The sustainable livelihoods approach to the development of freshwater prawn marketing systems in southwest Bangladesh

Aquaculture Economics and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 246-269

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

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Market; Prawn; Sustainable livelihoods

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD MARKET; SEAFOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII;

EID: 70349829891     PISSN: 13657305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13657300903156092     Document Type: Article

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