Social and ecological challenges of market-oriented shrimp farming in Vietnam

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Phuong Lan, Ngo Thi ^a  

^a Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Labor migration; Market oriented production; Risk mitigation; Risky business; Shrimp farming; Social and ecological challenges; The Mekong Delta of Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891445301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-675     Document Type: Article

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