@article{Hossain:165782,
      recid = {165782},
      author = {Hossain, Shaikh Tanveer and Sugimoto, Hideki and Ahmed,  Gazi Jashim Uddin and Islam, Md. Rafiqul},
      title = {Effect of Integrated Rice-Duck Farming on Rice Yield, Farm  Productivity, and Rice-Provisioning Ability of Farmers},
      journal = {Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development},
      address = {2005-12},
      number = {1362-2016-107647},
      series = {Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development},
      pages = {8},
      year = {2005},
      abstract = {The feasibility of the rice-duck system of rice  production, practiced in some East Asian countries, is  studied in Bangladesh as a sub-project of the Poverty  Elimination Through Rice Research Assistance (PETRRA). The  Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) implements the  sub-project in collaboration with two NGOs, FIVDB and BDS,  in the northeastern (greater Sylhet) and southern (Barisal)  regions of the country. Each demonstration trial, conducted  in the field of the farmers, is treated as a replication.  In these trials, the rice-duck system is compared with the  methods of growing rice solely, as traditionally practiced  by the farmers in Bangladesh. Evaluation of the activities  carried out under the PETRRA sub-project shows that the  rice-duck system is not only feasible, but also  economically rewarding for the farmers. The yield of rice  is, on average, 20% higher in the rice-duck system than the  traditional rice system (sole rice), thereby ensuring about  50% higher net return and rice-provisioning ability. The  ducks in the rice-duck fields control weeds and insects  very effectively; as a consequence, labor and pesticide  costs for controlling weeds and insects are minimized and  the soil health is improved. The ducks provide another  source of added income for the farmers. In view of the  favorable results obtained in the study, it might be  suggested that the rice-duck system be spread throughout  the country as an income-generating activity for the  resource-poor farmers.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/165782},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.165782},
}