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Use of Fish Farming Practices by the Fish Farmers

Pallab Goswami
Department of Agricultural Extension, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur-5200, Bangladesh

Md Rubayet Al Ferdous Noman
Department of Agricultural Extension, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur-5200, Bangladesh

Md Shariful Islam
PMEL Advisor, ICCO Cooperation, Bangladesh

Saiful Huda
Department of Agricultural Extension, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur-5200, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The main purpose of the study was to determine the extent of the use of fish farming practices by fish farmers. This study was conducted at three unions named Hapania, Kirtipur, and Tilakpur of Naogaon Sadar upazilla under the Naogaon district. Ninety-two (92) fish farmers were randomly selected as samples from an updated list of 120 fish farmers. Data were collected by a pre-tested interview schedule from 20^th September to 20^th October 2020. Simple and direct questions with different appropriate scales were used to obtain information. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis were used for the present study. Slightly above half (53.3 percent) of the fish farmers had medium use of fish farming practices, while 42.4 percent of fish farmers had a high use of fish farming practices, and only 4.3 percent of fish farmers had low use of fish farming practices. Thus, the overwhelming majority (95.7 percent) of the fish farmers had medium to high use of fish farming practices. Pond size, fish farming experience, cosmopoliteness, and extension contacts of the respondents had a significant positive contribution to their use of fish farming practices. Coefficients of other selected variables namely age, education, family size, annual income, and knowledge on fish farming didn't have any significant contribution to their use of fish farming practices. „Lack of government support? emerged as the 1^st ranked problem as per opinion given by the fish farmers (77.17 percent). The least problem as per opinion given by the fish farmers was „High labor cost?.

Keywords: Fish farming, Practices, Fish farmers, Labor cost

Location: Three unions named Hapania, Kirtipur, and Tilakpur of Naogaon Sadar upazilla in Naogaon district of Bangladesh

Start Date: 00-09-2020

End Date: 00-10-2020

Program Area: Farming System

Commodity: Fish

Objectives:

The study was conducted with the following objectives; i) to describe some selected characteristics of the fish farmers; ii) to determine the extent of use of fish farming practices by the fish farmers; iii) to explore the contributions of the selected characteristics of the fish farmers with their use of fish farming practices; and iv) To identify the problems faced by the fish farmer in fish farming.

Methodology:

This study was conducted at three unions named Hapania, Kirtipur, and Tilakpur of Naogaon Sadar upazilla in the Naogaon district. Naogaon Sadar upazilla under Naogaon district is purposively selected where the government of Bangladesh has been implementing National Agricultural Technology Programm- Phase II project (NATP-2) with the help of the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), lead Ministry and Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock (MOFL). Three unions were randomly selected from 12 unions under Naogaon Sadar upazilla. An up-to-date list of 120 fish farmers from three unions was collected from upazilla fisheries office of Naogaon Sadar upazilla under Naogaon district who were beneficiaries under National Agricultural Technology Programm- Phase II project (NATP-2) constitutes the population. Where, n= Sample size; Z= 1 the value of the standard normal variable at the chosen (95 percent) confidence level (1.96); P= Probability (assume .5); Q = Remaining from probability (1-P); N = Total population; e = the level of precision (5percent). A reserved list of 9 fish farmers was prepared who were supposed to be interviewed only when a respondent in the original sample list was unavailable during data collection. First of all, the collected data were coded, summarized and processed for analysis. All possible errors and inconsistencies were eradicated for verification of the data. Then the collected data were analyzed with a computer-based software - SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) version 22, and tables and graphs were prepared with MS Excel (Microsoft Excel 2010). The nine selected characteristics of the respondents namely age, education, family size, pond size, annual income, fish farming experience, cosmopoliteness, extension contact and knowledge on fish farming constituted the independent variables of this study. These selected characteristics were measured by appropriate measurement techniques. The use of fish farming practices by the fish farmers was the dependent variable. To operationalize the variable, twelve fish farming practices were identified through field survey, consultation with fish farmers and upazilla fisheries officer of the study area. These twelve practices were to measure the extent of use of fish farming practices by the fish farmers. Use of fish farming practices by the fish farmers was measured by a four-point rating scale. The respondents were asked to indicate for each of the practices whether they „frequently', „occasionally', „rarely', and „'not at all' with a corresponding score of 3, 2, 1 and 0 respectively (Islam, 2010). The score against each of these twelve practices was added together to obtain a total practice score. Hence, scores of the respondents could range from 0 to 36; where 0 indicating no use fish farming practices while 36 indicating the highest level of use fish farming practices.

Source of Information: Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.7(3): 565-576, December 2020

Article Link (Online Journal): DOI: https://doi.org/10.3329/ralf.v7i3.51375

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Achievement/Findings:

Slightly above half (53.3 percent) of the fish farmers had medium use of fish farming practices. The use of fish farming practices by the fish farmers is also not up to the mark. It may be concluded that the production of fish will not be possible to improve to a significant extent unless the concerned authorities take proper steps to improve fish farmers' use of overall practices regarding fish farming. The pond size of the respondents had a significant positive contribution to their use of fish farming practices. Fish farmers having large pond size had more opportunity of using fish farming practices by them. The use of fish farming practices was mostly limited to the fish farmers having larger pond size. Thus, the policymakers and extension service providers need special attention to this issue in popularizing fish farming practices. Cosmopoliteness of the respondents had a significant positive contribution to their use of fish farming practices. Therefore, it can be concluded that an increase of cosmopoliteness of fish farmers would increase the knowledge area about fish farming and ultimately enhance increase the use of fish farming practices by them. Among the fish farmers, the highest proportion (65.2 percent) of the fish farmers had medium extension contact and extension contacts of the respondents had a significant positive contribution with their medium use of fish farming practices. So, there is a need to take initiative to improve the extension contact of the farmers with the various organizations for increasing the practice of fish farming. „'Lack of government support' emerged as the 1^st ranked problem opined by the fish farmers (77.17 percent). It is, therefore, recommended that concerned authorities (DoF, DAE and other organizations) should take necessary steps to improve their service for fish farmers.

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