Difficulties experienced by fish farm owners in surrounded Dorsha river of Bangladesh

Abstract

The study's goal was to determine the problems encountered by fish farmers in fish farming and to investigate the relationship between the selected characteristics of the fish farmers and the extent of problems encountered in fish farming. Data were collected from 60 randomly selected fish farmers (out of 200) from three villages in Bangladesh (Baghaitala, Mahishleti, and Akonpara) near the Dorsha River. During September and October of 2019, a pre-tested and structured interview schedule was used to collect data from fish farmers. To assess the severity of the problems, a four-point rating scale with categories of high, medium, low and not at all was used. According to the findings, the majority of respondents (58.3%) had medium problems, 36.7% had low problems, and 5% had high problems. The most common problems in the study area were market price fluctuations, a lack of effective and expensive disease control drugs, high fertilizer and fish feed costs, and a lack of proper training. Out of eleven selected characteristics, three characteristics including annual income, knowledge on fish farming and training exposure showed significant negative relationships with their problems faced in fish farming. The other characteristics had no relationship with the problems faced by the fish farmers. The findings of the study can be helpful for the government, extension workers, researchers and non-government organization for rapid diffusion of solution of problems in fish farming among the fish farmers.