Impacts of training and aquaculture extension on livelihoods of rural fish farmers in different regions of Bangladesh

Abstract

This study was carried out to assess the impacts of aquaculture technologies
training and extension adoption on the fish production and improvement of
livelihoods of fish farmers. The research was conducted at five different areas of
Bangladesh with 240 farmers. Of them half of the farmers were trained and the
rest were non‐trained farmers. Among the trained farmers 86 were men and 34
were women. The mean fish production of the trained farmers (7.8 ± 2.2 kg/dec)
was significantly higher (p < 0.01) fish production than that of the non‐trained
farmers in the monitoring year (4.9 ± 1.7 kg/dec). There were differences in the
fish production between the men and women trained farmers. For trained men
farmers the fish production increased from 4.3 ± 1.3 to 8.2 ± 2.1 kg/dec and for
women it increased from 3.8 ± 1.2 to 6.8 ± 2.1 kg/dec, respectively. The percentage
increment in fish production of trained men farmers were 89 and women were 78
than their baseline year fish production. The outcomes showed that the training
and extension support could increase fish production and livelihood significantly
than that of the non‐trained farmers.