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Food Security Assessment of Ngo Supported and Own Managed Pond Fish Farmers of Two Districts in Bangladesh

K. Akhi
Department of Agricultural Economics and Policy, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100

M. T. Uddin*
Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

M. M. Islam
Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Ensuring food security for the vast population of Bangladesh is directly associated with the agricultural development in the country. The government of Bangladesh has, therefore, been giving priorities to agricultural development in general with a view to ensuring food and nutritional security, poverty reduction and increased generation of employment through pond fish production as particular. In order to ensure food security through development of agriculture in Bangladesh, the invention, adoption and dissemination of new technology and agricultural credit disbursement must be ensured with a view to increasing production of diversified agriculture. In the light of the findings from the study, it is recommended that efforts to improve access to credit by farmers and the promotion of non-farm activities as alternative livelihood options should be pursued by government structures to improve the household food security situation in Bangladesh. Policies that will make micro-credit from government and nongovernmental agencies accessible to fish farmers will go a long way in addressing their resource acquisition constraints and eventually improving household food security in the country. There is a great impact of NGO on fish farmer’s food security status. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is great scope to improve the livelihood condition of fish farmers in terms of better food security situation through the intervention of NGOs.

Keywords: Food security, NGO supported, Own managed, Pond fish farmers

Location: Seven villages namely, Chornikhola, Chorhosenpur, Chorshiari, Harua, Monohorpur, Kumrashashon, Ashrobpur from Ishwarganj upazila under Mymensingh district and eight villages namely, Basudebbari, Maijbari, Kodimfosol, Chakondomul bari, Tholbari, Vottobari, Lokhipur, Jotabari from Madhupur upazila under Tangail district

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Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Performance

Objectives:

The specific objectives addressed in the study are: a) to estimate the extent of food security status of pond fish farmers; and b) to determine the factors that influence the fish farm household’s food security status.

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A study usually requires selection of an area for collecting data in accordance with the objectives set for the study. Seven villages namely, Chornikhola, Chorhosenpur, Chorshiari, Harua, Monohorpur, Kumrashashon, Ashrobpur from Ishwarganj upazila under Mymensingh district and eight villages namely, Basudebbari, Maijbari, Kodimfosol, Chakondomul bari, Tholbari, Vottobari, Lokhipur, Jotabari from Madhupur upazila under Tangail district were selected for this study. In these areas, government and several non-government organizations (NGOs) such as BRAC, PROSHIKA, ASA, SSS, etc. have undertaken a laudable program for pond fish culture through extending credit and technological support. A sample of representative farms is chosen in such a way that the information meets the purpose of the study. Random sampling technique was used to select farmers from two groups of pond fish farming; one is NGO supported farmers and another is own managed. A total of 120 farmers (60 for NGO supported and 60 for own managed) were selected for primary data collection. Analytical techniques To identify the factors influencing the food security status of fish farming households, a food security index (Z) was constructed and food security status of each household was determined based on the food security line using the recommended daily calorie intake approach and then a logit model was used to estimate the food security status of households as a function of a set of independent determinants. A household which daily per capita calorie intake up to 2122 kcal was regarded as food secure and those below 2122 kcal were regarded as food insecure households.

Source of Information: J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 13(2): 273–281, 2015 ISSN 1810-3030

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