Dry fishponds become oases of productivity

The 1992 drought in Malawi devastated many farmers' household food supplies. However, several farmers with fishponds managed to overcome the disaster because the residual moisture in the ponds enabled them to grow food crops. Fishponds are a...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1994
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49449
Description
Summary:The 1992 drought in Malawi devastated many farmers' household food supplies. However, several farmers with fishponds managed to overcome the disaster because the residual moisture in the ponds enabled them to grow food crops. Fishponds are a...