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Practice and economics of freshwater prawn farming in seasonally saline rice field in Bangladesh
Joint Authors
Rahman, M. A.
Hasanuzzaman, A. F.
Islam, S. S.
Source
Mesopotamian Journal of Marine Science
Issue
Vol. 26, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2011), pp.69-78, 10 p.
Publisher
University of Basrah Marine Science Centre
Publication Date
2011-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
This paper evaluates the production pattern and economics of freshwater prawn (Macro brachium Rosenberger) farming in seasonally saline rice fields in Bangladesh.
The reconnaissance survey was conducted on 30 rice-prawn ghers (RPG) in south-west region of Bangladesh.
The farmers were found to use their rice fields for farming prawn and rice (aman) concurrently from April/May to January, and for only rice (boro) from January to April.
In the RPG farming system, farmers use rain water during wet season and underground water with salinity of 1-5 ‰ during dry season.
The average production of prawn, aman, and boro was recorded as 439.79 ± 90.46, 3155.48 ± 397.33, and 4778.54 ± 389.37 kg / ha / yr, respectively.
The economic analysis show potentially good return, and the net return and benefit-cost ratio were US$ 1078.35 and 1.25, respectively.
The payback period was determined as 9.37 years.
The study implies that the culture of prawn in seasonally saline paddy field is economically viable.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hasanuzzaman, A. F.& Rahman, M. A.& Islam, S. S.. 2011. Practice and economics of freshwater prawn farming in seasonally saline rice field in Bangladesh. Mesopotamian Journal of Marine Science،Vol. 26, no. 1, pp.69-78.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hasanuzzaman, A. F.…[et al.]. Practice and economics of freshwater prawn farming in seasonally saline rice field in Bangladesh. Mesopotamian Journal of Marine Science Vol. 26, no. 1 (2011), pp.69-78.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-298319
American Medical Association (AMA)
Hasanuzzaman, A. F.& Rahman, M. A.& Islam, S. S.. Practice and economics of freshwater prawn farming in seasonally saline rice field in Bangladesh. Mesopotamian Journal of Marine Science. 2011. Vol. 26, no. 1, pp.69-78.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-298319
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 77-78
Record ID
BIM-298319