Patin on Neglected Land

Central Kalimantan province is projected to become a fish-producing region on a national scale. One option is the cultivation of fish on peatland.

May 19, 2010

A ROW of patin (Pangasius pangasius) fishponds lies stretched out to the left of Haji Abdul Syukur’s house. The water looks murky due to shallowing of the ponds. Almost for the last 10 days the water in the Riam Kanan irrigation channel has not flowed into the ponds. Abdul, 38, the ponds owner, resides in the house with his wife and children. These days he only sits helpless thinking of the financial losses he will suffer due to the receding w

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