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Risk management practices of small intensive shrimp farmers in the Mekong Delta of Viet Nam











Pongthanapanich, T., Thi Nguyen, K.A.T., and Jolly, C.M. 2019. Risk management practices of small intensive shrimp farmers in the Mekong Delta of Viet Nam. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular No. 1194. Rome, FAO.

 



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