Farmers and fishponds in South East Asia: Let the fish talk about the water

Fishponds in Farming Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 281-292

  Ruben, Ruerd ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Diversification; Integration; Livelihood; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249128980     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-596-3     Document Type: Chapter

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