G3-Progress Report by BAU

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Progress Report of G:3 (BAU Component) up to 25 February 2012

BSERT, Bangladesh Agricultural University

Introduction

As per memorandum of understanding between IWMI and Bureau of Socioeconomic

Research and Training (BSERT), Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), 04 (four) MS

students of the Department of Agricultural Economics have finally been selected as Research

Fellows strictly on the merit basis and quality of research proposals. The selected fellows

are:

1. Ms Kanij Fatema;

2. Md Faizul Kabir;

3. Ms Afsana Zaman; and

4. Md Chhiddikur Rahman.

All of them have started their formal research activities (i.e., review of literature, selection of

research topic, preparation of questionnaires, selection of study villages, etc) from 01 January

2012 under my direct supervision. I have been working as Principal Investigator of the BAU

component of G3 and supervising the research activities of the fellows. It may be noted here

that the duration of fellowship of serial Nos. 1 to 3 is 6 months, while this is 12 months for

Md Chhiddikur Rahman.

Progress

Name of research fellow Research topic

1. Ms Kanij Fatema An Economic Investigation into the Dilemma of Rice versus

Shrimp Farming in Selected Areas of Dacope Upazila under

Khulna District of Bangladesh

2. Md Faizul Kabir Economic Analysis of Shrimp and Paddy in Two Selected

Villages in Polder 31 of Dacope Upzila in Khulna District

3. Ms Afsana Zaman Comparative Study on Livelihood Adaptation of

Disadvantaged People in Some Selected Areas of Polder

Number 29 and Latabunia Union in Dumuria Upazila of

Khulna District

4. Md Chhiddikur Rahman Economic Study on Paddy and Prawn Farming in Polder 31

of DacopeUpazila in Khulna District

Research activities of the above-mentioned studies of the concerned fellows have been

making progress satisfactorily. Meanwhile, they have modified individual research

proposals. Their study areas were purposively selected from Dacope and Dumuria Upazilas

of Khulna district in Bangladesh and sample sizes of each of the fellows were also

determined. After pretesting, all questionnaires were finalized. All Fellows presented their

research proposals in the seminar on 06 February 2012, Monday at 10:30 am to 01:30 pm at


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the Conference Room of the Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

(AERS), BAU. I was the chairperson of the seminar. Professor Dr Md Idris Ali Mia, Dean,

Faculty of AERS and Chairman, BSERT was present as the chief guest, while Professor Dr

Md Taj Uddin, Head, Department of Agricultural Economics and Ms Camelia Dewan of

IWMI were present in the seminar as special guests. Almost all the distinguished Professors,Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Lecturers, PhD and MS students of the

Department of Agricultural Economics actively took part in the discussions of the seminar.

Having received the feedback and/or comments from the seminar as well as from Ms

Camelia Dewan, they have again modified their research proposals and interview schedules.

Thus, final questionnaires were prepared and became ready for primary data collection from

the concerned study areas. However, Ms camellia Dewan suggested three fellows (Kanij

Fatema, Faizul Kabir and Md Chhiddikur Rahman) to divide their questionnaires into two

sections: A and B. A part contains some common questions while B has been developed

taking into account their individual specialties. Afsana, of course, has made a separate

questionnaire since her study is quite different from others. All those questionnaires (and

also checklist) are given at the end of this progress report.

For the greater interest of the project and save the time, each fellow was given two additional

enumerators (who are also MS students of the Dept of Agricultural Economics) for primary

data collection from the selected study areas. All four Research Fellows and eight

enumerators were given a day long training on 13 February 2012 at BAU on field-level data

collection methods. After this training, all of the fellows accompanied by enumerators went

to study areas on 15 February 2012 for primary data collection. In fact, they have already

collected data from the selected farmers/respondents and came back to the BAU campus on23 February 2012. All of them, with the exception of Mr Chhiddikur Rahman, have

collected required primary data from 120 respondents for their individual studies. Mr

Chhiddik will be required to go to the study areas for a couple of days. He completed 120

samples out of 200 altogether. It is expected that they will spend a few days for making

codebooks and then they will start data processing and data entry activities. I am hopeful that

they will be able to finish their analyses at the end of March and thesis by the end of May

2012. Lt may be noted here that Chhiddikur Rahman will finish his data collection within

three months and he would be able to submit his thesis at the end of November 2012.

