COMPARISON OF AQUACULTURE EXTENSION IMPACTS IN BANGLADESH

Autor:	Paul M. Thompson, A. K. M. Firoz Khan, Parvin Sultana
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	Ecology Impact assessment business.industry Geography Planning and Development Aquatic Science Agricultural science Extension (metaphysics) Stocking Aquaculture Scale (social sciences) Fish Production (economics) Business Marketing Mass media
Zdroj:	Aquaculture Economics & Management. 10:15-31
ISSN:	1551-8663 1365-7305
DOI:	10.1080/13657300500315786
Popis:	Production from small scale pond aquaculture in Bangladesh trebled in the decade to 1999 under the influence of extension projects of the Department of Fisheries. The impacts of completed aquaculture extension projects and practices of former participants have rarely been investigated so this was done for four past projects. The different extension approaches were: extension with credit and intensive or little supervision; demonstrations; group extension and informal extension by fry traders; and adaptive research-development. Generally extension recipients and non-participants had similar sized landholdings, but demonstration farmers had larger farms and ponds. Extension recipients mainly received information from project-related sources and rated its utility highly. Neighbours and control farmers mainly obtained information from mass media and other farmers, over 90% of these households also cultivated fish. Extension recipients generally followed better practices: for example stocking fewer fi...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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