PROBLEMS IN USING MODERN FISH PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PERCEIVED BY THE FARMERS OF DERAI UPAZILA UNDER SUNAMGANJ DISTRICT

PK Das1, MAM Miah2, MA Islam1* and B Deb1
Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University, Volume 8, Issue 1, 2021, Pages 21-28

Abstract:

The focus of the study was to determine the extent of problems perceived by fish farmers in using modern fish production technology. Data were collected from randomly selected 40 farmers of eight villages of Rajanagar union under Derai Upazila, Sunamganj district using a pre-tested interview schedule from 4 September to 20 September, 2020. Through FGD with the fish farmers, 10 problems were identified. A 4-point rating scale was used to ascertain the severity of each problem, where “3” indicated a “very severe problem”, “2” for “severe”, “1” for “less severe” and “0” for “not at all severe problem”. Results revealed that the overwhelming majority (85%) of the fish farmers had medium to a high problems with adopting modern fish production technologies, while only 15% had low problems. The major perceived problems were the high price of fish feed, lack of supply of quality fish feed, lack of a system for ensuring a reasonable price of fish at the local market, lack of proper understanding of the use of modern fish production technology, and lack of sufficient capital for fish farming for which only 24% of fish farmers adopted ‘Thai Pungus culture’ followed by 17% Thai koi culture, 15% Pabda culture, 14% Tengra culture and 10% Carp culture- despite having all potentials to be adopted by farmers. Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient (r) showed that education, farm size, extension media contact, and knowledge of farmers had a significant negative relationship with their perceived problem in using modern fish production technology.

Keywords:

Fish farmer, Modern fish production technology, Problems, Haor


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PK Das1, MAM Miah2, MA Islam1* and B Deb1. 2021. PROBLEMS IN USING MODERN FISH PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PERCEIVED BY THE FARMERS OF DERAI UPAZILA UNDER SUNAMGANJ DISTRICT, Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University 8(1): 21-28.