Pathways towards organic aquaculture (shrimp): Challenges, potentials and risks under a livelihood perspective.
Abstract
Shrimp aquaculture has developed in Bangladesh due to favourable climate and increase demand for developed countries since last thirty years. Conventional shrimp aquaculture faces several problems in Bangladesh such as mangrove destruction, cultivable land conversion into shrimp pond, disease outbreak, soil erosion, saline intrusion in pond, biodiversity destruction, natural breeding ground destruction, exploitation of wild fry by-catch, overuse of chemical substance, social discrimination (land captured by influential person) etc. To mitigate the following problems farmers are seeking sustainable aquaculture technology which can protect natural ecosystems and economically viable. The main objective of this study is to assess i) the risks of conventional shrimp farming for livelihood systems in Bangladesh; ii) the available local and global knowledge for sustainable shrimp production and iii) the potential of organic shrimp farming.The sustainable livelihood systems model and the adaptation mitigation model will be used as framework. The research will be carried out in the southern part of Bangladesh where shrimp aquaculture tremendously expanded since last two decades. Both quantitative and qualitative methods will be used to collect data. The quantitative methods will include household surveys. The qualitative method will include in-depth structured interviews, focus group discussions, workshops and key informants interview. The study will allow policy makers to develop strategies towards sustainable and organic aquaculture.
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Christian R. Vogl
Ao.Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Christian R. Vogl
christian.vogl@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-93312
BOKU Projektleiter*in
01.10.2008 - 30.09.2011
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Bangladesh Agricultural University
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