Integrated fish farming

Integrated fish farming should be promoted and extended throughout the country with the help of government organizations, NGOs and other stakeholders

Integrated fish farming with poultry birds, vegetables and fruits has been gaining popularity in Rajshahi region contributing a lot towards meeting up the gradually increasing demands of fish and vegetables.  According to a report in this newspaper on Sunday, many of the fish farmers set up small-scale poultry farms and vegetables gardens surrounding their ponds as they get extra income from the integrated farming. This is very encouraging.  

Bangladesh has made a record in fish production. It is gathered that during the past ten years production of fish has increased by 53 per cent in the country while export of fish has gone up by 135 per cent.  Due to undertaking various fish-friendly programmes and technical training of fishermen and entrepreneurs, fish production rose considerably. Fish meets the requirement for protein in human body. Bangladesh is a land crisscrossed by scores of rivers, marshes and canals. Fishes are available in these water bodies aplenty. Apart from natural breeding of fishes in different water bodies, fishes are grown by undertaking pisciculture projects.

Scores of such projects have sprung up in different places of the country in  recent times. Many people, particularly jobless rural youths, have become financially solvent through undertaking pisciculture. The current status of fish production should be maintained at any cost.

   Integrated fish farming should be promoted and extended throughout the country with the help of government organizations, NGOs, donor agencies and other key stakeholders.

It is also necessary to provide institutional and organizational support, training facilities and technical support for sustainable integrated fish farming. Training and technical support would help to increase the knowledge of farmers, improve productivity and reduce risks.

Moreover, applied research in areas such as small indigenous fish farming in wetlands may need to be given particular attention, considering nutritional benefits among household members including children and women. There is no alternative to exploit the potential fully. Many ponds and water bodies are lying unutilized throughout the country. Those should be brought under fish cultivation. Provision of bank loans on easy terms and conditions and adequate training to the fish culturists, particularly jobless youths, can give impetus in this regard. On the other hand, poisoning of valuable fish in ponds and other water bodies makes newspaper headlines very often. Some rowdy elements are the perpetrators of such heinous crimes. These elements must be brought to justice.                  

Integrated fish farming

Integrated fish farming should be promoted and extended throughout the country with the help of government organizations, NGOs and other stakeholders

Integrated fish farming with poultry birds, vegetables and fruits has been gaining popularity in Rajshahi region contributing a lot towards meeting up the gradually increasing demands of fish and vegetables. According to a report in this newspaper on Sunday, many of the fish farmers set up small-scale poultry farms and vegetables gardens surrounding their ponds as they get extra income from the integrated farming. This is very encouraging. Bangladesh has made a record in fish production. It is gathered that during the past ten years production of fish has increased by 53 per cent in the country while export of fish has gone up by 135 per cent. Due to undertaking various fish-friendly programmes and technical training of fishermen and entrepreneurs, fish production rose considerably. Fish meets the requirement for protein in human body. Bangladesh is a land crisscrossed by scores of rivers, marshes and canals. Fishes are available in these water bodies aplenty. Apart from natural breeding of fishes in different water bodies, fishes are grown by undertaking pisciculture projects. Scores of such projects have sprung up in different places of the country in recent times. Many people, particularly jobless rural youths, have become financially solvent through undertaking pisciculture. The current status of fish production should be maintained at any cost. Integrated fish farming should be promoted and extended throughout the country with the help of government organizations, NGOs, donor agencies and other key stakeholders. It is also necessary to provide institutional and organizational support, training facilities and technical support for sustainable integrated fish farming. Training and technical support would help to increase the knowledge of farmers, improve productivity and reduce risks. Moreover, applied research in areas such as small indigenous fish farming in wetlands may need to be given particular attention, considering nutritional benefits among household members including children and women. There is no alternative to exploit the potential fully. Many ponds and water bodies are lying unutilized throughout the country. Those should be brought under fish cultivation. Provision of bank loans on easy terms and conditions and adequate training to the fish culturists, particularly jobless youths, can give impetus in this regard. On the other hand, poisoning of valuable fish in ponds and other water bodies makes newspaper headlines very often. Some rowdy elements are the perpetrators of such heinous crimes. These elements must be brought to justice.