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enrieal lo prorern produeiron in lire oopres rhai rapid
proeessing ol lish rs oehrered m ew ol rhe porennal
lor spoilage More everyday rrranularrure or elear
plasirr dryrng renis or boxes is aeeded rarher rhan
emphasis on immismg lrshrng ellrereney or produe-
rion. as up ra «we oi a rareh ran be insl lu spoilage and
damage by rodenrs and birds
Fermeni ul lrsh wasies las praeireed in lndonesrai
Produm a pmhemrnth, sairsiabilised lraoid sauee oi
grea- value to people on rise rims, and sueh |Khnlq|lzs
are an essenoal pan olsnlvaging lash wastes lor rnarlrer
dispersal. proeessrng also rnereases ulHarm eeonomus
and rural ernployrnenr Pakmiafl
For non-rarnivorous sp , ,earrh-and-reslock
sysrerns an grearly lmease yields over bareh or soral
removal alrhe speeres Marry pemranenr ponds are run
an rhis basrs, or rhar ol naroral breeding in she ease or
naylrsh lwhen a mxlmllm srre lrmrr rs used in reiurn
large, fasxrgmwmg breeders io ihe pond or breeding
areal. [l is always rose lo eonarder renaming or keeping
lhe larger: fish, and earring lire slighily smaller gmdes
lunloriunarely nor a srraiegy wellrapplled in sea
loner-res).
Ahhnugh a greal emphasrs is pui on lrsh, irue
aquacullunl planning should always Include diverse
plani produers, wlrh ernphasrs on loral sraples rrslr are
llren aseassory la a broad prodoer base, and la nee
erops The disease problems ihal burld up rn aqua-
eulnrres are due ro ayerernpnasrs on one speeres or
dis ol load and hrgh yields, and also lo a neglecr ol
shade, wild loo-is, and ihe benelreral elleers ol planrs on
waieroualiiy
13.10
TRADITIONAL AND NEW WATER
POLYCULTURES
The very anlroalry al sarne ierraee nd rryerslde
eulrurea dernonsiraies rheir sosiainab iiy 'n human
rerrua The wet ierraees ol rhe lhrgaa people al rhe
l-hlllpprnes have been rn use do! or lersi am) yelrs', ihe
llood eulrures or line Nile innw sadly bur perhaps
remporarily endedl is probably mm years old: she
rhinarnpa sysrern ol Merreu rs also arrooue, as are rhe
flood-phin, Iakriidt, and rivzr enlruresouisla.
Harold Conkhn in "Ekhnoguphir Ciiics ol liugm,
Srlenn/ir Amnlaln «Review» February i952, rairulsres
rhai lam years oi roll neared ihese reoaee «mums, He
rrralres a rorrurrenrary an warer eulrures ihar For lwm
rnalres on ihe lndonesran palm euliurer—ihai lirese
peoples reeogmse no external iulhonly. Nor only is ii
an rnappropriaie and rnrerlering eoneepi rn
sell—susiained sysierus, bur rhe erearors or soon sysrerns
have learned a sell- governanee nova! developed by
any eeniral aurhoory rn hrslory the eonsirueiron ol
earnrnon ranal sysreras and shared rrrrgarron
neeessrraies eammunrry rrrganrsarrnn and selleanrrol
Hydraulre desporism, as round rn eolonised areas,
predisposes soereires in erploriairon and eenrralrsed
gnvernmnu Warer is. in all sane nr dernorraire
500
marries, regarded as a yulrlre resourse.
meing as heeiares ol padr nee, and 015 ha ol
swan pours as smples, w“)! 1 ha ol woodlai and grove
rnrp, doraesrie pigs and (hickens led horn gleanrngs
and rrop, rhe lhigao lnmrly nl s spend we person days
ol produeirre labour per year, or all days per able
individual Ramlall is an incredible 3 lo 6 arr/year,
“meimiking consul“ rerraee orarnrenanee The rer-raees
have 2 cm ol sori, and hail rhe mass ol rhe bands is in
srone Canal and am mainlenarree naessiraie annual
earrh and srone Icpnlrs: ihe eourraleni value or
abreeove rosi is one day ol rue lor one hour nl work
There are a good rnany usdul planr species nl rhe
marine and sauna: environmenr, only some 2mm
spews ol warer planrs are ur ronsrani euloire or have
been srrbyeei m rarreral seleerran. Many species are srrll
wildrgamemd or iii eoliuredl are derrved lrom
onseleeird wild sroek yer mm is an obuluns Wendi]
ror werland loresrry. erali prisoner, and specialised
lorage erop assembles lor splzclrs such as bees, ducks or
wareriowl, and lish Pigs unlrse mnal swamps and
warer margins lor a rariely ol ladders. Came enrer
lagoons and shallow warers In browse, while speeres
like are Soay sheep, rurrles, and ihe Galapagos iguana
browse lhe large seaweed: ol rhe seashore, and
seagrasses ln sarnph re paslulrs gese, swan, and loh
speeres browse or varying nde levels Anyone rnreresied
in speone planr assemblies ran evolve a iarrly romplea
array ol lorbs, shrubs, ones, and has re surr speeilre or
speeralrsed purposes Thule is an obvious role lor seed,
regerairre. and general aquairr nurseries and suppliers,
which are undeveloped in mosreoonrnss.
Rather lhan enumeraie all die eolrured spedes, l have
rhasen ra deal who a low seleeied pniyeuliores al
planrs, lo bnelly lreai lire marginal planrings, and lo
suggesr plani assemblies ior speeilre sure I wlll
desenbe bmh a cold area and subrroprr plans sysrern lo
rllusirare rhe aquarre poieniral. selerring M ld riee
manna) lor rool areas, and rare. lColaras' l lor lhe
noples Riee (Bryn) risell is grown horn iernperare ro
iropreal areas, and is nol dealr wllh here, bar rs very
well desenbed by Moolrauv.
WILD RICE CULTURE
lzlaerrrr laensrnsr Minnesoia, very rold winiers and nor
summers
wild riee rs a rail annual grass no 2.5 m) will. several
perennial species in ihe same genus, ii has been
gaihered as a grain lor eenrories by Amzrilldian lnbes
ol Canada and rhe varied sures, lrorn Mrnnesoia in
Florida.
Species or seed eolleered lor eulnne rnals should be
garnered lrorrr seleered piano or rhe elirnaire and warer
provenanee surred lo lhe euilure srle. Some lew enrps
hive been grown in lhe Souihern hernrsphere, hm ior
lhe mosr parr rlre 3 rnrllron k5 produced are grown in
ihe Mlnnesoun region. 01 rhe lava! pnrduenon. abooi
soul is sirll mid—gaihered rn iradrironal lash n by
Amenndians who bear oul rhe grams rnra a eauoe, and