USE OF SELECTED FISH FARMING TECHNOLOGIES BY THE FARMERS

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of use of selected fish farming technologies by fish farmers and to explore the relationship between selected characteristics of the farmers and their use of selected fish farming technologies. The selected characteristics were age, education, family size, fish farm size, annual fish farming income, training received in fish farming, fish farming experience, social mobility, and contact with extension media, organizational participation and knowledge of farmer on fish farming . Data were gathered from proportionally and randomly selected 93 respondents (farmers) of Niamatpur upazila under Naogaon district by using a pretested interview schedule and the entire process of collecting data was completed in January and February, 2020. Apart from descriptive statistical methods, Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient analysis was used in order to analyze the data. Data revealed that highest portion (66.67 percent) of the fish farmers had medium use of selected fish farming technologies, while 20.43 percent had low use and 12.90 percent had high use of the selected fish farming technologies. So it can be said that there was scope to increase the use of these selected fish farming technologies in the study area. Out of eleven selected characteristics of the fish farmers, education, and fish farm size, annual fish farming income, training received in fish farming, social mobility, extension contact and knowledge on fish farming had positive and significant relationship with their use of the selected fish farming technologies. On the other side, age, family size, fish farming experience and organizational participation had no significant relationship with the farmer's use of selected fish farming technologies. The pond owners faced such major problems as fish diseases lack of quality feed and other chemicals, transportation problem, high investment etc.