Fish-Rice farming

SYMBIOTIC PERFECTION HOW ENERGY FLOWS IN THE RICE-FISH SYSTEM HUMANS Carbon Dioxide RICE PLANT Polished rice Grains Rice straw Secretions rice Husks Excrements and urine Fowl. Animais. adult fish Weeds Benthos Manure, water. pond sludge Aquatic insects Plarkton excements and urine FERTILIZER Plants provide shade and cover from birds. Fish are orgarnic fertiliser, eating insects and mosquito larvae decreasing spread of malaria Circulating oxygen throughout the plants FISH RED CARP Woeds compete with rice plants for nutrients. light and space to live. Fish excrete rich organic fertilizer, which reduces petrochemical-based fertilizers. Newcomers: Swamp eel, crawfish and freshwater shrimp are a significant addition because they are high value products Fish reduce methane emissions by feeding from decomposing vegetation CONSTRUCTION 1.- A Dyke is built on the outskirts of the area to be planted with Rice. DYKE The walls should contain water. fishes, and protect from floods. Plants are planted on top and around. 3.-When the rice starts to 5.- As rice grows so does the fish, by the time rice is in form to pick, the fish are ready for the kitchen shoot, the water level across the field is increased. 40-50cm Water raised 50-80m with growth of rice and fish 2.- A ditch follows for fish to live in during the dry season. 4.-fingerlings (small fish) are released into the ditch. Diagramnot to scale 50cm 1-1.25m DID YOU KNOW? The rice-fish farming Hectare increase 2-3milion Reduces methane emissions from decomposing vegetation up to 10% 2-4. • Thousands Millions thousand 1.53 155 Increase in the output of Rice-fish farming according to rural households in China have improved their living due to Rice-fishing according to FAO. dollars per hectare according to FAO. Crustaceans can bring 3-5 times what you get with carp 30%- 985 148 *** 667 FAO 1959 1986 2000 2002 2007 Sources: FAO, knowledge Alanz, Practical Action, World Fish Center GUILLERMO MUNRO/ CHINADAILY SYMBIOTIC PERFECTION HOW ENERGY FLOWS IN THE RICE-FISH SYSTEM HUMANS Carbon Dioxide RICE PLANT Polished rice Grains Rice straw Secretions rice Husks Excrements and urine Fowl. Animais. adult fish Weeds Benthos Manure, water. pond sludge Aquatic insects Plarkton excements and urine FERTILIZER Plants provide shade and cover from birds. Fish are orgarnic fertiliser, eating insects and mosquito larvae decreasing spread of malaria Circulating oxygen throughout the plants FISH RED CARP Woeds compete with rice plants for nutrients. light and space to live. Fish excrete rich organic fertilizer, which reduces petrochemical-based fertilizers. Newcomers: Swamp eel, crawfish and freshwater shrimp are a significant addition because they are high value products Fish reduce methane emissions by feeding from decomposing vegetation CONSTRUCTION 1.- A Dyke is built on the outskirts of the area to be planted with Rice. DYKE The walls should contain water. fishes, and protect from floods. Plants are planted on top and around. 3.-When the rice starts to 5.- As rice grows so does the fish, by the time rice is in form to pick, the fish are ready for the kitchen shoot, the water level across the field is increased. 40-50cm Water raised 50-80m with growth of rice and fish 2.- A ditch follows for fish to live in during the dry season. 4.-fingerlings (small fish) are released into the ditch. Diagramnot to scale 50cm 1-1.25m DID YOU KNOW? The rice-fish farming Hectare increase 2-3milion Reduces methane emissions from decomposing vegetation up to 10% 2-4. • Thousands Millions thousand 1.53 155 Increase in the output of Rice-fish farming according to rural households in China have improved their living due to Rice-fishing according to FAO. dollars per hectare according to FAO. Crustaceans can bring 3-5 times what you get with carp 30%- 985 148 *** 667 FAO 1959 1986 2000 2002 2007 Sources: FAO, knowledge Alanz, Practical Action, World Fish Center GUILLERMO MUNRO/ CHINADAILY SYMBIOTIC PERFECTION HOW ENERGY FLOWS IN THE RICE-FISH SYSTEM HUMANS Carbon Dioxide RICE PLANT Polished rice Grains Rice straw Secretions rice Husks Excrements and urine Fowl. Animais. adult fish Weeds Benthos Manure, water. pond sludge Aquatic insects Plarkton excements and urine FERTILIZER Plants provide shade and cover from birds. Fish are orgarnic fertiliser, eating insects and mosquito larvae decreasing spread of malaria Circulating oxygen throughout the plants FISH RED CARP Woeds compete with rice plants for nutrients. light and space to live. Fish excrete rich organic fertilizer, which reduces petrochemical-based fertilizers. Newcomers: Swamp eel, crawfish and freshwater shrimp are a significant addition because they are high value products Fish reduce methane emissions by feeding from decomposing vegetation CONSTRUCTION 1.- A Dyke is built on the outskirts of the area to be planted with Rice. DYKE The walls should contain water. fishes, and protect from floods. Plants are planted on top and around. 