CARP POLYCULTURE FARMERS’ KNOWLEDGE ON GOOD AQUACULTURE PRACTICES

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The objectives of this study were to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents; to determine the extent of knowledge on good aquaculture practices and to find out the contribution of selected characteristics of the farmers to their knowledge on good aquaculture practices. The study was conducted with randomly selected 120 carpfish farmers in six villages from three unions under sadar upazila of Natore district. An interview schedule was used to collect data from the farmers during 24 th December, 2020 to 23 th January, 2021. Farmers’ knowledge on good aquaculture practices was the dependent variable and its was measured on the basis of knowledge scores. Farmers’11 selected characteristics of the respondents contributed the independent variables of the study.Multiple regression was used to examine the contribution of the selected characteristics of the carp poly culture farmers.The highest 19.17 percent of the farmers had high knowledge on good aquaculture practices, 26.66 percent had low knowledge and 54.17 percent had medium knowledge on good aquaculture practices. Five characteristics of the respondent’s viz. extension contact for fish farming information, education, age, cosmopoliteness and training exposure had significant positive contribution with their knowledge on good aquaculture practices.It indicates that fish farming information, education, age, cosmopoliteness and training exposure effect on good aquaculture practices in villages.For sustaining and better quality of carp fish cultivation, farmers’ need to provide with basic education for better understanding, basic training of good aquaculture practices, forming group with the good practices of carp polyculture farmers for better communication, providing information through media contact as a result farmers can understand the importance of biosafety during culture period for creating future export channel.