Freshwater aquaculture's contribution to food security in Vietnam: A case study of freshwater tilapia aquaculture in Hai Duong province

Journal of the International Society for Southeast Asian Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-17

  Van Huong, Nguyen ^a   Cuong, Tran Huu ^a  

^a VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Aquaculture's contribution; Food security; Freshwater aquaculture; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877948286     PISSN: 08593132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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