Tilapia and Pangasius Have Rising Visibility in Bangladesh Aquaculture
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [International Food Policy Research Institute] by Ricardo Hernandez and Julie Ghostlaw - September 29,2017
Bangladesh is experiencing a quiet revolution in its domestic fish farming market that is having a direct impact on improving diets among both urban and rural poor households. Over the past three decades, Bangladesh’s farmed fish market grew by a dramatic 25 times in all aspects of the aquaculture industry, and the number of actors along the value chain has tripled in just the past decade alone.
Thanks to the rapid commercialisation of the industry, fish farming in Bangladesh has transformed from a subsistence-oriented endeavour by small-scale farmers into a robust sector of the economy. About 75 percent of fish farming households now sell fish. Farmers have raised yields, and the cost of farmed fish has gone down, contributing ...
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