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Low Lying Inland Fish Farming: Resource Use Perspective

Dr. Md. Taj Uddin
Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh,

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Eight types of fish farming practices were found in the study areas, among which only two types were prominent i.e., pond fish farming and beel fish farming. Other six farming practices were river, haor, derelict pond, ditch, crop field and canal fish farming. The proportion of pond fish farming pattern in the total sample was 40.0 percent and beel fish farming pattern was 34.4 percent. Productivity of beel fish farming was higher than pond fish farming. In pond fish farming, it was also observed that ratios of MVP and MFC for fertilizer, harvesting and making sanctuary were less than one which means that these inputs were over utilized. In the case of beel fish farming, ratios of MVP and MFC for human labor, fingerlings, feed, cowdung and manure, harvesting and making sanctuary were greater than one which means that these inputs were underutilized. However, the study also identified some problems and constrains faced by the farmers and suggested some recommendation to improve the present production situation so that productivity of low lying inland fish farming would possibly be increased.

Keywords: Productivity, Cost benefit ratio, Profitability, Inland fish farm

Location: Mymensingh, Netrokona and Kishoreganj

Start Date: 00-11-2011

End Date: 00-02-2012

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Fish

Objectives:

To estimate the productivity efficiency, 11). To estimate profitability of low lying inland fish farming and 111). To estimate resource use efficiency.

Methodology:

The study was designed to estimate the productivity, profitability and resource use efficiency of the prominent low lying inland fish farming practices for one year in some selected areas of three upazillas namely Phulpur, Modon and Karimganj under Mymensingh, Netrokona and Kishoreganj districts, respectively. Field level data were collected during the period of November 2011 to February 2012 through direct interview. One hundred and eighty sample farmers taking sixty from each district were interviewed purposively using structured questionnaire. A combination of tabular, statistical and mathematical techniques was done to achieve the objectives of the study.

Source of Information: BAU Research proceedings, Vol.23, 2013, PP.61

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Achievement/Findings:

The study found that the benefit cost ratio in beel fish farming was 3.49 and in case of pond fish farming it was 2.53. From multiple regression models for pond fish farming, it was observed that coefficients of human labour, feed, cowdung and manure had significant impact on gross return, whereas coefficients of feed, harvesting and making sanctuary had significant impact on gross return in the case of beel fish farming. The value of R² was 0.71 in pond fish farming and it was 0.84 for beel fish farming. Returns to scale were estimated at 1.35 and 1.05 in pond and beel fish farming, respectively.

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