ABSTRACT Agri-food system integration has the potential to increase and add value to agricultural production, reduce cost of and dependency on external inputs, generate additional income to farmers, and encourage the diversification of outputs and diets. Agri-food system integrations such as livestock-fish, poultry-fish, crop-livestock and rice-fish farming have been well documented in academic literature. However, information on fish and root, tuber and banana (RTB) crops integration is scarcely available, despite their worldwide cultural, dietary, and economic importance. This paper, which is informed by a narrative literature review and ground-truthing through key informant interviews, documents existing linkages between two agri-food systems – fish and RTB – and identifies opportunities and challenges for strengthening their integration. We found that recorded instances of fish-RTB integration are limited and predominantly discuss production-related activities. Nevertheless, initial evidence suggests that there are important livelihood-enhancing opportunities as well as environmental, and food and nutrition security benefits, which need to be considered. These include the potential to improve the nutritional status of vulnerable populations and lower the cost of fish production and thus improve the livelihoods of small-scale fish farmers. Further field-based research is recommended to explore these outcomes in more detail.

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鱼、块根、块茎和香蕉：农业食品系统整合的机遇和限制

摘要 农业食品系统整合有可能增加和增加农业生产的价值，降低成本和对外部投入的依赖，为农民创造额外收入，并鼓励产出和饮食多样化。农业食品系统整合，如牲畜-鱼类、家禽-鱼类、作物-牲畜和稻田-鱼类养殖，在学术文献中有详细记载。然而，尽管鱼类和根茎、块茎和香蕉 (RTB) 作物在全球的文化、饮食和经济方面具有重要意义，但它们的整合信息却很少。这篇论文通过对关键知情人访谈的叙述性文献回顾和实地调查得出了信息，记录了两个农业食品系统（鱼类和 RTB）之间的现有联系，并确定了加强它们整合的机遇和挑战。我们发现鱼类-RTB 集成的记录实例有限，主要讨论与生产相关的活动。然而，初步证据表明，存在改善生计的重要机会以及需要考虑的环境、粮食和营养安全益处。其中包括改善弱势群体营养状况和降低鱼类生产成本从而改善小规模养鱼户生计的潜力。建议进行进一步的实地研究，以更详细地探索这些结果。以及需要考虑的粮食和营养安全效益。其中包括改善弱势群体营养状况和降低鱼类生产成本从而改善小规模养鱼户生计的潜力。建议进行进一步的实地研究，以更详细地探索这些结果。以及需要考虑的粮食和营养安全效益。其中包括改善弱势群体营养状况和降低鱼类生产成本从而改善小规模养鱼户生计的潜力。建议进行进一步的实地研究，以更详细地探索这些结果。