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Present Status and Prospects of Practicing Aquasilviculture at Satkhira District in Bangladesh

Arifa Sharmin*
Forestry and Wood Technology Discipline. Khulna University, Khulna — 9208, Bangladesh

Pallob Kumar Das
Forestry and Wood Technology Discipline. Khulna University, Khulna- 9208, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The present study revealed the practice of aquasilviculture at Tala Upazilla in Satkhira District of Bangladesh. The study was conducted for three months from February to April, 2013 to explore the status, benefits, management techniques and problems of practicing aquasilviculture at Tala Upazilla. Majority of the respondents (51%) of the area practicing aquasilviculture are farmer. For aquasilviculture practice, 28% respondents use their owned land, 23% respondents used leased land and 49% respondents used both type of land among these 67% land was previously used for paddy cultivation only. The respondents planted mahogany, sissoo, koroi, neem, mango, guava as tree species and bean, potato, cauli flower, brinjal, radish, cabbage etc. as agricultural species and catla, rui, mrigal, punti, and silver carp, grass crap, tilapias, prawns etc. as aqua species. 100% respondents practiced aquasilviculture mainly for cash generation. They got timber, fuel wood, fruit, fodder and nutrition also from this system. The market opportunities for shrimps and fishes were 41% and for annual crops 43%. Only there were 16% market opportunities for tree products. 67% respondents got institutional assistance for practicing aquasilviculture. The study reveals that land ownership, lack of capital, conflict between the fisheries officer and farmers and natural calamities are the major problems in the area.

Keywords: Aquasilviculture, Agroforestry, Tala Upazilla, Bangladesh.

Location: Tala Upazilla in Satkhira District of Bangladesh

Start Date: 00-02-2013

End Date: 00-04-2013

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Aquasilviculture

Objectives:

This study is carried out in the south-western part of Bangladesh at Tala Upazilla in Satkhira district. As this area is dominated by paddy cultivation, there is a great opportunity to earn more money and maximum utilization of the land by practicing fish in same piece of land. The objectives of the study is to identify the existing aquasilviculture practice in the study area, to measure benefits and problems of respondents from the aquasilviculture, to identify the management practices and to know about the farmer's participation and their attitude about aquasilviculture practice. This study can also help the people of other areas to identify their problems, mitigate measures, and encourage them for raising aquasilviculture.

Methodology:

The survey was conducted over a period of three months from February to April 2013 at Tala Upazilla in Satkhira District to gather information regarding the socio-economic condition of the farmers, status, benefits and management techniques of aquasilviculture practice. During the study, stratified random sampling technique was adopted. Tala Upazilla was selected as the primary sampling unit. Seven unions named Dhandia, Nagarghata, Sarulia, Tala, Khalilnagar, Jalalpur and Magura are the second sampling unit and two villages from each union were the ultimate sampling units. From every Unibn respondents were selected randomly. In total, ninety respondents were selected for the survey. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents following personal interview method.

Data were collected on some of the selected respondents about their age, educational status, operational land holding, ownership status, occupation and income. Data were also collected about ownership status of aquasilviculture, ownership pattern of aquasilviculture, previous land use system, types of fishes practice, time of starting and raising aqua practice, tree species practices, marketing facilities, benefits from aquasilvicultural practice, and management strategies of aquasilviculture at Tala Upazilla in Satkhira District.

Source of Information: South Asian J. Agric. 2013-2015. 6 (1 & 2): 09-17 ISSN 1991-0037

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Achievement/Findings:

Aquasilviculture is a very much effective technology and it is not very new technique of the south-western part in Bangladesh. It is the combination of fishes, trees and annual crops which provides alternative livelihood options for the local poor peoples and farmers. In local farming systems, small landholding farmer is not capable to meet their diverse needs and in this case aquasilviculture is a good alternative and supplementary source of income to the farmers which provide rice, fishes, trees and crops at the same time. But trees and crops have great effects on fish production which pollute water by falling leaves. Most farmers think that the effects of trees and annual crops are medium. Annual flooding also has great effects on fish production. On the other hand, there are good market facilities for shrimp and excellent for annual crops. The market types of annual crops and shrimp and fish are fully competitive with poor storage and processing facilities. As if natural calamity. different crop disease and massive mortality of fish causes serious loss. But still, they considered aquasilviculture as most important and potential practice right now. And for this the farmers are now interested to practice aquasilviculture in Khulna District and other parts of southwestern region of Bangladesh.

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