Myanmar was hit by Cyclone Nargis in May 2008 with winds of 190km/hour and an enormous sea surge. It destroyed houses and even whole villages and caused massive fl ooding with an offi cially estimated death toll of 140,000 people and the livelihoods of million people seriously affected. I outlined issues relating to small-scale aquaculture in articles in previous columns (‘Myanmar revisited’ in the January-March 2009 issue and ‘Small-scale aquaculture in the Ayeyarwady Delta’ in the April-June 2009 issue). Many agencies have been working since the disaster on the emergency distribution of food, non-food items and providing shelter, agriculture inputs and medical care to the victims in the affected areas to. | ISSN 0859-Ó00X Volume XV No. 2 April-June 2010 flOUflCULTUfii Marine finfish cage culture practices Changing role of women in aquaculture Strengthening small-scale aquaculture in ASEAN Impact of whitespot Iran Diets for cobia Vietnam Apatani rice-fish culture A healthy underwater world A ion frc quatic For more information please email spaquaculture@ http and Intervet. Schering-Plough Animal Health AQMLTUM Aquaculture Asia is an autonomous publication that gives people in developing countries a voice. The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the contributors and do not represent the policies or position of NACA. Editorial Board Wing-Keong Ng . Nandeesha Editor Simon Wilkinson simon@ NACA An intergovernmental organisation that promotes rural development through sustainable aquaculture. NACA seeks to improve rural income increase food production and foreign exchange earnings and to diversify farm production. The ultimate beneficiaries of NACA activities are farmers and rural communities. Contact The Editor Aquaculture Asia PO Box 1040 Kasetsart Post Office Bangkok 10903 Thailand Tel 66-2 561 1728 Fax 66-2 561 1727 Website http Submit articles to magazine@ Follow us on Twitter under AquacultureAsia Printed by Scand-Media Co. Ltd. Volume XV No. 2 ISSN 0859-600X April-June 2010 Cooperatives The future of small-scale farming Pick any emerging industry you like and consider its development over time. The pattern should be familiar A few pioneers kick things off and achieve early success. A goldrush ensues with large numbers of entrants piling in chasing what looks like easy money. This is followed by a production boom and a price collapse at which point the uncompetitive tend to go out of business. The survivors pick up the pieces and expand their own holdings gaining economies of scale. Slowly the industry consolidates and settles into a new and somewhat less dynamic .