3.-When the rice starts to 5.- As rice grows so does the fish, by the time rice is in form to pick, the fish are ready for the kitchen shoot, the water level across the field is increased. 40-50cm Water raised 50-80m with growth of rice and fish 2.- A ditch follows for fish to live in during the dry season. 4.-fingerlings (small fish) are released into the ditch. Diagramnot to scale 50cm 1-1.25m DID YOU KNOW? The rice-fish farming Hectare increase 2-3milion Reduces methane emissions from decomposing vegetation up to 10% 2-4. • Thousands Millions thousand 1.53 155 Increase in the output of Rice-fish farming according to rural households in China have improved their living due to Rice-fishing according to FAO. dollars per hectare according to FAO. Crustaceans can bring 3-5 times what you get with carp 30%- 985 148 *** 667 FAO 1959 1986 2000 2002 2007 Sources: FAO, knowledge Alanz, Practical Action, World Fish Center GUILLERMO MUNRO/ CHINADAILY SYMBIOTIC PERFECTION HOW ENERGY FLOWS IN THE RICE-FISH SYSTEM HUMANS Carbon Dioxide RICE PLANT Polished rice Grains Rice straw Secretions rice Husks Excrements and urine Fowl. Animais. adult fish Weeds Benthos Manure, water. pond sludge Aquatic insects Plarkton excements and urine FERTILIZER Plants provide shade and cover from birds. Fish are orgarnic fertiliser, eating insects and mosquito larvae decreasing spread of malaria Circulating oxygen throughout the plants FISH RED CARP Woeds compete with rice plants for nutrients. light and space to live. Fish excrete rich organic fertilizer, which reduces petrochemical-based fertilizers. Newcomers: Swamp eel, crawfish and freshwater shrimp are a significant addition because they are high value products Fish reduce methane emissions by feeding from decomposing vegetation CONSTRUCTION 1.- A Dyke is built on the outskirts of the area to be planted with Rice. DYKE The walls should contain water. fishes, and protect from floods. Plants are planted on top and around. 3.-When the rice starts to 5.- As rice grows so does the fish, by the time rice is in form to pick, the fish are ready for the kitchen shoot, the water level across the field is increased. 40-50cm Water raised 50-80m with growth of rice and fish 2.- A ditch follows for fish to live in during the dry season. 4.-fingerlings (small fish) are released into the ditch. Diagramnot to scale 50cm 1-1.25m DID YOU KNOW? The rice-fish farming Hectare increase 2-3milion Reduces methane emissions from decomposing vegetation up to 10% 2-4. • Thousands Millions thousand 1.53 155 Increase in the output of Rice-fish farming according to rural households in China have improved their living due to Rice-fishing according to FAO. dollars per hectare according to FAO. Crustaceans can bring 3-5 times what you get with carp 30%- 985 148 *** 667 FAO 1959 1986 2000 2002 2007 Sources: FAO, knowledge Alanz, Practical Action, World Fish Center GUILLERMO MUNRO/ CHINADAILY SYMBIOTIC PERFECTION HOW ENERGY FLOWS IN THE RICE-FISH SYSTEM HUMANS Carbon Dioxide RICE PLANT Polished rice Grains Rice straw Secretions rice Husks Excrements and urine Fowl. Animais. adult fish Weeds Benthos Manure, water. pond sludge Aquatic insects Plarkton excements and urine FERTILIZER Plants provide shade and cover from birds. Fish are orgarnic fertiliser, eating insects and mosquito larvae decreasing spread of malaria Circulating oxygen throughout the plants FISH RED CARP Woeds compete with rice plants for nutrients. light and space to live. Fish excrete rich organic fertilizer, which reduces petrochemical-based fertilizers. Newcomers: Swamp eel, crawfish and freshwater shrimp are a significant addition because they are high value products Fish reduce methane emissions by feeding from decomposing vegetation CONSTRUCTION 1.- A Dyke is built on the outskirts of the area to be planted with Rice. DYKE The walls should contain water. fishes, and protect from floods. Plants are planted on top and around. 3.-When the rice starts to 5.- As rice grows so does the fish, by the time rice is in form to pick, the fish are ready for the kitchen shoot, the water level across the field is increased. 40-50cm Water raised 50-80m with growth of rice and fish 2.- A ditch follows for fish to live in during the dry season. 4.-fingerlings (small fish) are released into the ditch. Diagramnot to scale 50cm 1-1.25m DID YOU KNOW? The rice-fish farming Hectare increase 2-3milion Reduces methane emissions from decomposing vegetation up to 10% 2-4. • Thousands Millions thousand 1.53 155 Increase in the output of Rice-fish farming according to rural households in China have improved their living due to Rice-fishing according to FAO. dollars per hectare according to FAO. Crustaceans can bring 3-5 times what you get with carp 30%- 985 148 *** 667 FAO 1959 1986 2000 2002 2007 Sources: FAO, knowledge Alanz, Practical Action, World Fish Center GUILLERMO MUNRO/ CHINADAILY