Rice versus fish revisited: On the integrated management of floodplain resources in Bangladesh

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-101

  Shankar, Bhavani ^a   Halls, Ashley ^b   Barr, Julian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bangladesh; Floodplains; Inland fisheries; Water

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FISHERIES; FLOODS;

FLOODPLAINS; RURAL ECONOMY;

NATURAL RESOURCES;

CROP PRODUCTION; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FLOODPLAIN; INLAND FISHERY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RICE;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 3142661917     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2004.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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