A combination of food-producing technologies is required to support a large human population where there is a limited amount of arable land. Today integrated farming systems--combining agriculture, aquaculture, animal husbandry, and waste treatment technologies--are in use in South and Southern Asia and China, as well as in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. (author)
This paper includes a brief history of aquaculture as it developed throughout the world. It includes sections on: socio-cultural systems of ancient Hawaii in regard to the development of the expansive aquaculture-agriculture networks; integration of ancient fishponds and "traps" into taro agriculture; and the historical relevance of ancient Hawaiian aquaculture to aquaculture in other parts of the world.
AN - 91-01882 BT - BioScience C6 - 0006-3568 DA - 05/1987 DB - JSTOR DO - 10.2307/1310688 IS - 5 LA - English N2 -A combination of food-producing technologies is required to support a large human population where there is a limited amount of arable land. Today integrated farming systems--combining agriculture, aquaculture, animal husbandry, and waste treatment technologies--are in use in South and Southern Asia and China, as well as in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. (author)
This paper includes a brief history of aquaculture as it developed throughout the world. It includes sections on: socio-cultural systems of ancient Hawaii in regard to the development of the expansive aquaculture-agriculture networks; integration of ancient fishponds and "traps" into taro agriculture; and the historical relevance of ancient Hawaiian aquaculture to aquaculture in other parts of the world.
PY - 1987 RN - ArticleType: research-article