Green Global
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LEVEL OF SHRIMP FARMING KNOWLEDGE OF FARMERS IN BAGERHAT (Pages : 35 - 42)

A survey was conducted at six Upazila under Bagerhat district to determine the level of shrimp farming knowledge from July to September 2008. For which 120 farmers from the selected area were selected randomly. The knowledge status was judged considering six factors as remembering, understanding, problem identifying, analyzing, evaluating and innovating. Existing wisdom of the farmers regarding to shrimp culture practice such as pond preparation, species selection and stocking density, water quality monitoring, use of additional fertilization, feed and feeding, disease controlling, harvesting and restocking, risk management and shrimp marketing revealed that the selected farmers had medium level of knowledge on an average. Only a few farmers were found possessing appropriate level of knowledge. Farmers’ knowledge score on the subsequent levels of cognitive domain on remembering, understanding, problem identifying, analyzing, evaluating and innovating were found to be in diminishing order in all the components of shrimp farming practices. Among the six levels of knowledge, the farmers were given highest score on remembering and lowest score on innovating. The delicate characteristics of the farmers such as age, gender, education, annual income, family size, training status, extension media contact and shrimp farming experiences were observed to be significantly related with their shrimp farming knowledge.Download