Present status of pond fishery resources and livelihood of the fish farmers at Mohanpur Upazila in Rajshahi District

Zaman, Tanjeena; Jewel, Md. Abu Sayed; Bhuiyan, AS

doi:10.3329/ujzru.v25i0.323

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“…In addition, lack of scientific knowledge and suitable technology, lack of extension services on aquaculture training, occurrences of fish diseases, water scarcity during drought season, pond water irrigation for crop fields were found harmful for aquaculture production in the study area. Similar observation was also made by Zaman et al (2006) in Mohanpur, Rajshahi.…”

Section: Problems Of Fish Farmingsupporting

confidence: 88%

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Present status of traditional aquaculture and socio-economic condition of fish farmers at Paba upazila in Rajshahi District, Bangladesh

Akter

Ferdousi

Haque

et al. 2018

Res. Agric. Livest. Fish.

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Data were collected from 50 fish farmers through questionnaire interview and Focus Group Discussion (FDG) in Paba upazila, Rajshahi district of Bangladesh during the period of October, 2015 to May, 2016 to evaluate the present status of traditional aquaculture and socio-economic condition of fish farmers. In the study area, average pond size was 0.83 ha (2-7 feet depth) and 80% of the ponds were characterized with loamy soil. Ground water was the main source for 70% of the ponds where about 90% of the fish farmers were engaged in polyculture of carp species. Majority of fish farmers were in the age group of 41-50 years with fish farming experience of 16 years (44%). Activities of DoF were minimum regarding fish farming of the fish farmers. In the present study, 80% of the respondents were related to fish culture as their principal occupation and majority of the fish farmers (50%) have the annual income of BDT 51,000 to 100,000. 30% of the respondents were educated up to secondary level of education. Health and sanitary status are in good condition than before. 94% of fish farmers have improved their socio-economic condition through fish farming. Therefore, proper training on fish farming and advanced technical knowledge are necessary to improve high pond productivity.Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.5(2): 269-277, August 2018

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Section: Problems Of Fish Farmingsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…However, education level was comparatively better than the fish farmers of haor fishermen reported by Mahbubur (2001) where he found the illiteracy rate as 68%. Zaman et al (2006) also reported 23.3% farmers were illiterate in Mohanpur, Rajshahi.…”

Section: Educational Statusmentioning

confidence: 87%

Present status of traditional aquaculture and socio-economic condition of fish farmers at Paba upazila in Rajshahi District, Bangladesh

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Ferdousi

Haque

et al. 2018

Res. Agric. Livest. Fish.

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“…They, therefore, have to involve as it is readily available livelihood in order to support their family. A study by Zaman et al (2006) involving 90 fish farmers of 52 villages under 6 unions in Mohanpur upazila indicated similar result where 87.8 percent were married and 12.2 percent were unmarried.…”

Section: Socioe-conomic Profile Of the Respondent Fishermenmentioning

confidence: 69%

Fish biodiversity and livelihood status of fishermen living around the Titas river of Bangladesh.

Afrad¹,

Yeasmin²,

Haque³

et al. 2019

J bio-sci.

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Fisheries biodiversity is important especially for the rural poor who often rely on fishing to earn their livelihoods. This study was carried out to examine the fish species diversity and livelihood status of fishermen around the Titas River falls under the villages of Radhanagar and Uzanchar at Bancharampur upazila of Brahmanbaria district. Data were collected from randomly selected 80 fishermen and analyzed using descriptive statistical tools, viz. frequency and percentage. A total of 55 fisheries species under 10 orders and 20 families were recorded from the Titas River. Cypriniformes was the most dominant order comprising 19 species followed by Siluriformes (12 species), Perciformes (8 species), Synbranchiformes (4 species), Channidiformes (3 species), Beloniformes (1 species), Osteoglossiformes (2 species), Clupeiformes (2 species) and Tetraodontiformes (2 species). Results also revealed that 60.0% of fishermen were belonged to the age group 31–50 years and 75.0% of them had no individual water body of their own. All of the fishermen were male, of whom 83.7% were married living in kutcha house (55.0%) and 52.5% of their families were nuclear type consisting of husband wife and their children. The illiteracy rate among fishermen was 26.0%, while 41.3% of them could sign only. Many fishermen (68.8%) were able to sell their catch at local market and 60.0% had an annual income ranging BDT 71,000–100,000 (= USD 844.887–1189.92). Overall, fish biodiversity in the Titas River is declining as compared to abundance observed from previous findings. Moreover, the fishermen of that place are leading a poor life having lower income than that of the government minimum wage, a basic pay of BDT 8,250 per month. J. bio-sci. 27: 59-67, 2019

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“…Mahmud et al (2015) found that 46%, 14% and 2% peoples had passed primary, secondary and higher secondary, respectively at Paira river, Patuakhali. Zaman et al (2006) reported that 23.3% fishers were illiterate whereas 14.4%, 8.9% and 6.7% were educated up to primary, secondary and higher secondary or above level, respectively at Mohanpur Upazila in Rajshahi District.…”

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confidence: 99%

Impacts of climate change on livelihood of the fishersˊ at the Meghna, Laukhati and Galachipa river in Bangladesh

Rahaman¹,

Hossain²,

Rahman³

et al. 2020

Asian J. Med. Biol. Res

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Climate change is a global threat to the world especially for Bangladesh, due to its geographical location. The present study was carried out to the impacts of climate change on livelihood of the fishers at the Meghna, Laukhati and Galachipa river in Bangladesh. The study was assessing the effects of climate change on fishersˊ community in the Meghna, Laukhati and Galachipa rivers near Chandpur and Patuakhali districts. The data on fishersˊ livelihood were collected by using a well-developed questionnaire from the selected areas. The average temperature was recorded as 30.5±0.90°C, 27.1±1.05°C and 27.4±0.60°C and the dissolved oxygen was as 6.37±1.11 mg/L, 5.63±0.33 mg/L and 6.33±0.51 mg/L in the Meghna, Laukhati and Galachipa rivers, respectively. The pH was as 8.3±0.59, 8.03±0.50 and 7.8±0.50 and the salinity was as 0.10±0.10, 0.23±0.13 and 1.2±0.15 ppt in the Meghna, Galachipa and Laukhati rivers, respectively. In the present study, it was found that most of the fishers were belonged to the age groups of 41 to 60 years (45%), represented by 75% muslim and joint family type (61%) was the predominant among the fishers. The highest annual income of fishers was found 20,080 and 24,000 BDT per year at Chandpur and Patuakhali districts, respectively. There has not been conducted much empirical research about the impacts of climate change in the present research areas. Therefore, Government and NGOs should take proper steps by taking various need based projects and providing some sorts of management policy to rescue the vulnerable communities from climate change impacts. Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. March 2020, 6(1): 81-92

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Present status of pond fishery resources and livelihood of the fish farmers at Mohanpur Upazila in Rajshahi District

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Present status of traditional aquaculture and socio-economic condition of fish farmers at Paba upazila in Rajshahi District, Bangladesh

Present status of traditional aquaculture and socio-economic condition of fish farmers at Paba upazila in Rajshahi District, Bangladesh

Fish biodiversity and livelihood status of fishermen living around the Titas river of Bangladesh.

Impacts of climate change on livelihood of the fishersˊ at the Meghna, Laukhati and Galachipa river in Bangladesh

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