Integrated Rice-Fish Farming: Safeguarding Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for Sustainable Food Production in the Mekong Delta

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 859-872

  Berg, Håkan ^a   Berg, Charlotte ^b   Nguyen, Thanh Tam ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Natl Institute of Economic Research   (Sweden)

^c NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

agroecosystem; biodiversity; ecosystem services; Mekong Delta; pesticides; rice fish farming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867876628     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10440046.2012.712090     Document Type: Article

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