Brummett, Randall2012-08-132012-08-132011-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10427Rural development projects target food security and poverty alleviation. In Central Cameroon, a project providing extension of integrated farming technology to rural/subsistence farmers and to periurban/small-scale commercial farmers achieved increases in fish pond productivity, number of fish farmers, and net returns from aquaculture. However, gains for commercial farmers were larger and more sustainable, and at less cost, than for subsistence farmers. This smart lesson describes the project and some of the lessons it provided.CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGOACCESS TO MARKETSAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATIONAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHAGRICULTUREAQUACULTUREAQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENTCGIARCOMMERCIAL FARMERSCONFLICTCROPCROP PRODUCTIONCROPSDEVELOPMENT PROJECTSDROUGHTECONOMIC GROWTHEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEQUIPMENTEXTENSIONEXTENSION AGENTSFARMFARMERSFARMINGFARMING COMMUNITIESFARMING SYSTEMSFARMSFIELD WORKFISHFISH AVAILABILITYFISH FARMSFISH PRODUCTIONFISHERIESFOOD POLICYFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SECURITYHIGH INEQUALITYINCOMEINCOME GROWTHINCOMESINLAND FISHERIESINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTELIVELIHOODSMARKETINGNATIONAL POVERTYNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSPARTICIPATORY RESEARCHPOOR INFRASTRUCTUREPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRODUCEPRODUCTION SYSTEMPRODUCTION SYSTEMSPROFITABLE FARMING SYSTEMSRAPID RURAL APPRAISALRURALRURAL AREASRURAL BUSINESSESRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL FARMERRURAL FARMERSRURAL POORSMALL-SCALE FARMERSSOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL SECURITYSUBSISTENCESUBSISTENCE FARMERSTARGETINGTECHNICAL ASSISTANCEWorld Bank10.1596/10427