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Yield Gaps, Production Losses and Technical Efficiency of Selected Groups of Fish Farmers in Bangladesh

Laila Arjuman Ara
Ph.D Student, Department of Finance, Xiamen University, China

Md. Ferdous Alam
Research Coordinator, ICLARM, Dhaka and Professor, Department of Agricultural Finance, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

Mohammad Masudar Rahman
Ph.D Student, Department of Finance, Xiamen University, China

M.A. Jabbar
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Finance, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh (Bangladesh).

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Fish farming is a relatively new technology as compared to crop farming. It has been expanding very fast in Bangladesh. Among the different components of fisheries, the growth of production of culture (farming) has been the highest varying between 7 to 9 percent per annum. In spite of increasing fish production, the domestic demand is not met. Moreover, for earning foreign exchange, production needs to be increased as well. Although, the technology has improved over the years yet the production is lower as compared to countries like Thailand, the Philippines, and China. Productivity gain can be achieved by minimizing yield gaps and production losses. There are several biotic, abiotic, and socio-economic factors that cause yield gaps and production losses. Once the factors causing yield gaps and production losses and the level of technical efficiency of the farmers are known it will be easier for the planners and scientists to decide what activities are to be taken to resolve the problems. So far no study has yet been undertaken in Bangladesh to assess these gaps and losses. Some however exist for rice crops. Therefore, a study on yield gaps, production losses, and technical efficiency is timely and very important for the farmers and for the nation.

Keywords: Yield Gaps, Production Losses, Technical Efficiency, Fish Farmers, Bangladesh

Location: Bangladesh

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Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Fish

Objectives:

A study on yield gaps, production losses, and technical efficiency is timely and very important for the farmers and for the nation.

Methodology:

The research was confined to Rajshahi district of Bangladesh, which contributes significantly to the total production of fish. On the basis of a higher concentration of fish production, Putia Upazilla of Rajshahi district was selected for this research. Three sets of farmers have been included in the sample. These are credit and technical advice receiving farmers (CTR), training receiving farmers, (TR), and normal fish farmers (TCNR). A list of these farmers was collected from the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) and the Upazilla Fisheries Office of this area. These lists served as the population of the study. From each of the population lists, 30 fish farmers were randomly chosen, so that the total sample for the present study became 90. The stratified random sampling procedure was followed in selecting the samples.

Source of Information: Ind. Jn. of Agri. Econ. Vol. 59, No. 4, Oct.-Dec. 2004

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Achievement/Findings:

The following suggestions are put forward in the present study: * Training is an important element for the farmers for boosting up fish production from aquaculture. Even if credit is made available, farmers might not be able to perform well in the absence of training. * Farmers still have the belief that more fingerlings result in increased production. A tendency of overstocking is still present among the farmers. This belief should be removed from the farmers’ minds. * Considerable amount of technical inefficiency exists with the farmers of the study areas. Training can make farmers familiar with aquaculture and can help to reduce technical inefficiency. * There may be a good potential to enhance productivity through the improvement in technical efficiency at the farm level and technological progress at the national as well as regional levels, such as the development of modern technologies and improvement in the genetic make-up of fish species. * Substantial yield gaps exist in the field of aquaculture. Some farmers are very promising in the sense that their product is very high as compared to the majority of the farmers. Necessary training and proper input use will help reduce yield gaps. * Although production losses are very significant, proper management and care can help reduce production losses. The farmers should be made aware of the importance of water quality for fish production and necessary practical demonstrations in the rural areas should be carried out to make farmers aware of the water quality management and other aspects of aquaculture practice. Likewise, specialist services should be made available to take proper care of the production losses causing due to diseases.

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