Rice Fish Farming

Cards (8)

  • Rice fish farming
  • Rice fish farming is when rice and fish are grown in the same water. The fish fertilise the soil increasing crop yield be 10% and the plants oxygenate the water
  • A net is places on top of the paddy field to prevent birds from entering the field
  • Practical farming is a charity that promotes rice fish farming in the district of Jamalpar, Bangladesh
  • Literacy rate in Jamalpar is 38.4 %
  • Life expectancy in Bangladesh 73.2
  • Rice fish Farming is a local scale to increase sustainable supplies of food
  • Fish naturally reproduce which decreases long term costs for the farmers