Imtiaz Ahmed – författare

In the ever-evolving field of aquaculture, understanding the intricate nutritional needs of fish is paramount to ensuring their health, growth, and overall productivity. This new volume delves into the essential aspects of fish nutrition, focusing specifically on the crucial roles of proteins and amino acids in the diets of various fish species. A culmination of extensive research and expertise from leading experts in the field of aquaculture nutrition, the book covers fish digestion and protein utilization, proteins in fish feed and protein requirements of different species of cultured fish. It also addresses the amino acid requirements of fish, including their dietary needs for lysine, methionine, valine, tryptophan, phenylalanine, histidine, leucine, and arginine.Through detailed analyses and critical insights, this book explores the latest advancements in fish nutrition, highlighting key findings and recommendations for formulating balanced and nutritious diets. It serves as an invaluable resource for researchers, academics, and industry professionals seeking to enhance their understanding of fish nutrition and improve aquaculture practices.

In the ever-evolving field of aquaculture, understanding the intricate nutritional needs of fish is paramount to ensuring their health, growth, and overall productivity. This new volume delves into the essential aspects of fish nutrition, focusing specifically on the crucial roles of proteins and amino acids in the diets of various fish species. A culmination of extensive research and expertise from leading experts in the field of aquaculture nutrition, the book covers fish digestion and protein utilization, proteins in fish feed and protein requirements of different species of cultured fish. It also addresses the amino acid requirements of fish, including their dietary needs for lysine, methionine, valine, tryptophan, phenylalanine, histidine, leucine, and arginine.Through detailed analyses and critical insights, this book explores the latest advancements in fish nutrition, highlighting key findings and recommendations for formulating balanced and nutritious diets. It serves as an invaluable resource for researchers, academics, and industry professionals seeking to enhance their understanding of fish nutrition and improve aquaculture practices.

In the ever-evolving field of aquaculture, understanding the intricate nutritional needs of fish is paramount to ensuring their health, growth, and overall productivity. This new volume delves into the essential aspects of fish nutrition, focusing specifically on the crucial roles of proteins and amino acids in the diets of various fish species. A culmination of extensive research and expertise from leading experts in the field of aquaculture nutrition, the book covers fish digestion and protein utilization, proteins in fish feed and protein requirements of different species of cultured fish. It also addresses the amino acid requirements of fish, including their dietary needs for lysine, methionine, valine, tryptophan, phenylalanine, histidine, leucine, and arginine.Through detailed analyses and critical insights, this book explores the latest advancements in fish nutrition, highlighting key findings and recommendations for formulating balanced and nutritious diets. It serves as an invaluable resource for researchers, academics, and industry professionals seeking to enhance their understanding of fish nutrition and improve aquaculture practices.

Right to water may sound novel and somewhat dramatic, yet it has been central to the quest of human civilization for thousands of years. One of the earliest references to water as ‘common property’ can be found in the Jewish laws as early as 3000 BCE.Similar views are also found in Islam. In fact, the Arabic word for Islamic law - shari’ah - originally meant “the place from which one descends to water.”Since water is a gift from the divine to all living beings, sharing water is regarded as holy duty. This is found across religions, regions, societies, and communities, from New Zealand to Nigeria, from Bangladesh to Brazil. But then, what transformed the divine sanction? What led to the negation of the ‘commons,’ with sharing of the riverine water across territorial boundaries suffering the most?The answer probably lies as much as in the politics of safeguarding one’s personal or national interests as it is in the limitations imposed by our disciplinary understanding of things.In this context, a thorough reexamination, even reconceptualization,of some of the core issuesis required.Firstly, the concept of water needs to be understood not as H2O, as it is done in physical sciences,but as H2OP4. That is, the meaning of water in social sciences must include not only ‘twice hydrogen plus oxygen’ but also four P’s - pollution, power, politics and profit. This is not to discount the ‘science’ in the conceptualization of water but rather to add elements central to social sciences.Secondly, the concept of river needs to be redefined and understood not as a carrier of water, as assumedin most of theWestern languages, but as ‘nadi,’ a flow consisting of prana (life), shakti (power), and atman (soul), as etymologically definedin most of the South Asian languages. This comes closer to what critical hydrologists would say, WEBS, that is, a ‘river’ consists of water, energy, biodiversity and sediment. In this light, any fragmentation of transboundary river waterin the name of ‘sharing’becomes an unworkable option, unless of course a mechanism is found to ‘share’the water of the river along with its energy, biodiversity and sediment, and that again, without distorting and harming the life of the river!Thirdly, the subject of ‘water commons’needs to be approached from the standpoint of ‘rights’ of both human andriver. This is to flag the notion that nature, including rivers, has ‘rights’just like humans, although their manifestations may be different. In fact, empowered humans, particularly those in control of the state, have more ‘responsibility’ than ‘rights’ in dissuading themselves and others from creating conditions of human wrongs, not only against fellow human beings but also against nature.Finally, if the ‘rights’ ofhumans are to be ensuredthen there is an urgent need to reconceptualize and mainstream the human as a multiverse being. This is because humans are not only political beings but also economic, cultural, ecological, technological, and psychological beings. In this light, if conflicts are to be contained then humans need to be empowered in all possible areasof life – politics, economics, ecology, culture, technology, and psychology. This would certainly require empowering each and every person, all at the same time receptive to nature in general and rivers in particular.The book is designed to initiate a discourse on the civilizational quest for water commons, indeed, with the expectation that a discussion on rights and rivers would lead to a creative flow of ideas and practices.

