FRESHWATER PRAWN FARMING IN GHER SYSTEMS IN SOUTHWEST BANGLADESH |
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Authors: | Nesar Ahmed Janet H Brown James F Muir |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Fisheries Management , Bangladesh Agricultural University , Mymensingh, Bangladesh nesar_2000@yahoo.com;3. Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling , Scotland, UK |
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Abstract: | The livelihoods of a large number of farmers are associated with freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) farming in gher (modified rice fields with high, broad peripheral dikes) systems in southwest Bangladesh. Most farmers integrated prawn with fish and rice in their gher and followed extensive methods using low inputs. Although farmers have improved their social and economic conditions through prawn farming, constraints include high production costs, low supply of wild fry and snail meat as prawn feed, lack of technical knowledge of farmers, and negative environmental impacts. |
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Keywords: | Bangladesh farmers gher prawn |
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