The cluster panacea?: Questioning the role of cooperative shrimp aquaculture in Vietnam

Aquaculture

Volumn 388-391, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-98

  Ha, Tran Thi Thu ^a   Bush, Simon R ^b   van Dijk, Han ^b  

^a VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY   (Viet Nam)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clusters; Cooperatives; Mekong delta; Shrimp aquaculture; Upgrading; Value chain

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY; AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; COOPERATIVE SECTOR; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LEGAL SYSTEM; MARKETING; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY CONTROL; SHRIMP CULTURE;

CA MAU; MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84873707855     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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