Challenges

Data collection from the respondents of remote villages in Khulna district was really

challenging tasks for both male and female research fellows/enumerators. Moreover,

respondents houses were located in the scattered ways in the villages and visit from one

respondent to another was quite difficult for the fellows since there were, unlike other parts of

Bangladesh, no good roads for moving from one house to another in the study villages.

Transport and communication were the biggest problems for the researchers. All of them had

to travel everyday from Upazila headquarter to the study villages by motor bike. But in the

villages, walking was the only means of communication from one house to anotherrespondents house and it took on an average 20 to 30 minutes. However, Dr Rayan Hayat


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Sarwer of WorldFish, Mr Aminul Islam, Dacope Area Manager of HEED, Bangladesh, Mr

Subir Kumar Banarjee, Dacope Upazila Ag Extension Officer, Mr Amal Krishna Roy

(retired worker of HEED, Bangladesh) of Batiaghata and Mr Sheikh Akhter Hossain

(Honours final year student of Khulna University) of Latabunia under Dumuria Upazila

extended the whole-hearted cooperation to arranging accommodation, transport and fieldlevel data collection. Despite the fact, the researchers had to face tremendous difficulties to

obtain accurate information from the respondents since they did not maintain any written

records for farm business transactions and/or household consumption, . In other words, the

enumerators had to rely on their memories and sincerity.

Outputs

No visible outputs have yet been achieved by BAU component of G:3. It is expected that

three theses will be submitted to the Department of Agricultural Economics and three journal

articles will be submitted to the journals for publication at the end of May 2012. Anotherthesis, as stated before, will be submitted at the end of November 2012 and at the same time

an article will be submitted to the journal for publication.

Conclusion

Research works of four Research Fellows at the BAU have been making progress in right

direction as per work plans and/or MOU. I am quite confident and happy to see their overall

performance, hard work and devotion to duties with sincerity of purpose. In other words,

BSERT will be able to finish the assigned tasks within this year (2012).

Tofazzal Hossain Miah

BAU Mymensingh

24 February 2012


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1. Questionnaire of Ms Kanij FatemaBureau of Socioeconomic Research and Training (BSERT)

and

Department of Agricultural Economics

Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

Interview Schedule on An Economic Investigation into the Dilemma of Rice versus Shrimp

Farming in Selected Areas of Dacope Upazila under Khulna District of Bangladesh

Section A

1.0 a) Identification of the Respondent

Name: .. Village....Fathers

name:.Union Upazila ...Polder

Area

b) What do you cultivate?

Paddy Shrimp White fish Vegetables

c) Do you engaged in any type of NGO/s? Yes No

If yes, specify the name of NGO/s-

Duration of membership-

d) Do you have any trainning ? Yes No

if yes, specify the organization and purpose of trainning -

e) Family composition of the farmer

Sl. No. Age Relationshipwith HH

MainOccupation

SecondaryOccupation

Literacylevel

Remarks


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2.0Land OwnershipLand utilization

Owned land(Decimal)

Leased in(Decimal)

Leased out(Decimal)

Total area(Decimal)

Homestead area

Area under vegetable crops

(specify)

Area under Bagda gher

Area under Golda gher

Area under Paddy

Fallow land (if any)

Other (specify)

3.0 Cropping pattern

Crop season Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Golda

Bagda

Paddy

Vegetables

Others (specify)


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4.0Cost and Return of Paddy Farminga) Cost of Paddy Cultivation (Please provide information on the biggest plot),

Plot s ize; _________ Decimals; Name of the variety:_________________

Items costs/return Quantity with

units

Unit price (Tk) Total

value(Tk)Gross Costs

Power tiller

Seeds/seedlings

Labor (land preparation,

transplanting, weeding,

harvesting, etc.)

