The One Duck RevolutionA renowned world authority on organic rice farming makes his 2007 Ph.D. dissertation available in English. The integrated rice and duck farming system is described and compared with European farming systems and other traditional Asian systems using ducks. |
Contents
Background to my Gaining a Ph D | 4 |
Special Characteristics of Integrated Rice and Duck Farming in Terms | 31 |
Traditional Asian Duck Paddy Field Grazing | 49 |
The Various Forms of Integrated Rice and Duck Farming IRDF in Asia | 62 |
55Why is Daoya Gongqi Included in Daotian Yangya? | 70 |
A Study of the Diffusion of Integrated Rice and Duck Farming | 79 |
A Final Summary | 114 |
Appendix | 124 |
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