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University,
Sri Lanka
Knowledge for Sustainable ShrimpFarming in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Awareness, Access, and Application
Dr. Tim DeJagerResearch Associate
University of Calgary
Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine
Workshop on Best
Management Practices
for Sustainable Shrimp
Farming in Eastern
Province, Sri Lanka
02 February 2011
Batticaloa, Sri lanka
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It’s all about management
• 95% management 5% nature
• Management requires
knowledge to make good
decisions
• Knowledge is not solitary
but social – we need to learn
from each other
• Connectivity to knowledge
sources is needed – better
flows
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Three Pillars of the Project
•
Sustainability – what does itmean for Shrimp farmers in
eastern Province? Indicators?
Health, Ecosystem, Economic,
Social
• Knowledge security –
availability, accessibility,
utilization = empowering at the
farm and community level
• Improving Incomes and food
security – household, local,
national, global
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Knowledge availability
• Who has knowledge?
• Value chain (upstream
suppliers, downstream post
harvest and markets),
• peers (farmers local, global),
• public institutions
(universities, researchinstitutes, government
agencies)
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Knowledge Access
• Map knowledge network – where are the
gaps? Where (who) are the knowledge hubs?
Who is isolated and why?
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Bridging gaps and connecting
• Gather knowledge from
sources – BMPs globally
• Create knowledge
resources in local
languages and adapted to
local conditions
• Build better channels for
continuous 2-way flow of
knowledge – knowledge
exchange
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Our Project Hypothesis
• Connectivity to knowledge flows is key forimplementing sustainable practices – economic,social, environmental, health
•Reducing poverty, increasing incomes, reducingenvironmental impact, and improved production(quantity, quality, lower cost) are all possibleoutcomes of knowledge connectivity
• Connectivity of knowledge flows between policyand industry can create enabling environment forsustainable growth
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Enhancing Knowledge Flows
• Build knowledge sharing culture throughmeetings, material and virtual
• Increase opportuntiies to share – workshops, mentoring, etc
•
Strengthen value chain linkages tofarmers
• Recognition for knowledge givers – BMPModel farms and industry teachers
• Reward knowledge implementation –
best practices awards• Build and test new ways of sharing
knowledge – mobiles, internet.
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Taking advantage of Information and
Communication Technologies
• Test whether mobile phoneswith 2-way SMS textmessaging) can be effectivefor knowledge sharing.
• Develop web platform foraquaculture industryknowledge sharing – accessible to all
• Provide tools to accessdigital knowledge
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From
Physical to
Digital
• Flood in Eastern
Province Last Year:Losses of books and
pictures
• Digital forms less costly,
can be easily shared,
• But access and learning
usage is going to be the
key – future
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Better knowledge flows
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Why does knowledge matter?
• Searching for information is costly – one study in
Dambulla estimates 11% of cost of production.
• Opportunity cost is high of not accessing and
implementing best available knowledge.• The future - The next generation needs our best
management effort
• “The future of food security in the developing world
depends more on knowledge than on resource-intensiveagriculture.” (Venkataraman Balaji, International Crops
Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru,
India. Science, February 12, 2010).
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Who is Involved in the Project
• Collaborating Institutions – University of Calgary, Wayamba
University of SriLanka
• Participating Institutions: Eastern University, Northwestern
Provincial Council
• Other collaborators: Sri Lanka Aquaculture Development
Authority, LIRNEAsia, Institute for Policy Analysis
• Funding: The Canadian International Food Security
Research Fund (CIFSRF) is a joint program of the
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and
the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
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Thank you
•
Mrs. Stanley (Devadesen) and Eastern University• Shrimp Farmers of Eastern Province, SLADA,
• Team from Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
• Dr. Sam Daniel, Dr. Craig Stephen
• IDRC and CIDA - Canadian International Food SecurityResearch Fund