Epidemiology sustaining rural livelihoods into the new millennium.

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2000
Country:
Vietnam
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Agriculture
Authors:
Morgan, K.L., Turnbull, J.F., Hao, N.V., Mohan, C.V., Corsin, F.

Abstract

This brief note describes the role of epidemiology in sustaining rural livelihoods, using as an example a study on the epidemiology of white spot disease of prawns which affects communities in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, practising a centuries' old sustainable system of integrated rice-shrimp farming. White spot disease means damage to the farming system, nutritional deficiency, financial loss, social upheaval and increased vulnerability.

Citation

Corsin, F.; Turnbull, J.F.; Hao, N.V.; Mohan, C.V.; Morgan, K.L. Epidemiology sustaining rural livelihoods into the new millennium. (2000) 2 pp.

Epidemiology sustaining rural livelihoods into the new millennium.

Published 1 January 2000
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