Fertilizers

UreaTSP

MOP

Gypsum

Cow dung/manure

Irrigation cost

Pesticides

Chemical

Organic

Other (specify)

Total

b) Return from Paddy Cultivation

Area

under

paddy

(Decimal)

Yield

(kg)

Unit price

(Tk/kg)

Estimated

value

of by-

product

(Tk)

Gross

return (Tk) used for

home

consumption

Marketable

surplus

5.0Bagda/Golda Farminga) What do you cultivate ? Shrimp (Bagda) Prawn (Golda) Bothb) Sources of Post larva (PL)


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c) Cost of golda/bagda farming(Please provide information on the biggest plot/Gher ,Plot/Gher size; _________ Decimals)

d) Gross returns from production of Bagda/GoldaSpecies Area of

Gher/pond

Quantity

(kg)

Price/unit

(Tk)

Value

(Tk)

Gross

return

(Tk)

Used forhome

consumption

Marketable

surplus

Bagda

Golda

Others

(specify)

Cost items for Bagda/golda farming

Quantity of input used Price/unit

(Tk)

Total

cost(Tk)Home

Supplied

Hired/purchased Total

Labour

Gher preparation

Night duty

(wathman salary)

Feeding

Liming and salting

Others

Post Larva

Feed (put names of feed;..................)

Lime

Salting

Electricity

Others(specify)


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6.0Sources of Houshold IncomeSources of income Amount (Tk) % of total Sources of income

Amount

(Tk)% of total

Paddy

farming

Aman

Shrimp cultureBoro

Vegetables production Prawn culture

Cattle rearing Others Fish Culture

Poultry and duck

rearingSmall business

Goat rearing Sewing machine/tailoring

Sheep rearing Rickshaw/van pulling

Buffalo rearing Labor selling

Foreign remittances Others (specify)

7.0 Are you benefited from this polder? Yes No

If yes, what sorts of benefits?

If not, specify complaints:

What could be done to improve polder management?

What has been done to improve polder management?


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Section B

7.0 Decision Making between Shrimp and Rice Farmingi. Which do you prefer to cultivate the most?

Why?

ii. Are there any problems related to water for you to cultivate what you prefer most?

a) If yes what type of problems?

b) What are the main causes of the problem?

c) How did you solve these problems?

iii. Has anyone helped you to solve these problems?

a) Who?


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b) Who gave this person/committee this responsibility?

c) How were it formed/who took the initiative to create this?

iv. Is there any shortage of men/women labour in cultivating shrimp/rice?

Why? What problems do you face due to this?

v. What are the existing (institutional and non-institutional) mechanisms for solving the

probable conflicts? How would this help to increase production of the crop you are

cultivating?

vi. How does the polder affect livelihoods in the community?

Has the community or others taken any initiatives to change anything with the polder

(more sluice gates, pipes, re-excavation of silted khals etc)? Why and how was this

organized?

vii. How are different people affected by the polder?


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a) Women

b) Disadvantaged groups

viii. Do you have any other specific suggestion/s for improving farm efficiency as well as overall

management of this polder?

Thank you very much.

Name of the Enumerator: Date:


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2. Questionnaire of Md Faizul Kabir

Bureau of Socioeconomic Research and Training (BSERT)

and



Interview Schedule for the Economic Analysis of shrimp and Paddy in Two

Selected Villages in Polder 31 of Dacope Upzila in Khulna District

Section-A


Name:.. Village....Fathers

name:.Union Upazila ...Polder

Area

b) What do you Cultivate?



If yes,specify the name of NGO/s-

Duration of Membership-


if yes, specify the organization and purpose of trainning -



MainOccupation

SecondaryOccupation

Literacylevel

Remarks


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Owned land

(Decimal)

Leased in

(Decimal)

Leased out

(Decimal)

Total area

(Decimal)

Homestead area


(specify)

Area under bagda gher

Area under golda gher


Other (specify)

4.0 Cropping patternCrop season Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep Oct. Nov. Dec.

Golda

Bagda

Paddy

Vegetables

Others (specify)


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5. Cost and Return of Rice Farmingc) Cost of Rice Cultivation (Please provide information on the biggest plot),

Plot size; _________ Decimals; Name of the variety:


units



Power tiller

Seeds/seedlings



harvesting, etc.)

