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This village in Assam also changed over time. A trader had approached villagers with a proposition: “If you convert your paddy fields to fish ponds, I can supply you with fingerlings (baby fish) and will buy back the grown fish” [to sell to markets]. The shift from paddy in 2011 (dark green) to fish pond in 2018 (light green) is clear. It is indeed the case that many farmers received much higher incomes from this shift.

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