Nurun Naher Moni
Economics Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh
Nawshin Neelam Khan
Economics Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh
Household economy, Small scale fish farming, Sustainable livelihood
Khulna district.
Socio-economic and Policy
Income generation
For this research work, Jalma union of Batiaghata upazila has been selected purposively because most of the people in that area are related with fish cultivation. Three out of 33 villages in Jalma union named Mohammadnagar, Sachibunia and Kochubunia were surveyed for this study. Batiaghata upazila of Khulna district with an area of 248.33 sq km, is bounded by Kotwali (Khulna), Dumuria and Rupsa upazila and Sonadanga thana on the north, Dumuria upazila and Paikgachha upazila on the west, Dacope, Paikgachha and Rampal upazila on the south, Rampal, Fakirhat and Rupsa upazila on the east. The main rivers are Kazibachha, Shoilmari, Salta, Jhopjhopia, Pasur, Sibsa, Rupsa and Nalua. The study is qualitative in nature. All the aspects are briefly described and an in-depth analysis of all the variables with before-after method has been shown in the study. Total population of Jalma union is approximately 59,025. Nearly 750 people are related with commercial fish production in three selected villages of Jalma union. Therefore, the study has the sampling frame with 750 fish cultivators. Out of these fish cultivators, randomly selected 30 fish cultivator households, 10 households from each of the village were surveyed for the research work. To find out information about the socio-economic condition before involving in fish cultivation and after starting fish cultivation, as well as to identify problems and prospects of fish cultivation, data were collected through interview method. To get more specific and reliable data, the survey was carried out by personal interview with the help of semi-structured questionnaire. The main socio economic variables included in the questionnaire were family size, age distribution, educational status, ownership of housing, pond and fishing equipments, health status, fish consumption, family income and expenditure, training and experience of the fish farmers etc. In addition to this, key informant interview was carried out to collect data on production, pond management, and to explore the potentiality of fish farming in the study area. For this study, secondary data was needed for conceptualization of various issues and literature review. Different published reports, related articles, organization reports and government databases were the main secondary sources. Data on different issues like number of schools, colleges, situation of electricity, area of total water bodies, nature of fish farming, total amount of fish produced in the upazila etc. were also collected from different government organizations, which are Union Parishad Office, Upazila fisheries office, Department of Statistics and also from Non Government Organizations (NGOs). Collected data were sorted, processed and analyzed to make it suitable for the study. After that it was interpreted according to the objectives. Proper attention was given to eliminate biased and incomplete information. To increasing reliability of data, it was cross checked with appropriate agents. Finally the study tries to concise the findings of the research.
Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)Volume 19, Issue 7, Ver. I (July. 2014), PP 42-50
e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845.
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