Socioeconomic assessment of shrimp farming in relation to local livelihoods in the south-west coastal Bangladesh

Nine different categories of stakeholders in shrimp farming industry ·were assessed toshow the socioeconomic impact of shrimp farming in south-west Bangladesh. Among allthe stakeholders the shrimp farmer's average own land was 4 ha whereas the seedcollectors and faria's had lowest amount of average land, 0.1 and 0.5 ha respectively. Theshrimp farming positively impacted to the livelihood of stakeholders. Income of thecoastal people, sanitation, working facilities of women, employment, health conditionand the literacy rate increased due to shrimp farming. On the other hand shrimpfarming had negative impact on the rice production, livestock, drinking water supply,and social conflict and violence had increased due to shrimp farming. There wereinternal conflicts between different stakeholders; the farias conflict with the depot ownersand shrimp farmers, marginal farmers' conflict with the rich shrimp farmers aboutleasing lands and saline water control, the rice farmers conflicts with the shrimp farmersabout agricultural crop production.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Rahman, M.M., Flitner, M., Krause, G., Maniruzzaman, M.
Format:	article biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	2008
Subjects:	Aquaculture, Biology, Fisheries, Shrimp farming, Socioeconomic, Livelihood,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/33370
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