Socio-economic condition of fishermen and intermediaries involved in marine fish marketing chain in Coxs Bazar area, Bangladesh

Md Kamal,Md Khabirul Ahsan,Muhammad Mehedi Hasan,Nusrat Sultana Runa,Subrata Kumar Ghosh

doi:10.3329/ajmbr.v2i1.27571

Abstract

Study was conducted to know the socio-economic condition of the fishermen and intermediaries of fish marketing chain in Coxs Bazar area, Bangladesh. Socio-economic condition of the fishermen and intermediaries were not so good in the study area. It was found that about 35% fishermen and intermediaries were illiterate, 16% fishermen and intermediaries were semiliterate who only could write their names. 55% household of the fishermen and intermediaries had tin shed house with tin wall. Average income for most of fishermen and intermediaries was about Tk. 400-500 and 66% were found to borrow money from different source for continuing their business. Poor road and transport facilities, lack of credit facilities, insufficient supply of ice, inadequate training facilities and large number of intermediaries in the chain were the main problems of the marine fish marketing chain. It is therefore necessary to provide institutional and organizational support, government support, extension service and training facilities to the market operators for sustainable fish marketing systems.Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. March 2016, 2(1): 67-73

Highlights

The socio economic aspect describes the present status of income, expenditure, housing condition, health and sanitation, education, family structure and other economic condition
Materials and Methods The study about socio-economic condition of the fishermen and intermediaries involved in marine fish marketing was conducted in Cox’s Bazar Upazila under the district of Cox’s Bazar
Age structure The survey revealed that only male fishermen and intermediaries were involved in the marine fish marketing

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Introduction

The socio economic aspect describes the present status of income, expenditure, housing condition, health and sanitation, education, family structure and other economic condition. Some of the most commonly used factors in the assessment of livelihood security included those related to household income and expenditure, expenditure spent on food, adequacy of food taken, household structure and facilities, and access to drinking water and sanitation, and other basic needs of farm household (Rahman et al, 2012). Decision making and developing the fisheries sector, it is necessary to know the socio economic condition of the related people. Besides the socio economic condition of the fishermen and intermediaries are changing day by day. For this reason it is necessary to know the present socio economic condition of the fishermen and intermediaries

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