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Level of Shrimp Farming Knowledge of Farmers in Bagerhat

MD. ASLAM ALI
Fisheries and Marine Resource Technology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh

MOLLA RABIUL ISLAM
Fisheries and Marine Resource Technology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh

SHYAMAL KANTI BARMAN
Consultant, Sustainable Development Associates, Banani, Dhaka, Bangladesh

S. M. BAZLUR RAHMAN
Fisheries and Marine Resource Technology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh

MD. GOLAM SAROWER
Fisheries and Marine Resource Technology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

A survey was conducted at six Upazila under Bagerhat district to determine the level of shrimp farming knowledge from July to September 2008. For which 120 farmers from the selected area were selected randomly. The knowledge status was judged considering six factors as remembering, understanding, problem identifying, analyzing, evaluating and innovating. Existing wisdom of the farmers regarding to shrimp culture practice such as pond preparation, species selection and stocking density, water quality monitoring, use of additional fertilization, feed and feeding, disease controlling, harvesting and restocking, risk management and shrimp marketing revealed that the selected farmers had medium level of knowledge on an average. Only a few farmers were found possessing appropriate level of knowledge. Farmers’ knowledge score on the subsequent levels of cognitive domain on remembering, understanding, problem identifying, analyzing, evaluating and innovating were found to be in diminishing order in all the components of shrimp farming practices. Among the six levels of knowledge, the farmers were given highest score on remembering and lowest score on innovating. The delicate characteristics of the farmers such as age, gender, education, annual income, family size, training status, extension media contact and shrimp farming experiences were observed to be significantly related with their shrimp farming knowledge.

Keywords: Shrimp farming knowledge, Shrimp marketing, Risk management

Location: Fakirhat, Mollahat, Sadar, Rampal, Mongla and Morrelganj upazilla of Bagerhat district

Start Date: 00-07-2008

End Date: 00-09-2008

Program Area: Knowledge Management

Commodity: Shrimp

Objectives:

To determine the shrimp farming knowledge of farmers and to locate the relationship between farmers’ characteristics and their shrimp farming knowledge.

Methodology:

Study area and sampling: The survey work was carried out at Fakirhat, Mollahat, Sadar, Rampal, Mongla and Morrelganj upazilla of Bagerhat district from July to September 2008. Data were collected by means of a structured questionnaire on each 20 farmers from upazilla. All the farmers were selected randomly. Age, gender, education, major profession, annual income, land holding, training status, extension media contact, farming experience and credit source are considered as independent variable and the dependent variable was the level of shrimp farming knowledge of the farmers. Conceptual framework of the study: The profundity of shrimp farming knowledge has been postulated by Bloom's since long. Farmers' knowledge has been conceptualized as the sum of knowledge at each of ten technical contents, and at each of six levels of Bloom's cognitive taxonomy for each content area. Relationship of this knowledge with independent variables is shown through graphical presentation. Data analyzing procedure: The knowledge of the selected shrimp farmers were determined based on six level of cognitive domain of learning. These six levels of cognitive domains are remembering, understanding, problem identifying, analyzing, evaluating and innovating. The responses of the farmers towards the selected questions were quantified by means of scoring system. The responses of each question of the concerned respondent were graded according to the above-mentioned scale. The score of respondent for a certain question representing each level of cognitive domain could vary from 0 to 4 as per scoring system. Then the total score of a respondent against a particular component of shrimp farming practices could range from 0 to 24, as there were 6 sub-levels of knowledge under each component. The total score of a respondent covering all the 10 components of shrimp farming practices could vary from 0 to 240. From each technical area, six questions representing 6 sub-levels of cognitive domain were asked to the farmers.

Source of Information: j. innov.dev.strategy. 3(3): 35-42(May 2009)

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Achievement/Findings:

Most of the farmers were found to possess medium level of shrimp farming knowledge on an average. A small proportion of the farmers had high level of knowledge. This is not fairly desirable situation for the promotion and development of shrimp farming practices. As the DoF entrusts with the responsibility of disseminating and popularizing aquaculture technologies in the country, therefore, DoF should take comprehensive plans and programmes to educate the farmers through providing training and extension support. The NGO’s may also come forward to supplement the government effort to strengthen shrimp farming activities for the socio-economic development of the rural farmers.

Knowledge Management: Journal