Massive pisciculture project progressing well in greater Rangpur
Saturday, 25 August 2007
RANGPUR, Aug 24 (BSS): The massive fish-farming project "Ensuring Food Security and Poverty Alleviation in Poverty-prone Greater Rangpur" launched by the government at a cost of about Taka 120 million(12 crore) is progressing well in the area, officials said Friday.
The Department of Fisheries (DF) in collaboration with NGOs is implementing the project for ensuring food security and poverty alleviation through fish farming and creating jobs for the hardcore poor and unemployed youths in seasonal `Monga'-prone Rangpur, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Gaibandha and Kurigram districts of greater Rangpur.
Scientists and experts of the Parbotipur Sweetwater Fish Farming Sub-Centre (SFFSC) in collaboration with the concerned District DFs and under the assistance of Bangladesh Fish Research Institute (BFRI) conducted a series of training courses for unemployed youths and fish farmers to increase fish production by using latest technologies. Besides, huge motivational activities were conducted by the concerned departments during the recently observed Fish Fortnight for preserving indigenous species of fish and increasing production of all varieties of fish in the prospective greater Rangpur region, the officials said.
The officials said the three-year project was launched during the current fiscal to boost the pisciculture sector through increased farming of all species of fishes in the available water bodies, crop fields and floodplains in these five districts where the seasonal `Monga' repeats itself every year. Development work including renovation, re-excavation, digging, construction of necessary infrastructures and other work of hundreds of abandoned, derelict and hyacinth water bodies including ponds, beels, haors, dried river beds at suitable places and raising of embankments is still continuing for the project in greater Rangpur.
The Department of Fisheries (DF) in collaboration with NGOs is implementing the project for ensuring food security and poverty alleviation through fish farming and creating jobs for the hardcore poor and unemployed youths in seasonal `Monga'-prone Rangpur, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Gaibandha and Kurigram districts of greater Rangpur.
Scientists and experts of the Parbotipur Sweetwater Fish Farming Sub-Centre (SFFSC) in collaboration with the concerned District DFs and under the assistance of Bangladesh Fish Research Institute (BFRI) conducted a series of training courses for unemployed youths and fish farmers to increase fish production by using latest technologies. Besides, huge motivational activities were conducted by the concerned departments during the recently observed Fish Fortnight for preserving indigenous species of fish and increasing production of all varieties of fish in the prospective greater Rangpur region, the officials said.
The officials said the three-year project was launched during the current fiscal to boost the pisciculture sector through increased farming of all species of fishes in the available water bodies, crop fields and floodplains in these five districts where the seasonal `Monga' repeats itself every year. Development work including renovation, re-excavation, digging, construction of necessary infrastructures and other work of hundreds of abandoned, derelict and hyacinth water bodies including ponds, beels, haors, dried river beds at suitable places and raising of embankments is still continuing for the project in greater Rangpur.