An economic analysis of freshwater prawn, macrobrachium rosenbergii, farming in Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-50

  Ahmed, Nesar ^a   Ahammed, Faisal ^b   Van Brakel, Martin ^c  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; AQUACULTURE SYSTEM; COST; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FISHERY ECONOMICS; PRAWN FISHERY; PROFITABILITY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII;

EID: 38849138536     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: 17497345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.2007.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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