System · Rationale

Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture

Aquaculture system that co-cultivates species from different trophic levels so that the by-products of one become inputs for another, reducing waste and diversifying production under climate stress.

Definition source: FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture (integrated multi-trophic aquaculture)

Synonyms

IMTA

Broader

Aquaculture system

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

System is exposed to a climate hazard, OR is acted on by a hazard-addressing intervention, OR benefits from a qualifying outcome or an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when named only as the sector or commodity of work, with no exposure and no hazard-addressing action on it.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

SYS_036 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_036
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_036)