Fertilizers

UreaTSP

MOP

Gypsum

Cow dung/manure

Irrigation cost

Pesticides

Chemical

Organic

Other (specify)

Total

d) Return from Paddy Cultivation

Area

under

paddy

(Decimal)

Yield

(kg)

Unit price

(Tk/kg)

Estimated

value

of by-

product

(Tk)

Gross

return (Tk) % used for

home

consumption

Marketable

surplus (%)

6.0Bagda/Golda Farminge) What do you cultivate ? Shrimp (Bagda) Prawn (Galda) Bothf) Sources of Post larva (PL)g) Cost of golda/bagda farming(Please provide information on the biggest plot/Gher ,


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Plot/Gher size; _________ Decimals)

h) Gross returns from production of GoldaSpecies Area of

Gher/pond

Quantity

(kg)

Price/unit

(Tk)

Value

(Tk)

Gross

return

(Tk)

Used for

homeconsumption

(kg)

Marketable

surplus(kg)

Golda

Others

(specify)



(Tk)

Total

cost(Tk)

Home

Supplied


Labour

Gher preparation

Night duty

(wathman salary)

Feeding

Liming and salting

Others

Post Larva


Lime

Salting

Electricity

Others(specify)


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7.0Sources of Household IncomeSources of income Amount (Tk.) % of total Sources of income Amt. (Tk.) % of total

Rice farming

Aman

Shrimp cultureBoro



Poultry and duck








1.

2.

3.

If not, specify complaints:




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Section-B

1.0Shifting from Bagda to Golda FarmingDid you recently shift away from Bagda? How were you able to shift?

If yes, why? When and how were you able to shift?

i. Are you now cultivating golda/white fish concurrently with paddy?

a)

b)

i. Are you now alternating golda/white fish with paddy cultivation? ?

If there is any cost of sifting,specify the cost incurred during shifting?

Cost items Amount

iii. Were there any institutional mechanisms influence you to shift? (Probes, recent events, local

governments, influential people, WMOs etc.) if yes how?

a)

b)

iv. Please explain your historical background of shifting?


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v. If you recenty shift from alternate shrimp and rice farming to concurrent golda and rice

farming or alternate golda rice farming, please specify your pervious cost and returns

a) Cost of shrimp (Bagda) farming(Please provide information on the biggest

plot/Gher, Plot/Gher size; _________ Decimals)

Cost items for Shrimp farming


(Tk)

Total

cost(Tk)

Home

Supplied


Labour

Gher preparation

Night duty

(wathman salary)

Feeding

Liming and salting

Others

Post Larva


Lime

Salting

Electricity

Others(specify)


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b) Gross returns from production of shrimp

8.0Problems of Practicing Alternative Rice and Golda FarmingProblems (MV Rice Cultivation) Suggestions

a)

b)

c)

d)

Problems(Golda cultivation) Suggestions

a)

b)

c)

d)

9.0Do you know that the High Court recently made saltwater shrimp cultivation expansion into

agricultural land and forestry illegal? What do you think of this news and why?

Thank you very much for your kind cooperation.

Name of the Enumerator: Date:

Variety Area of

Gher/pond

Quantity

(kg)% used for

home

consumption

Market

able

surplus

(%

Price/unit

(Tk)

Value

(Tk)

Gross

return

(Tk)

Bagda

Others

(specify)


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6. Questionnaire of Ms Afsana ZamanBureau of Socioeconomic Research and Training (BSERT)

and

Department of Agricultural EconomicsBangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

Interview Schedule for the Comparative Study on Livelihood Adaptation of Disadvantaged

Peoplein Some Selected Areas of Polder Number 29 and Latabunia in Dumuria Upazila of

Khulna District

Sample No:

1.0 Socio-demographic Profile

a. Identification of Respondent:

Name: .. Fathers name:

Village: .Union: .................. Upazila:

b. Category of the Respondent (use ):

i) Farmer (Cultivate rice/shrimp/other fish/vegetables)

ii) Wage labour

iii) Other (Specify)

c. Ownership of Land

Types of land Area (Decimals)

Homestead area

Farm land

-Own land

- Leased in land

- Leased out land

Shrimp farm (Area under Gher)

Total


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d. Family Members and Their Occupational Structure

SL.

