Rice fields to prawn farms: A blue revolution in southwest Bangladesh?

Aquaculture International

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 555-574

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

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Blue revolution; Gher; Prawn; Rice field

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; FARM SIZE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LIVING STANDARD; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PADDY FIELD; PRAWN CULTURE; PROFITABILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

BANGLADESH;

MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII;

EID: 77953083415     PISSN: 09676120     EISSN: 1573143X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10499-009-9276-0     Document Type: Article

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