Seaweed mariculture as a development project in Zanzibar, East Africa: A price too high to pay?

Aquaculture

Volumn 356-357, Issue , 2012, Pages 30-39

  Fröcklin, Sara ^a   de la Torre Castro, Maricela ^a   Lindström, Lars ^a   Jiddawi, Narriman S ^b   Msuya, Flower E ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Euchema denticulatum; Health problems; Poor working conditions; Seaweed farming; Tropical developing countries; Zanzibar

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH RISK; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SEAWEED; SUSTAINABILITY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84863309768     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2012.05.039     Document Type: Article

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