| Author | Dharmasena, P. H. M. |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.AE-91-49 |
| Subject(s) | Irrigation farming
|
| Note | A Thesis Submit ted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the Degree of Master of Science |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Two integrated rice-fish farming systems were tested in the
research farm of the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. The
conventional rice- fish system was compared to an improved sorjan
crop-fish system.
The crop fish integrated sorjan farming system has better
performance than the conventional rice-fish farming system. It is
economically more efficient and productive. And also able to
improve the quality of diet by providing the animal protein
deficiency of the average Asian farm family.
When the crop-fish integrated sorjan farming system is
compared with the conventional rice-fish integrated farming system,
it has additional advantages of flexibility to manipulate land to
water ratio and to change crop enterprises for the improvement of
the system.
Furthermore, it is biologically more diversified and has
increased intensity of by-product utilization resulting in more
productive land use and to regenerate the environment. Hence, it
is more sustainable than the conventional rice-fish farming system. |
| Year | 1991 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Former title: Department of Food Agriculture, and BioResources (DFAB)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Agricultural and Food Engineering (AE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Upasena, S.H.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Suthad Setboonsarng;Little, David C. |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1991 |