PRICE, WorldFish to jointly raise shrimp farm yields
Thursday, 30 October 2008
The USAID-funded PRICE (Poverty Reduction by Increasing the Competitiveness of Enterprises) project and the WorldFish Centre announced an initiative to raise shrimp farm yields for the benefit of the entire shrimp sector, says a press release.
Under a subcontract with PRICE, the WorldFish Centre would implement the GHERS (Greater Harvest and Economic Returns from Shrimp) initiative with partner depot owners to provide embedded extension services to 2,000 bagda and golda farmers for the farming season 2009.
The Bangladesh shrimp and prawn farms have historically had significantly lower yields than competitor countries due to very traditional farming methods. These very low yields have been one of the most serious sectors constraints, contributing to significant under-capacity at the processing level. This in turn has also led to significant quality issues due to the fierce competition for supply at the processing level.
Working from a PRICE office in Khulna, the WorldFish Centre will train extension facilitators of the partner depots to train bagda and golda farmers on modified traditional farming techniques to significantly increase pond yields. In recent USAID-funded projects, WorldFish has demonstrated that net yields and profits may increase by over 100 per cent.
Under a subcontract with PRICE, the WorldFish Centre would implement the GHERS (Greater Harvest and Economic Returns from Shrimp) initiative with partner depot owners to provide embedded extension services to 2,000 bagda and golda farmers for the farming season 2009.
The Bangladesh shrimp and prawn farms have historically had significantly lower yields than competitor countries due to very traditional farming methods. These very low yields have been one of the most serious sectors constraints, contributing to significant under-capacity at the processing level. This in turn has also led to significant quality issues due to the fierce competition for supply at the processing level.
Working from a PRICE office in Khulna, the WorldFish Centre will train extension facilitators of the partner depots to train bagda and golda farmers on modified traditional farming techniques to significantly increase pond yields. In recent USAID-funded projects, WorldFish has demonstrated that net yields and profits may increase by over 100 per cent.