Future of rice-fish culture, desert aquaculture and feed development in Africa: The case of Egypt as the leading country in Africa

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 351-360

  Suloma, Ashraf ^a,c   Ogata, Hiroshi Y ^a,b  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Carp; Catfish; Mullet; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

CYPRINUS CARPIO; TILAPIA;

EID: 33750697577     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: 00213551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6090/jarq.40.351     Document Type: Review

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