Livelihood impacts of ponds in Asia-opportunities and constraints

Fishponds in Farming Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 177-202

  Little, David C ^a   Karim, Manjurul ^a,c   Turongruang, Danai ^a   Morales, Ernesto J ^a   Murray, Francis J ^a,b   Barman, Benoy K ^a,b,d   Haque, Mohammad M ^a,c   Kundu, Nitai ^e   Belton, Ben ^a   Faruque, Golam ^a,b,d   Azim, Ekram M ^a   Ul Islam, Faruk ^a   Pollock, Lindsay ^a   Verdegem, Marc C J ^f   Young, James A ^a   Leschen, Will ^a   Wahab, M Abdul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^c BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d Research Methodology Tools and Systems   (Bangladesh)

^e Inst Wetland Mgmt and Ecol Des   (India)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fishpond; Livelihood; Multiple use; Seasonality; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249119352     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-596-3     Document Type: Chapter

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