2021 Volume 16 Issue 1 Pages 70-86
In China, innovative farming methods are implemented to improve soil and water pollution, food sanitation, lost paddy ecosystem recovery, and rural poverty. In particular, modern rice farming integrated with aquaculture is one major method to preserve the environment while developing the economy. However, rice-aquaculture farming is adopted only in limited surface areas and households in much of the country. The main reasons for this are: 1) there are regional gaps between the competitiveness of rice-aquaculture farming and between aquatic animals raised in their natural habitats and outside them; and 2) there are constraints on aquaculture due to locational imbalances between major consuming areas and the preferred climate of the animals. In addition, market recognition of integrated agricultural methods, their ecological advantages, and associated brands important for creating value is not widespread among urban consumers. As future issues, it is particularly important to note the negative impacts on rural ecology due to the introduction of alien species and eutrophication from feeding. Urbanization of residents’ dietary preferences may lead to disruptions in crawfish aquaculture in southwestern China.