Right to water may sound novel and somewhat dramatic, yet it has been central to the quest of human civilization for thousands of years. One of the earliest references to water as ‘common property’ can be found in the Jewish laws as early as 3000 BCE.Similar views are also found in Islam. In fact, the Arabic word for Islamic law - shari’ah - originally meant “the place from which one descends to water.”Since water is a gift from the divine to all living beings, sharing water is regarded as holy duty. This is found across religions, regions, societies, and communities, from New Zealand to Nigeria, from Bangladesh to Brazil. But then, what transformed the divine sanction? What led to the negation of the ‘commons,’ with sharing of the riverine water across territorial boundaries suffering the most?The answer probably lies as much as in the politics of safeguarding one’s personal or national interests as it is in the limitations imposed by our disciplinary understanding of things.In this context, a thorough reexamination, even reconceptualization,of some of the core issuesis required.Firstly, the concept of water needs to be understood not as H2O, as it is done in physical sciences,but as H2OP4. That is, the meaning of water in social sciences must include not only ‘twice hydrogen plus oxygen’ but also four P’s - pollution, power, politics and profit. This is not to discount the ‘science’ in the conceptualization of water but rather to add elements central to social sciences.Secondly, the concept of river needs to be redefined and understood not as a carrier of water, as assumedin most of theWestern languages, but as ‘nadi,’ a flow consisting of prana (life), shakti (power), and atman (soul), as etymologically definedin most of the South Asian languages. This comes closer to what critical hydrologists would say, WEBS, that is, a ‘river’ consists of water, energy, biodiversity and sediment. In this light, any fragmentation of transboundary river waterin the name of ‘sharing’becomes an unworkable option, unless of course a mechanism is found to ‘share’the water of the river along with its energy, biodiversity and sediment, and that again, without distorting and harming the life of the river!Thirdly, the subject of ‘water commons’needs to be approached from the standpoint of ‘rights’ of both human andriver. This is to flag the notion that nature, including rivers, has ‘rights’just like humans, although their manifestations may be different. In fact, empowered humans, particularly those in control of the state, have more ‘responsibility’ than ‘rights’ in dissuading themselves and others from creating conditions of human wrongs, not only against fellow human beings but also against nature.Finally, if the ‘rights’ ofhumans are to be ensuredthen there is an urgent need to reconceptualize and mainstream the human as a multiverse being. This is because humans are not only political beings but also economic, cultural, ecological, technological, and psychological beings. In this light, if conflicts are to be contained then humans need to be empowered in all possible areasof life – politics, economics, ecology, culture, technology, and psychology. This would certainly require empowering each and every person, all at the same time receptive to nature in general and rivers in particular.The book is designed to initiate a discourse on the civilizational quest for water commons, indeed, with the expectation that a discussion on rights and rivers would lead to a creative flow of ideas and practices.

