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Impact of Fish Farming on Household Income: a Case Study from Mymensingh District

Syed Mohammad Aminur Rahman
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh

Ariful Haque
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh

Syed Md. Ashrafur Rahman
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Fisheries sector is a rising sector in Bangladesh. Many farmers are shifting their rice fields to ponds for fish farming in the study areas. This transformation of farming raises a question to the researchers whether fish farming has any impact on household income or not. Thus, the researchers took the present study to identify the contribution of fish farming on household income of the fish farmers in the study areas. The population of the study consisted of all fish farmers of the selected eight villages from four sub-districts of Mymensingh district. Required data for the study were collected with questionnaire through personal interviewing of the respondent farmers. Result shows that fish farming is contributing in a range of 15.35-86.63% on household income of the respondent farmers and the average contribution of fish farming is 50.99% indicating major contribution of this entrepreneurship on household income of the practitioner farmers. The result of the stepwise multiple regression analysis shows that all of the income sources jointly can elucidate 98.3% variation on household income where fish farming alone can contribute the highest (44%) on household income of the respondent farmers. However, the results of multiple regressions indicate that 74% of the variance in the income from fish farming could be explained by the explanatory variables of the study. The study successfully explored following factors: age of the household head, family land holdings, pond size, training on fish farming and access to information on fish farming which can influence income from fish farming. The study reported that fish farming has significant contribution on household income of the practitioner farmers. Thus, it is essential for the policy makers in the field of fisheries to take into account the identified factors for rapid expansion of fish farming in rural Bangladesh.

Keywords: Fish farming, Practitioner farmers, Household income,

Location: Mymensingh district.

Start Date: 00-00-2010

End Date: 00-00-2010

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Income generation

Objectives:

To identify the contribution of fish farming on household income of the fish farmers in the study areas

Methodology:

Study area and sample: The study was conducted in Mymensingh district of Bangladesh. Empirical data for the study were collected from eight such villages under four sub-districts of Mymensingh district. Lists of the fish farmers within the villages were collected from the concerned extension workers of the Department Of Fisheries (DOF). From the three lists, a total of 96 farmers were randomly selected and interviewed. Prior to data collection, a pilot survey was undertaken to pre-test the questionnaire, targeting 16 fish farmers from the eight villages, who were not on the interview list. Data collection: A structured survey questionnaire was used to collect data related to the research objectives. The survey was conducted between 01 and 30 June 2010. Data were collected from the targeted fish farmers by means of personal interviewing by the researchers and three trained data collectors. Statistical analysis: Besides the common statistical measures such as mean, standard deviation and percentage, a number of statistical tests were performed. Stepwise multiple regressions and multiple regression analysis were done for drawing inferences about the research questions.

Source of Information: Journal of Social Sciences 7 (2): 127-131, 2011

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Achievement/Findings:

Due to increasing demand of fish for the growing population of Bangladesh, fish farming becoming popular to the farmers of rural Bangladesh. Considering economic profitability of fish farming compared to cultivating rice or any other crops, farmers are converting their rice fields into pond. The present study explored the factors that can influence income from fish farming. These factors need to be addressed properly to make fish farming more profitable that may only encourage more farmers on fish farming.

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