Socio-economic conditions of the pond owners of Demra, Dhaka
On the basis of fish culture status 96 ponds of the study area were classified into 4 categories like wild stock (27%), extensive culture (24%), improved extensive culture (33%) and semi-intensive culture (16%). Percentage of small, medium and large ponds were 38, 44, and 18 respectively whereas education levels below SSC, below Bachelor and above were 43, 38 and 19 respectively and single owners belonged to 54% of the ponds. Per hectare yields of extensive, improved extensive and semi-intensive categories of culture were 1.3, 2.12 and 4.0 metric tons respectively and their net return were 46, 63 and 92 thousand taka respectively. Considering the problems of fish culture, multiple ownership was found to be the most important one.
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| Format: | article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2000
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| Subjects: | Aquaculture, Sociology, juveniles, geographical distribution, migrations, salinity tolerance, adults, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, pond fishery, Demra, Dhaka, Bangladesh, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/32294 |
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