Using the sustainable livelihoods framework to identify constraints and opportunities to the development of freshwater prawn farming in southwest bangladesh

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 598-611

  Ahmed, Nesar ^a   Allison, Edward H ^b,c   Muir, James F ^d  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PRAWN CULTURE;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII;

EID: 52949092292     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: 17497345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.2008.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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