Freshwater Prawn Farming in Gher Systems in Southwest Bangladesh

Citation

Ahmed N, Brown J & Muir J (2008) Freshwater Prawn Farming in Gher Systems in Southwest Bangladesh. Aquaculture Economics and Management, 12 (3), pp. 207-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/13657300802306111

Abstract
The livelihoods of a large number of farmers are associated with freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) farming in gher (modified rice fields with high, broad peripheral dikes) systems in southwest Bangladesh. Most farmers integrated prawn with fish and rice in their gher and followed extensive methods using low inputs. Although farmers have improved their social and economic conditions through prawn farming, constraints include high production costs, low supply of wild fry and snail meat as prawn feed, lack of technical knowledge of farmers, and negative environmental impacts

Keywords
Bangladesh; farmers; gher; prawn

Journal
Aquaculture Economics and Management: Volume 12, Issue 3