FAO technical assistance efforts to deal with Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) of cultured shrimp

Bondad-Reantaso Melba G., . and Arthur J. Richard, . FAO technical assistance efforts to deal with Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) of cultured shrimp. pp. 1-14. ISSN 0116-6514

The authors briefly describe the efforts of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) between 2011 and 2017 in providing assistance to member countries in dealing with Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) of penaeid shrimp through two Technical Cooperation Project (TCP) which lead to the production of this volume of collected papers. The first project TCP/VIE/3304 was an emergency TCP project Vietnam as recipient country. The second project TCP/INT/3502 was an interregional TCP project with Colombia Ecuador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Panama and Peru from the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region and India the Islamic Republic of Iran the Philippines and Sri Lanka from the Asian region as recipient countries. A significant concern to the shrimp aquaculture sector AHPND will continue to hamper the continuity of food supply impact livelihoods and reduce national export earnings. This special issue of Asian Fisheries Science on AHPND contains some of the technical papers that were delivered during the Viet Nam Panama and Bangkok EMS/AHPND events between June 2013 and June 2016. This volume contains 23 contributions on a range of topics aimed at continuously updating the knowledge and experiences in dealing with AHPND and related topics from the perspectives of the government academe and producer sectors.

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Abstract

The authors briefly describe the efforts of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) between 2011 and 2017 in providing assistance to member countries in dealing with Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) of penaeid shrimp through two Technical Cooperation Project (TCP) which lead to the production of this volume of collected papers. The first project TCP/VIE/3304 was an emergency TCP project Vietnam as recipient country. The second project TCP/INT/3502 was an interregional TCP project with Colombia Ecuador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Panama and Peru from the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region and India the Islamic Republic of Iran the Philippines and Sri Lanka from the Asian region as recipient countries. A significant concern to the shrimp aquaculture sector AHPND will continue to hamper the continuity of food supply impact livelihoods and reduce national export earnings. This special issue of Asian Fisheries Science on AHPND contains some of the technical papers that were delivered during the Viet Nam Panama and Bangkok EMS/AHPND events between June 2013 and June 2016. This volume contains 23 contributions on a range of topics aimed at continuously updating the knowledge and experiences in dealing with AHPND and related topics from the perspectives of the government academe and producer sectors.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Prawns and shrimps
AGROVOC Term:	Penaeus monodon
AGROVOC Term:	Penaeus vannamei
AGROVOC Term:	Aquatic organisms
AGROVOC Term:	Aquaculture
AGROVOC Term:	Bacterial diseases
AGROVOC Term:	Disease outbreak
AGROVOC Term:	Disease control
AGROVOC Term:	Technical aid
AGROVOC Term:	Food and Agriculture Organization
Depositing User:	Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 00:54
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7971

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