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A Socio-economic Study on Pond Fish Farmers in Mymensingh District

K. M. E. CHOWDHURy
Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Department of Agricultural Extension, Dhaka

S. S. BISWAS
Junior Consultant
DANIDA, Patuakhali

M. A. AWAL
Senior Scientific Officer
OFRD, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Mymensingh

M. H. KABIR
Ph.D. Student
Department of Agronomy, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The present study was carried out to determine the costs, returns and profitability of pond fish culture of BRAC in some selected areas of Trishal upazila under Mymensingh district of Bangladesh during January to December 2009. Sixty ponds were randomly selected from 3 different unions namely Sakua, Boilor and Arnirabari, taking 20 ponds from each union. Data were collected through interview from the pond fish farmers. Tabular and statistical analysis was used to determine the most important factors responsible for variation in productivity. Most of the pond fish farmers were in the active age group 20-39 years and 51.67 % offish farmers fell under this age group. As regards the level of literacy. 8.33 % of BRAC contact fish farmers had illiterate, 23.33 % had primary level, 35 % had secondary level, 21.67 % had SSC level and 11.67 % had HSC level. The average family size in all locations was 6.37 which were higher than the national average (5.60) for all Bangladesh. The average land holding of fish farmers was 0.58 hectare. The highest average income obtained from more than about 42 % of the pond fish farmers belong to the income level between Tk. 25,001- 50,000 per year. Only 7 % of them had income level more than Tk. 75,000 per year. It is also evident from the study that the major problems and constraints associated with pond fish culture were lack of sufficient fund, high input price and low product price, high interest on credit, lack of marketing facilities,lack of fishing equipment, lack of scientific and technical knowledge, insufficient water in dry season and multiple ownership. The study suggests some possible steps to overcome these constraints. If these constraints could be solved immediately the inland fish production would possibly increase in Bangladesh.

Keywords: Socio-economic study, Conatraints, Pond fish farmers

Location: Trishal upazila under Mymensingh district

Start Date: 00-01-2009

End Date: 00-12-2009

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Fish

Objectives:

To identify the socioeconomic characteristics of pond fish farmers.

Methodology:

Three unions namely Sakua, Boilor and Amirabari at Trishal upazila under Mymensingh district of Bangladesh were selected for collection of data due to pond fish farmers were heavy concentrated in that area; ccommercial fish farming, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) has been conducting poverty alleviation programme in this area by extending credit and technological information to pond fish farmers. Before collecting the data a list of the owners of fish ponds was collected from the BRAC office. After collection, this list twenty culture ponds were selected randomly from each of the three unions for interviewing the pond fish farmer to fulfill the objectives of the study. Thus, the total numbers of sample ponds were 60. The data and information were collected in respect of operation and activities involved in ponds fish production and economic returns for one-year period form January 2009 to December 2009.

Source of Information: Int. J. Soc. Dev. Inf. Syst. 1(3): 16-21, May 20 I 0; An online Journal of "G-Science Implementation and Publication", website: www.gurpukur.com or www.gscience.net

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Achievement/Findings:

With respect to socio-economic characteristics of sample pond fish farmers, evidence showed that most of the pond fish farmers were in the active age group 20-39 years. It may be noted here that 51.67 percent of fish farmers fell under this age group. As regards the level of literacy, it was found that 8.33 percent of BRAC-contact fish farmers had illiterate, 23.33 percent had primary level, 35 percent had secondary level, 21.67 percent had SSC level and 11.67 percent had HSC level. Most of the sample fish farmers had chosen crop agriculture as their subsidiary occupation. The average family size in all locations was 6.37 which were higher than the national average (5.60) for all Bangladesh. The average land holding of fish farmers was 0.58 hectare. The highest average income obtained from more than about 42 percent of the pond fish farmers belong to the income level between Tk. 25,001- 50,000. Only 7 percent of them were income level more than Tk. 75,000. The present study also identified some of the problems and constraints with pond fish culture.

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