Abstract
An investigation was conducted to have a clear idea on current aquaculture practicesof 67 fish farmers in Birganjupazila, Dinajpur district for a period of six months fromOctober 2016- March 2017. Fish farmers were selected randomly from three villagesof Moricha Union of Birganjupazila through questionnaire interview, FGD and crosscheck interview and secondary information were used to assess the performances inaquaculture activities. Most of the farmers (52.24%) had pond having the size rangefrom 5 to10 decimal with the mean depth 4.44 ft. It was found that 79% of pondscontained water throughout the year and 21% pond had water for a period of 6 to 8months. The major culture species was Indian major carps along with SmallIndigenous Species. About 76% farmer used feed in culture pond and none of thefarmers were found to take any measures for maintaining proper water quality. Thetotal fish production was found as 1204 kg where Tilapia ranked highest with 22% inthe study area. About 92.5 % farmers use the fish only for family consumptionwhereas the remaining farmers (7.5%) used for both family consumption and sales.The major problems identified during the culture period were high price of quality fishseeds and feeds, less protein in feed, poor technical knowledge etc. It is therefore,necessary to provide necessary training to the farmers, institutional and policysupports and proper credit facilities for sustainable fish production as well assustainable livelihood of the poor farmers.
 Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.7(2): 341-349, August 2020
Highlights
Fish is the second most important agricultural crop in Bangladesh and its production contributes to the livelihoods and employment of millions of people (Ghose, 2014)
The questionnaire was finalized and primary data were collected from 67 small scale fish farmers through questionnaire interviews and FGD
The present study showed that 76% farmer used feed in their culture pond and remaining 24% farmer were not used feed in their culture ponds
Summary
Fish is the second most important agricultural crop in Bangladesh and its production contributes to the livelihoods and employment of millions of people (Ghose, 2014). Within the overall agro-based economy of the country, fish production is crucial for livelihoods, income, animal protein, employment opportunities, nutritional security and food supply (Sheheli, 2013). Aquaculture contributes more than 50% of the total inland fish production (capture and culture) indicating the importance of aquaculture in Bangladesh for food security (DoF, 2008). This sector contributes 3.65% to the national GDP and almost one-fourth (23.81%) to the agricultural GDP (DoF, 2016). Average growth performance of this sector is 5.26 percent for last 10 years whereas inland open water (capture) contributes 28.1 5percent (121.6 lakh MT) and inland closed water (culture) contributes 56.24 percent (24.04 lakh MT) to total production (DoF, 2018)
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