Enhancing benefits from polycultures including tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) within integrated pond-dike systems: A participatory trial with households of varying socio-economic level in rural and peri-urban areas of Bangladesh

Aquaculture

Volumn 314, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 225-235

  Karim, Manjurul ^a,b   Little, David C ^b   Kabir, Md Shamsul ^c   Verdegem, Marc J C ^d   Telfer, Trevor ^b   Wahab, Md Abdul ^e  

^a WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c WINROCK INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Nile tilapia; Peri urban; Pond dike; Poor; Rural

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; CICHLID; DIKE; FISH CULTURE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HORTICULTURE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PERIURBAN AREA; POLYCULTURE; POND; RESEARCH WORK; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VEGETABLE;

BANGLADESH;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 79952765426     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.01.027     Document Type: Article

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