Using the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework to Identify Constraints and Opportunities to the Development of Freshwater Prawn Farming in Southwest Bangladesh |
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| Authors: | Nesar Ahmed Edward H Allison James F Muir |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Fisheries Management, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202 Bangladesh;2. WorldFish Center, Jalan Batu Maung, Batu Maung, Bayan Lepas, Penang 11960 Malaysia, and School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ UK;3. Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA Scotland, UK |
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| Abstract: | A conceptual framework, drawn from an approach to poverty reduction known as the sustainable livelihoods approach (SLA), is applied to understanding the role of freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, farming in gher (modified rice fields with high, broad peripheral dikes) systems in southwest Bangladesh. Gher farming potentially allows incorporation of a wide variety of crops together with prawn, fish, dike crops, and rice culture. The analysis shows how, in a gher farming context, sustainable livelihoods are achieved through access to a range of livelihood assets, which are combined in the pursuit of prawn farming strategies. The study used the SLA framework as a diagnostic tool to identify ways of strengthening the livelihoods of the prawn farmers. |
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