Integrating fish and azolla into rice-duck farming in Asia

Several countries in Asia practice integrated rice-duck farming. On-farm resources such as duck manure and feed waste are not adequately used and recycled in the system. This indicates the potential for research to increase the productivity of the rice-duck system. The integration of fish and the nitrogen-fixing aquatic fern azolla show promise for increasing the production potential of the system. Fish, azolla and ducks integrated with rice farming can result in nutrient enhancement, pest control, feed supplementation and biological control. Some of the results of a case study on integrated rice-fish-azolla-duck farming systems conducted in the Philippines are presented in this paper.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Cagauan, A.G., Branckaert, R.D., van Hove, C.
Format:	article biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	2000
Subjects:	Agriculture, Aquaculture, Agropisciculture, Rice field aquaculture, Aquatic plants, Ducks, Asia, Philippines,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/25720
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