Increased Income from Seasonally Flooded Rice Fields through Community Based Fish Culture in Bangladesh and Vietnam

Dey, Madan M.; Prein, M.

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“…In most cases, these floodplains are used for the production of fish and other aquatic animals and plants, which have a large impact on the livelihoods of many people, including poor fishermen. About 6.7 million people receive direct benefits to their food security and livelihoods from the floodplains in Bangladesh, of which 2.7 million are classified as poor or extremely poor (WorldFish Center 2005;Dey et al 2005b;Dey and Prein 2005;Dey and Prein 2006;DoF 2013).…”

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Impacts of community-based fish culture in seasonal floodplains on income, food security and employment in Bangladesh

Haque¹,

Dey

2016

Food Sec.

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This paper examines the impact of community based fish culture in seasonal floodplains on fish production, consumption, income, and food security of the participating households in Bangladesh. An analysis was performed using a randomly selected 46 % of the households from the three project and control floodplains; data were collected using longitudinal surveys on a seasonally, quarterly and monthly basis for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009. Fish production, income and food security of the participating households was improved due to the adoption of an equitable and inclusive multi-stakeholder approach introduced by the project. Average fish production increased from 124 kg/ha/yr. to 464 kg/ha/yr. The introduced community-based fish culture approach generated 3.74 times more fish income for households in the project sites in comparison to the control sites. Per capita monthly fish consumption increased from 1.26 kg to 2.31 kg in the project sites, which was 32 % higher than the control sites. Project implementation reduced the vulnerability of local beneficiaries, particularly of the landless and poor fishermen, by creating additional fishing opportunity for up to 6 months of the year. Promotion of the community based fish culture in seasonal floodplains may thus be useful in bringing about positive changes in the overall floodplain productivity and livelihood gains for the poor people of Bangladesh.

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Impacts of community-based fish culture in seasonal floodplains on income, food security and employment in Bangladesh

Haque¹,

Dey

2016

Food Sec.

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“…Moreover, rice from the rice-fish fields that has been grown with reduced levels of pesticides and inorganic fertilizer will be preferred by consumers because such rice has value added in terms of safety and security for human health [53]. Therefore, the adoption of rice-fish culture allows more stable production methods and economically benefits the farmers [3,11,21,54,55]. Consequently, a sustainable farming system can be realized by utilizing the multifunctionalities of rice-fish culture, which offers good results to farmer, consumer, and ecosystem.…”

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Effect of fish in rice-fish culture on the rice yield

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Rice-fish culture, which means the simultaneous culture of rice and fish, is one of the best options to increase food production from limited land and is practiced in many countries in the world. Although many researchers and farmers believe that the rice yield is increased by fish farming in paddy fields, this hypothesis has never been fully tested. Here, we report ecological processes leading to higher rice yields in the rice-fish culture using crucian carp (Carassius complex), which have adapted to the paddy field ecosystem in Japan. We compare the rice-fish and rice-only plots in the experimental paddy field for biota, water quality, and rice yield. Coverage of duckweed and densities of zooplankton and benthic invertebrates in the rice-fish plots were lower than those in the rice-only plots, indicating that fish utilized them as food. NO 3 -N concentration in the rice-fish plots was higher than that in the rice-only plots, indicating that the increase in NO 3 -N concentration results from excretion of unutilized food nutrients by the fish. Consequently, rice yield in the ricefish plots was 20% higher than that in the rice-only plots. The fertilizing effect of the fish excrement probably increased rice yield.

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“…Floodplains are one of the main sources of fish production, responsible for 82.73% of fisheries production from inland opens waters in Bangladesh (FRSS ). Approximately 6.7 million people are getting direct benefits to their food security and livelihoods from the floodplains in Bangladesh, 2.7 million of which are classified as poor and extremely poor categories (Ahmed ; Dey and Prein , ; WorldFish Center ). However, during the monsoon season these floodplains remain submerged, limiting local people or land owners from using the land for any productive purpose (Ahmed ; DoF ).…”

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“…The underlying assumption of the CBFC system is that seasonal waterbodies (over flooded crop fields), floodplains and canals/reservoirs in irrigation schemes can be communally managed for fish culture by stakeholders under equitable and sustainable sharing arrangements. During 1998 and 2000, WorldFish and its partner organization implemented a CBFC project in seasonally flooded rice fields of Bangladesh and Vietnam (Dey and Prein ; Dey et al ; Dey and Prein ). As a follow‐up, WorldFish conducted another multicountry, multisite CBFC project entitled “Community‐based Fish Culture in Seasonal Floodplains and Irrigation System” in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Vietnam, and Mali during 2005 to 2010.…”

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“…Most of the previous studies conducted on the CBFM system focused only on production and income, but there are very few empirical studies on CBFC. Many of the CBFC studies show that production and income have increased due to involvement in community‐based system (De Graaf ; Dey and Prein , ; Dey et al ; Ahmed and Luong‐Van ; Mustafa and Brooks ; Hossain et al ; Sheriff et al ; Nagabhatla et al ). Khan et al () studied the impact of the CBFM system on household income and expenditure, expenditure inequality, and poverty.…”

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Impact of the Community‐based Fish Culture System on Expenditure and Inequality: Evidence from Bangladesh

Haque

Dey

2016

J World Aquaculture Soc

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This study investigated the impact of a Community‐based Fish Culture (CBFC) system on household expenditure and how expenditure inequality in the fish‐producing communities has changed due to involvement in the CBFC system. Six floodplains, comprising three project sites and three controls, were chosen from three river basin areas of Bangladesh; data for this study were collected for a period of 3 yr. A propensity score matching method was used to evaluate the impact of CBFC on household expenditure; while a Gini coefficient and Gini decomposition were used to estimate inequality. The results show that the CBFC system has a positive and significant impact on fish culture community household expenditure. Results also reveal that the CBFC system has an equalization effect on food, clothing, and healthcare expenditure. Furthermore, this management system helps to distribute total expenditure 15% more equally among the fish culture communities.

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Increased Income from Seasonally Flooded Rice Fields through Community Based Fish Culture in Bangladesh and Vietnam

Cited by 12 publications

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Impacts of community-based fish culture in seasonal floodplains on income, food security and employment in Bangladesh

Impacts of community-based fish culture in seasonal floodplains on income, food security and employment in Bangladesh

Effect of fish in rice-fish culture on the rice yield

Impact of the Community‐based Fish Culture System on Expenditure and Inequality: Evidence from Bangladesh

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