Opportunities and challenges for the development of prawn farming with fish and rice in southeast Bangladesh: potential for food security and economic growth

摘要: Although prawn farming in rice fields is concentrated the southwest of Bangladesh, southeast region has been identified as a promising area for culture, owing to favorable resources and agro-climatic conditions. To date, however, relatively few farmers this have adopted culture. We examined opportunities constraints development with fish Bangladesh. The prospects prawn-carp polyculture integrated prawn-fish-rice Bangladesh are positive but require institutional organizational support, technical assistance. conclude that sustainable considerable potential increasing incomes improving food security households, more broadly economic growth country through earnings from export prawns.