Rice-fish culture: An option for smallholder Sawah rice farmers of the West African lowlands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-239

  Ofori, Joseph ^a,c   Abban, Eddie Kofi ^b   Otoo, Ernest ^c   Wakatsuki, Toshiyuki ^d  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^c CSIR CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concurrent rice fish; Diversification; Ecotechnology; Lowland; Monoculture; Sawah

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; IRRIGATION; RELIABILITY; TECHNOLOGY;

ECOTECHNOLOGY; MONOCULTURE; RICE FARMERS; RICE-FISH CULTURE;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FISH CULTURE; POLYCULTURE; RICE; SMALLHOLDER;

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; FISHES; IRRIGATION; RELIABILITY; RICE; TECHNOLOGY;

AFRICA; ASHANTI; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 18044376071     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2004.12.017     Document Type: Article

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