This Handbook provides a theory-driven and policy-relevant analysis of terrorist offenders' deradicalization processes. It is the product of a multi-year collaboration between security studies scholars and counterterrorism practitioners. It offers a multidimensional strategy for the physical and cognitive disengagement of terrorists. It also charts a path for the community-based social reintegration of rehabilitated extremist offenders. The Handbook is targeted for both academics and practitioners in the field of counterterrorism. Those specializing in South Asia and the Global South will find this book a useful reference tool to comprehend and design the complex deradicalization processes and transform them into implementable practices.

This work compiles the impact of aquaculture in addressing the pressing challenges of global food security and nutritional deficits. The book provides a comprehensive understanding about how aquaculture is playing an instrumental role in ensuring a sustainable and nourished food source. In the face of a growing global population and increasing demands for protein-rich diets, traditional means of fish and its products from wild fisheries alone are inadequate which warrant an alternate source that can fulfill the demand of fish for human consumption. Aquaculture emerges as a sustainable solution, promising to bridge the widening gap between the supply and demand for fish and its products. Through meticulously researched insights and data, the book showcases how aquaculture systems are meeting the protein and nutritional needs of people worldwide.The book entitled as “Aquaculture: Enhancing Food Security and Nutrition” sheds light on the various forms of aquaculture like freshwater, marine and brackish water cultivation highlighting their benefits and potential drawbacks. The focus is on in what way aquaculture practices can be environmentally responsible, economically viable and socially inclusive, paving the itinerary for a balanced and sustainable food ecosystem. By exploring the advancements in aquaculture technologies such as recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) and integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA), the book also advocates the environmental friendly and resource-efficient practices that enhance both food security and nutrition. Moreover, the book underscores the nutritional value of fish and its products, highlighting their rich nutrient composition including protein, amino acids, fatty acids, vitamins and minerals, which are fundamental for human health. It also offers insights about the incorporation of fish and its products in the food that can positively impact nutrition and combat malnutrition, especially in vulnerable human populations.

Deradicalisation and Rehabilitation of Violent Extremist Offenders in the Global South: Lessons from Bangladesh offers a rigorous, evidence-based framework for understanding and responding to violent extremism in Bangladesh — with adaptable insights for other nations across the Global South. Structured around four interconnected outputs, the volume moves systematically from strategic diagnosis to operational implementation.Part I presents a comprehensive needs-mapping study, drawing on comparative analyses of international case studies from Indonesia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, India, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Colombia. It profiles 103 violent extremist offenders spanning faith-based militants, left-wing extremists, and ethno-nationalists, identifying socio-demographic patterns, psychological vulnerabilities, and radicalisation pathways that underpin the need for tailored interventions.Part II introduces the first operational training manual of its kind in South Asia, adopting a whole-of-society approach across four progressive stages: preparatory work, deradicalisation, rehabilitation, and policy reform. The manual outlines detailed counselling modules across religious, psychological, cultural, educational, and legal dimensions, with gender sensitivity and human rights compliance embedded throughout.Part III evaluates a pilot intervention conducted in Bangladesh between August and December 2023, assessing outcomes for 32 beneficiaries using a multidimensional framework that combines counsellor evaluations, self-assessments, and independent observations.Part IV presents a standardised Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) toolkit aligned with OECD-DAC principles, designed for scalability across prison, community, and counterterrorism settings.Collectively, the volume provides a transformative shift from fragmented, reactive approaches to a structured, rights-compliant, and institutionally sustainable architecture for deradicalisation and rehabilitation — offering a replicable model for Global South countries confronting the complex challenges of terrorism and violent extremism.

This volume identifies existing statist approaches and political economies of river management in South Asia. These rivers are heavily suffering from millions of people who in contrast consider them as holy and worship them. Edited by Professor Imtiaz Ahmed, the contributors of this book from India, Nepal and Pakistan are leading readers on a journey through the transboundary rivers of South Asia where rivers are vital for the life and living. The book explains why the region needs a framework for cooperation on the wellbeing of these rivers. River management is the key to sustaining healthy river systems. The authors stress that right of the rivers must be codified and guaranteed by the state and the people in South Asia. However, the statist approach to the transboundary rivers in South Asia actually conceives them as national rivers. This volume contributes to the current campaign of overcoming the water dystopias in South Asia.