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Community‐based climate change adaptation strategies for integrated prawn–fish–rice farming in B angladesh to promote social–ecological resilience
Author(s) -
Ahmed Nesar,
Bunting Stuart W.,
Rahman Sanzidur,
Garforth Christopher J.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
reviews in aquaculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.998
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1753-5131
pISSN - 1753-5123
DOI - 10.1111/raq.12022
Subject(s) - prawn , agriculture , aquaculture , fishery , integrated farming , adaptation (eye) , fish farming , ecological farming , mixed farming , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , biology , neuroscience
Farming freshwater prawns with fish in rice fields is widespread in the coastal region of southwest B angladesh because of favourable resources and ecological conditions. This article provides an overview of an ecosystem‐based approach to integrated prawn–fish–rice farming in southwest B angladesh. The practice of prawn and fish farming in rice fields is a form of integrated aquaculture–agriculture, which provides a wide range of social, economic and environmental benefits. Integrated prawn–fish–rice farming plays an important role in the economy of B angladesh, earning foreign exchange and increasing food production. However, this unique farming system in coastal B angladesh is particularly vulnerable to climate change. We suggest that community‐based adaptation strategies must be developed to cope with the challenges. We propose that integrated prawn–fish–rice farming could be relocated from the coastal region to less vulnerable inland areas, but caution that this will require appropriate adaptation strategies and an enabling institutional environment.