CO-CULTURES Growing together gives more rice and aquatic food

Abstract

Allowing aquatic organisms to grow in rice fields – a practice called co-culture – increases rice yields while maintaining soil fertility and reducing weeds.

Keywords

paddy ecosystem; aquatic animals; nitrogen recycling; facilitation; co-culture; sustainable cultivation; aquaculture; Other

Published in

eLife
2022, volume: 11, article number: e77202

SLU Authors

• Caspersen, Siri

  • Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Yong, Jean W.H

  • Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Associated SLU-program

SLU Plant Protection Network

Global goals (SDG)

SDG2 Zero hunger

UKÄ Subject classification

Agricultural Science
Fish and Aquacultural Science

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.77202

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/115979