56% fish farms miss out on income for lack of aqua-agri combination: Study
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(BANGLADESH, 9/12/2023)
According to the study report, around 44% of these farms were found producing other agricultural products alongside doing aquaculture on the same land
About 56% of fish farms in the country's southern region are not practising integrated aquaculture-agriculture (IAA) — the farming of aquatic foods such as fish, prawn, and shrimp with agricultural foods such as paddy, vegetables and fruits — despite having the scope and space to do so, finds a recent study.