High and low value fish chains in the Mekong Delta: Challenges for livelihoods and governance

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 889-908

  Loc, Vo Thi Thanh ^a   Bush, Simon R ^b   Sinh, Le Xuan ^a   Khiem, Nguyen Tri ^c  

^a CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c An Giang University   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Fisheries; Governance; Mekong; Sustainability; Value chains; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

PANGASIUS; PANGASIUS HYPOPHTHALMUS;

EID: 84859361424     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-010-9230-3     Document Type: Article

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