date:Jul 18, 2012
rts have been conducting research on how to best combine rice cultivation and shrimp breeding on the same land.
According to experts, farmers can raise shrimp on their rice fields during rice cultivation if the water in the fields is either brackish or freshwater.
Land used to grow rice is less polluted, and thus good for raising shrimp. In addition, shrimp raised on the rice fields are less likely to catch diseases.
Because of the doubling of profits for farmers via the rice-shrimp model, th