Abstract
The main purpose of the study was to identify the major barriers of pond fish culture entrepreneurships in Bangladesh. The population of the study consisted of all 285 fish farmers of the selected villages of Muktagacha upazila (sub-district) of Mymensingh district. Needed data were collected with questionnaire by personal interviewing of the respondents. Result shows that lack of technical knowledge on pond management, unavailability of credit and poor extension service and lack of information has been identified as the potential barriers of pond fish culture entrepreneurships. Findings also shows that education, income from pond fish culture, availability of information sources and knowledge on pond fish culture have negative significant relationships and age and family size have positive significant relationships with the barriers of pond fish culture entrepreneurships. However, the results of stepwise multiple regression indicates that 65.4% (Adjusted R2 = 0.654) of the variance in the barriers of pond fish culture entrepreneurships could be explained by the explanatory variables of the study. This indicates that there are other variables working behind the barriers of pond fish culture entrepreneurships. Further stepwise multiple regression shows that barriers along with other factors (pond size, training received by the respondents and education) has significant influence on income from pond fish culture.
Highlights
The fishery sector though small, but is very important in the economy of Bangladesh
The specific objectives of the study were: * To identify and explain the potential barriers of pond fish culture entrepreneurships; * To determine and describe the selected attributes of the fish farmers in rural Bangladesh; * To assess the relationships between the selected attributes of the fish farmers and barriers faced by them in pond fish culture; * To determine how much of the variance in the barriers of pond fish culture entrepreneurships could be explained by the explanatory variables of the study; and * To determine the influence of pond fish culture barriers and other factors on income from pond fish culture
Findings reveal that lack of technical knowledge on pond management hold the position the top position as a tough barrier and lack of government initiative for maintaining favorable entrepreneurship’s atmosphere hold lowest position as a weak barrier of pond fish culture
Summary
The fishery sector though small, but is very important in the economy of Bangladesh. The fishery sub-sector provides full-time employment to over 1.2 million people, which constitute about 3% of the active population [2]. Due to increasing demand of fish for the growing population of Bangladesh, pond fish culture becoming popular to the farmers of rural Bangladesh. A day’s pond fish culture has become a popular enterprise to the farmers in the study area. Still this entrepreneurship has some potential barriers which are working behind the growth and development of pond fish culture in Bangladesh. The specific objectives of the study were: * To identify and explain the potential barriers of pond fish culture entrepreneurships; * To determine and describe the selected attributes of the fish farmers in rural Bangladesh; * To assess the relationships between the selected attributes of the fish farmers and barriers faced by them in pond fish culture; * To determine how much of the variance in the barriers of pond fish culture entrepreneurships could be explained by the explanatory variables of the study; and * To determine the influence of pond fish culture barriers and other factors on income from pond fish culture
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