Shrimp, prawn and the political economy of social wellbeing in rural Bangladesh

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 45, Issue , 2016, Pages 230-242

  Belton, Ben ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Agrarian change; Aquaculture; Bangladesh; Freshwater prawn; Social wellbeing; Tiger shrimp

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PRAWN CULTURE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; SHRIMP CULTURE; VILLAGE;

BANGLADESH;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84963542691     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.03.014     Document Type: Article

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