Constraints to the Adoption of Rice-Fish Farming by Smallholders in Bangladesh: A Farming Systems Analysis

Nabi, Rashed Un

doi:10.1080/13657300802110844

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“…These are constraints faced by many small‐scale aquaculture industries worldwide and are not unique to lobster farming in Vietnam. For example, Szuster, Chalermwat, Flaherty and Intacharoen (2008) and Nabi (2008) cite water quality issues as the leading management constraints to the development of oyster industry in Thailand and rice‐fish farming in Bangladesh respectively. High feed costs are reported as a major constraint to silver perch industry growth in Australia (Guy et al 2009) and to prawn farming in Bangladesh (Ahmed, Brown & Muir 2008).…”

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Tropical spiny lobster (Panulirus ornatus) farming in Vietnam - bioeconomics and perceived constraints to development

Petersen

Phuong

2010

Aquaculture Research

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This paper presents bioeconomic data on lobster farming inVietnam, and perceived constraints to the development of the industry. The farms were found to be pro¢table, with an average bene¢t cost ratio of 1.44 and an average net revenue of 262 million -VND year À 1 (or just under US$15000 year À 1 ). Investment in the enterprise is high compared with other enterprises in the region. However, disease has the potential to devastate lobster crops and there is little information available to lobster farmers about disease prevention and management. Hence, the lobster enterprise is a high-risk high-return industry. The predominant perceived constraints to the development of lobster operations include water quality and temperature issues, insu⁄cient access to credit, good-quality a¡ordable feed and accurate information about technology improvements in lobster farming. It seems that improving the livelihood of lobster farmers inVietnam is dependent on reducing their dependence on wild stocks for seed and feed, improving access to credit and improving technical and market information £ows. Such improvements are likely to lead to higher pro¢tability, given high export demand and hence sustained high prices for their lobster product.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tropical spiny lobster (Panulirus ornatus) farming in Vietnam - bioeconomics and perceived constraints to development

Petersen

Phuong

2010

Aquaculture Research

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“…However, the global average rice yield is lower in Bangladesh (4,000 kg/ha/crop) than in Australia, Egypt, Japan, and southern Europe (10,000 kg/ ha/crop), where rice production is highly mechanized and fully irrigated (Frei and Becker 2005). According to Nabi (2008), irrigated rice fields in many parts of Bangladesh could produce three crops a year but irrigation facilities are limited although irrigation is potentially more important than rice-fish farming as an innovative technology.…”

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“…However, rice-fish farming remains marginal in Bangladesh because of socioeconomic, environmental, technological, and institutional constraints (Nabi 2008). Although rice-fish technology has been demonstrated successfully and a considerable number of farmers have been trained through various projects, this integration has yet to be widely practiced.…”

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Integrated rice-fish farming in Bangladesh: meeting the challenges of food security

2011

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In order to meet the soaring demand for food, there is a need to increase rice and fish production in Bangladesh. In spite of the potential for rice-fish farming, rice monoculture remains the main farming system in Bangladesh. However, rice monoculture cannot provide a sustainable food supply without a cost to long-term environmental sustainability. We provide evidence that integrated rice-fish farming can play an important role in increasing food production as the integrated farming system is better than rice monoculture in terms of resource utilization, diversity, productivity, and both the quality and quantity of the food produced. The Cobb-Douglas production function model also suggests that higher yields can be achieved by increasing inputs in the integrated farming system. Integrated rice-fish farming also provides various socioeconomic and environmental benefits. Nevertheless, only a small number of farmers are involved in integrated rice-fish farming due to a lack of technical knowledge, and an aversion to the risks associated with flood and drought. We conclude that integrated rice-fish farming can help Bangladesh keep pace with the current demand for food through rice and fish production but requires greater encouragement if it is to realize its full potential.

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“…Temperature ranges further inland and at higher elevations than the coastal zone are conducive to prawn culture, as demonstrated by established prawn culture in Mymensingh District in north-central Bangladesh (Ahmed et al 2008a). Nevertheless, adoption of prawn-fish-rice farming is generally low elsewhere in the country due to technical, financial and institutional constraints (Nabi 2008). Expansion of prawn-fish-rice farming across the country is feasible due to similar ecological conditions in rice fields but will require CBA approaches supplemented with technical and financial support.…”

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Community‐based climate change adaptation strategies for integrated prawn–fish–rice farming in Bangladesh to promote social–ecological resilience

Ahmed

Bunting

Rahman

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Reviews in Aquaculture

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Farming freshwater prawns with fish in rice fields is widespread in the coastal region of southwest Bangladesh because of favourable resources and ecological conditions. This article provides an overview of an ecosystem-based approach to integrated prawn-fish-rice farming in southwest Bangladesh. The practice of prawn and fish farming in rice fields is a form of integrated aquaculture-agriculture, which provides a wide range of social, economic and environmental benefits. Integrated prawn-fish-rice farming plays an important role in the economy of Bangladesh, earning foreign exchange and increasing food production. However, this unique farming system in coastal Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable to climate change. We suggest that community-based adaptation strategies must be developed to cope with the challenges. We propose that integrated prawn-fish -rice farming could be relocated from the coastal region to less vulnerable inland areas, but caution that this will require appropriate adaptation strategies and an enabling institutional environment.

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Constraints to the Adoption of Rice-Fish Farming by Smallholders in Bangladesh: A Farming Systems Analysis

Cited by 37 publications

References 8 publications

Tropical spiny lobster (Panulirus ornatus) farming in Vietnam - bioeconomics and perceived constraints to development

Tropical spiny lobster (Panulirus ornatus) farming in Vietnam - bioeconomics and perceived constraints to development

Integrated rice-fish farming in Bangladesh: meeting the challenges of food security

Community‐based climate change adaptation strategies for integrated prawn–fish–rice farming in Bangladesh to promote social–ecological resilience

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