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Integrated Approach of Pond Based Farming Systems for Sustainable Production and Income Generation

M. ROBIUL ALAM
Scientific Officer
OFRD, BARI, Pabna

M. AKKAS ALI
Senior Scientific Officer
OFRD, BARI,Panba,

M. AKHTAR HOSSAIN
Scientific Officer,
OFRD, BARI, Joydebpur, Gazipur 1701

M. S. H. MOLLA
Senior Scientific Officer
OFRD, BARI, Pabna

F. lSLAM
Senior Scientific Officer
HRC, BARI, Joydebpur, Gazipur 1701, Bangladesh.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Integrated farming with poultry, fish and crops can play a significant role in increasing manifold production, income, and nutrition and employment opportunities of rural populations. The research work was carried out at nine farmers' ponds covering area of 0.12 ha each in Farming Systems Research and Development (FSRD) site, Goyeshpur, Pabna during the year 2000-01 to 2002- 03 to assess integrated pond based production, income and employment opportunity of the rural farm households. Three different components like fish, poultry and pattern based vegetables production were employed in the investigation. The results indicated that in integrated pond management, two additional enterprises viz., poultry and year round vegetables exhibited encouraging production over traditional management. The average fish production obtained from integrated pond management was 330.92% higher over the traditional management. The total economic return in terms of gross return and gross margin achieved from integrated pond management was Tk.59 133 and 38684 which were 1297.94 and 1496.53% higher over traditional pond management. The utilization of family labour round the year in pond based integrated production system contributed to improve the production as well as to create employment opportunity for income generation. The overall results revealed that the integrated pond management with poultry, fish and vegetables was an excellent approach for sustainable production, income generation and employment opportunity of the resource poor rural households.

Keywords: Pond based farming systems, Production, Income generation, Employment opportunity.

Location: Goyeshpur, Pabna

Start Date: 00-00-2000

End Date: 00-00-2003

Program Area: Farming System

Commodity: Fish

Objectives:

i) To optimize production of different components with benefits (cost and return)

ii) To utilize family labour and create employment opportunity in a pond based integrated production system.

Methodology:

The study was conducted at Farming Systems Research and Development (FSRD) site, Goyeshpur, Pabna during 2000-2001 to 2002-2003. A total of nine co-operator farmers having similar pond area were selected for the study. The average pond size was 0.12 ha. The selected ponds were perennial. Before initiating the programme, the traditional management, fish production, cost and return of each ponds were recorded. Initially the selected ponds were prepared before stocking of fingerlings. After removing of undesired fish species, 25 kg CaO was applied in the pond @250 kg/ha water bodies. The recommended stocking density of different fish species, such as rajpunti, silver carp, ruhu (each 10 decimal^-1 ), catla (3 decimal^-1 , rnrigal (6 decimal^-1 ), common carp (6 decimal^{- 1} ) and grass carp (2 decimal^-1) was maintained. The fingerlings of all fish species were collected from hatchery and stocked at a time in each pond . Feed was not supplied for fish cultivation. Fish was produced with feed wastage and poultry droppings from layer rearing over the water bodies. Fish were harvested when they attained marketable size. For rearing of layer birds, poultry shade was prepared at the corner of water bodies of each pond. The recommended space (3 square feet area for one layer bird) was maintained for making the poultry shade. Depending upon the number of layer birds (55), 165 square feet tin shade house was prepared with five feet height. Eight to ten weeks aged growing pullets were collected. As per recommendation (two growing pullets for one decimal pond area), 55 growing pullets were reared. The pond embankment was utilized for the production of creeper vegetables round the year. Trellis were prepared on the water bodies (covering the edge of the pond bank to around 3 meter over pond water) with bamboo, iron thread and jute stick. Vegetables like bottle gourd, sweat gourd and country bean were sequentially grown on the trellis. The vegetables were harvested when they attained marketable size.The vegetables were harvested when they attained marketable size.

Source of Information: Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 34(4) : 577-584, December 2009

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Achievement/Findings:

The results indicated that in integrated pond management, two additional enterprises viz., poultry and year round vegetables exhibited encouraging production over traditional management. The average fish production obtained from integrated pond management was 330.92% higher over the traditional management. The total economic return in terms of gross return and gross margin achieved from integrated pond management was Tk.59 133 and 38684 which were 1297.94 and 1496.53% higher over traditional pond management. The utilization of family labour round the year in pond based integrated production system contributed to improve the production as well as to create employment opportunity for income generation. The overall results revealed that the integrated pond management with poultry, fish and vegetables was an excellent approach for sustainable production, income generation and employment opportunity of the resource poor rural households.

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