Key performance characteristics of organic shrimp Aquaculture in Southwest Bangladesh

Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 995-1012

  Paul, Brojo Gopal ^a   Vogl, Christian Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Labor; Land; Organic aquaculture; Organic shrimp; Production

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PENAEUS MONODON;

EID: 84864319524     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su4050995     Document Type: Article

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