FARMERS‟ KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE ON FISH FARMING

Abstract

The present study was aimed to assess farmers‟ knowledge and practice on fish farming and explore the relationships between the seven (7) selected characteristic of the fish farmers with their i) knowledge and ii) practices on fish farming. The relevant data were collected through interviewing randomly selected 77 farmers from the population of 394 farmers of four (4) selected villages (Wazirpur, Bahirdanga, Tularampur & Benahati) of sadar upazilla of Narail district. Data were collected during the period from 01 to 30 January, 2021. Descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, range and percentage were used to describe the variables under consideration and Pearson's Product Moment Co-efficient of Correlation was used to examine the relationship of the selected characteristics of the farmers with their i) knowledge and ii) practice on fish farming. The findings of the study revealed that two-thirds (66.2 percent) of the farmers had low to medium knowledge on fish farming. Again two-thirds (66.2 percent) of the farmers had low to medium practice on fish farming. Correlation analysis indicated that among the selected characteristics of the farmers‟ education, fish farming area, annual income from fish farming and extension contact had positively significant relationship with their knowledge on fish farming. Again fish farming area, annual income from fish farming and extension contact had significant relationship with their practice on fish farming. Two-thirds proportion of the farmers having low to medium knowledge and practice on fish farming leads to conclude to increase the knowledge and practice of fish farming by increasing contact with the farmers to increase their area of fish farming and income from fish farming.