GOOD MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOLLOWED BY FISH FARMERS IN RANGPUR DISTRICT

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to describe the selected characteristics of the farmers; to identify good management practices followed by the fish farmers and to explore the contribution of the selected characteristics of the farmers to their practices of GMP. The study was conducted in five villages (Namatari, Jharpara, Shikdarpara, Shongkorpur and Boirampur) of Badarganj union under Badarganj upazila of Rangpur district. Data were collected by using interview schedule from the randomly selected 100 respondents during 15 July to 25 August, 2021. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression were used for analysis. Majority (63.0 percent) of the respondents had moderate while 23.0 percent had low and 14.0 percent had high use of good management practices. Among ten selected farmers’ characteristics, training, knowledge on good management practices and attitude toward fish farming had significant contribution to their use of Good Management Practices (GMP). The remaining characteristics of the farmers’ such as age, level of education, farming experience, annual family income, farm size, number of labors and extension contact had no significant contribution to their use of good management practices. The findings of the study indicated that farmers’ use of good management practices has scope to increase. It is concluded that use of good management practices by the farmers can be increased through increasing their level of training, knowledge on good management practices and attitude toward fish farming.