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Accelerating Natural Breeding of Cuchia and Creating Employment Opportunities of Poor People Through Household Based Cuchia Farming

M Farhaduzzaman
Deputy Manager (Program)
Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh

Md. Abdullah A I Mahamud
Manager, Agriculture
Fisheries and Livestock Department, HEED Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Shipon Das
Department of Fisheries, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi- 6205

Kamruzzaman
Department of Fisheries Technology, Faculty of Fisheries, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Heed Bangladesh has been implementing the LIFT project titled “Accelerating natural breeding of cuchia and creating employment opportunities of poor People through household based cuchia farming” from June to mid-September 2017 in Kamolgonj upazila under Maulvibazar district. The project goal is to reduce poverty and increasing productivity and create self-employment through cuchia rearing by applying modern technology to the poor and marginal people. The initiative will implement mainly with a view to contribute in improving livelihood condition of the small holder cuchia farmers or culturists or rearers who are living in poverty due to natural disaster and climate vulnerability through increasing income. The income of targeted cuchia culturists or members will be increased through increasing productivity, improving quality and market access. Under this initiative, initially a total of 200 members will included. The project focus on building the capacity of members, local service providers, input suppliers and buyers in order to provide embedded or commercial services to the producers and enterprises that will create a competitive market. It will also engage the private and public sector to build the technical capacity of groups and link with high value market to gain a better price for their products.

Keywords: Cuchia, Natural breeding, Farming, Bangladesh

Location: Komolgonj upazilla of Maulvibazar district, Bangladesh

Start Date: 00-06-2017

End Date: 00-09-2017

Program Area: Animal Health and Management

Commodity: Fish

Objectives:

To assuming the benchmark of cuchia farmers in the study area, which includes demographic, income, occupations, existing GO & NGO services and market linkage activities as well as its status etc.

Methodology:

This survey has been conducted for fulfillment of the contract between Heed Bangladesh and Four Face Communication (FFC) for conducting baseline survey of “Accelerating natural breeding of cuchia and creating employment opportunities of poor People through household based cuchia farming” in Komolgonj upazilla of Maulvibazar district . Based on the pre-test, marginal adjustments in the questionnaires were made and consequently study had been conducted from June to mid of September 2017. Qualitative information was collected mainly through Focus Group Discussion (FGD), Key informant interviews (KII). The FGDs and KII conducted by the survey team. The study team started to input the data as per output tables prepared by the Team. After intensive processing, synthesizing and analysis of data in the light of the scope of the study report writing was started. SPSS was utilized for processing the information collected. At the time of baseline data collection, some group member were not covered by Field Enumerators due to valid reasons including absent of household members (door lock), migration and disallow to give interview etc. It is presumed that the income and expenditure data is usually not very accurate, given the problems of poor recall by the respondents. There was tendency to under-report income for the fear of exclusion from a development programme and difficulties of estimating income from unpaid work.

Source of Information: Res. Agric. Livest. Fish. Vol. 5, No. 2, August 2018 : 279-291.

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Achievement/Findings:

Monopterus cuchia or mud eel is a delicious, nutritious, indigenous freshwater fish of Bangladesh. It’s an export fishery product that is playing an important role in international markets. It can generate employment directly and indirectly for more people in the marketing and other associated business in the working area. This baseline report will help to prevent it from being extinct and can bring a new high priced fish into aquaculture for supporting export earnings. This mud eel is a delicate and potential resource for consumption and livelihood maintenance of tribal communities of Bangladesh, which has declined during the last three to four decades.

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