption decisions such as: (1) method of information transfer, (2) characteristics of the technology, (3) farm characteristics, (4) economic factors, and (5) sociodemographic and institutional factors. Fish farmers have tended to adopt technologies that are perceived to be more advantageous than others in terms of productivity, cost efficiency, and ease of management. Price of aquaculture products and profit expectations from business ventures were key economic factors influencing adoption decisions. Given the wide array of species, production practices, and global nature of aquaculture, the intensity and the extent of adoption of technologies depend on the nature of the industry in which they are adopted and their economic, social, political, and regulatory environments.

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Section: Methods Of Information Transfermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methods Of Information Transfermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Characteristics Of the Technologymentioning

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Section: Media and Trainingmentioning

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Factors Driving Aquaculture Technology Adoption

Kumar

Engle²,

Tucker

2018

J World Aquaculture Soc

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103

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“…The rapid growth of the aquaculture industry has been enabled through the expansion of aquaculture production areas (Oyinlola et al 2018), intensification of production systems (Joffre et al 2017), adoption of new technologies, and systematic improvement of existing technologies that brought control over husbandry and production processes (Kumar and Engle 2016;Henriksson et al 2018;Kumar et al 2018). Aquaculture offers great scope for technical innovation to further increase animal protein supply and resource efficiency (Waite et al 2014).…”

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Predicting uptake of aquaculture technologies among smallholder fish farmers in Kenya

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In Africa, many governments and development agencies have promoted aquaculture as a panacea for household food security, rural development, and poverty reduction. However, aquaculture production in the continent remains low despite significant investments in research and technology development. While numerous initiatives have been directed at technological innovation and transfer, their present scale of uptake is very slow and therefore inadequate to achieve transformational change envisaged in the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development. In this paper, we aim to (1) critically analyze the factors that influence fish farmer's perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors toward technology adoption; and (2) to determine the impacts of technology adoption on farmer's livelihoods. Primary data were collected using a selfadministered digitized questionnaire to 331 randomly selected farmers in Kenya. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to analyze data. Results revealed that variables including secondary education, diversified on-farm activities, farm size, production levels, attendance of extension training, ease of understanding, and ease of handling technologies were positive and significant predictors of aquaculture technology adoption. However, 30% of fish farmers were categorized as high adopters of novel aquaculture technologies, implying that there are gaps in technical skills hindering adoption of innovative technologies and best management practices. To facilitate learning and uptake of technologies and good practices by farmers, a range of aquaculture-related extension and communication materials, including posters, hard copy information leaflets and brochures of recipes in appropriate languages, short video presentations, and radio features, should be commissioned to support the smallholder farmers.

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The Future of Food from the Sea

Lubchenco

Haugan

2023

The Blue Compendium

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Global food demand is rising, and serious questions remain about whether supply can increase sustainably (FAO 2018). Land-based expansion is possible but may exacerbate climate change and biodiversity loss, and compromise the delivery of other ecosystem services (Olsen 2011; Foley et al. 2005, 2011; Mbow et al. 2019; Amundson et al. 2015). As food from the sea represents only 17% of the current production of edible meat, we ask how much food we can expect the ocean to sustainably produce by 2050. Here we examine the main food-producing sectors in the ocean—wild fisheries, finfish mariculture and bivalve mariculture—to estimate ‘sustainable supply curves’ that account for ecological, economic, regulatory and technological constraints. We overlay these supply curves with demand scenarios to estimate future seafood production. We find that under our estimated demand shifts and supply scenarios (which account for policy reform and technology improvements), edible food from the sea could increase by 21–44 million tons by 2050, a 36–74% increase compared to current yields. This represents 12–25% of the estimated increase in all meat needed to feed 9.8 billion people by 2050. Increases in all three sectors are likely, but are most pronounced for mariculture. Whether these production potentials are realized sustainably will depend on factors such as policy reforms, technological innovation and the extent of future shifts in demand.

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How is innovation in aquaculture conceptualized and managed? A systematic literature review and reflection framework to inform analysis and action

Cited by 81 publications

References 145 publications

Factors Driving Aquaculture Technology Adoption

Factors Driving Aquaculture Technology Adoption

Predicting uptake of aquaculture technologies among smallholder fish farmers in Kenya

The Future of Food from the Sea

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