Promotion of integrated agriculture-aquaculure farming in resource poor farming systems: a need for judicious considerations
2001
Pant, J. | Demaine, H. | Edwards, P. (Asian Inst. of Technology, P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12128 (Thailand). Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management)
A survey ofIAAS [integrated agriculture-aquaculture systems] households with varying lengths of experience in IAA was conducted in four different agro-ecologies: irrigated area, drought-prune area, rainfed lowland and rolling land of Northeast Thailand. The survey aimed at identifying major constraints faced by the IAAS households with varying length of experiences. Farm households with up to 4 years experience were considered to be in the transitional phase, while those with 5 or more years experienced were considered to be beyond the transitional phase. Biophysical constraints to IAAS farming varied with resource base. In all areas, however, diseases and pests were common problems in fruit and vegetable production. Households in the transitional phase regarded biophysical and technological constraints as the major ones. By contrast households beyond the transitional phase were increasingly faced with problems of marketing and fluctuating demand for farm products, particularly fruits and vegetables in the local market. None of the respondents reported a problem in selling fish, indicating an inadequate supply of fish to meet the demand in local markets. Harnessing location specific, agro-based potential and linking IAA systems with small-scale agro-industries may be needed to make the increasing number of small scale IAAS viable in the long run
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