Rural Economic Spillovers from Fish Farming and Agriculture in the Ayeyarwady Delta
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Mateusz Filipski & Ben Belton, 2017, Rural Economic Spillovers from Fish Farming and Agriculture in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Food Security Policy Myanmar Project Research Highlight 7. East Lansing: Michigan State University
INTRODUCTION
Aquaculture (fish farming) has been growing rapidly in Myanmar since 1990. Fish farms are concentrated in the Delta regions of Ayeyarwady and Yangon, where they cover an estimated 235,000 acres. Most fish farms in the Delta are in four townships - Maubin, Nyaungdon, Twantay and Kayan. ...