No.

Name Relationship with

respondent

Age

(Years)

Educational

level

Occupation

1

2

3

4

5

6

e. Housing Facilities

Type of house Nos.

Straw house

Tin roof with non-tin wall

Other (Specify)

f. Physical Assets Owned

Physical assets Yes/No Physical assets Yes/No

Building/Tin roof/straw roof Toilet

Tube well Electric fan

Chair, Table Mobile phone

Bicycle/motorcycle Others, if any

TV/Radio


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2.0 Household Income from different Income Generating Activities

Income Generating

Activities

Amount

(Tk)

% of

total

Income Generating

Activities

Amount

(Tk.)

% of

total

Rice farming Shrimp farming

Vegetables production Catching fish

Cattle rearing Small trading

Poultry and duck rearing Labour selling

Goat rearing Rickshaw/van pulling

Sheep rearingSewing

machine/tailoring

Buffalo rearing Others (specify)

3.0 Expenditure of the Family

Items Yearly expenses (Tk/yr) Remarks

Food

Food grain

Vegetables

Fish and livestock products

Others (Specify)

Clothing

Housing and sanitation

Repairing

New construction

Health

Doctors

Medicine

Education

Farming


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Purchasing seed, feed and fertilizer

Using PT and DP

Labor hiring

Electricity

Other (Specify)

4.0 Consumption Pattern of the Family

Item Food consumed yesterday

(During last 24 hours)

Food status (use)

Sufficient Moderate sufficient Insufficient

Rice (gm)

Ata/flour (gm)

Potato (kg)

Vegetables (gm)

Pulses (gm)

Dry fish (gm)

Fish (kg)

Eggs (No.)

Meat (kg)

Soybean oil (ml)

Mustard oil (ml)

Milk (ml)

Fruits(kg)

Others (specify)


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5.0 Production Cost (if any)

Production Cost for Rice (Aman/ Boro)

Cost items Quantity with units Price/unit(Tk) Total cost (Tk)

Human labor

Power tiller cost

Seed/Seedlings

Fertilizer

-Urea

-TSP

-MP

-Gypsum

Organic manure (Cow dung)

Pesticides Chemical

Organic

Irrigation cost

Miscellaneous (specify) cost

Total

Production Cost for Bagda/Galda

Cost items Quantity (unit) Price/unit Total cost (Tk)

Human labor

Shrimp seeds (PL)

Feed (Fish meal)

Lime

Urea

TSP

Land use cost

Miscellaneous cost (specify)

Total


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Production Cost for Vegetables

Cost items Quantity (unit) Price/unit Total cost (Tk)

Human labor

Power tiller cost

Seedlings

Fertilizer

-Urea

-TSP

-MP

-Gypsum

Organic manure (Cow dung)

Pesticides Chemical

Organic

Irrigation cost

Miscellaneous cost

(Specify)

Total

6.0 Sources of Income

i. Income from different crop production(rice/shrimp/other fish/vegetables/fruits)

Crop Quantity

(kg)

Price

(Tk/kg)

Total

Value of

production

(Tk)

% used for

home

consumption

% of

surplus (if

any)

Rice

Main product


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By-product

Shrimp

-Galda

-Bagda

OtHer fish (specify)

Vegetables (Specify)

Fruits (Specify)

Others (Specify)

ii. Remittances (if any)

Tk:

Provide short story about getting remittances

7.0 Time Frame for different Crop Production

Crop In which season you

grow this crop?

When did you get

this Profit?

Do you cultivate any crop

simultaneously?

Rice

-Aman

-Boro

Shrimp

-Galda

-Bagda

Other fish (Specify)

Vegetables (Specify)

Fruits (Specify)

8.0 Are there any benefits that you get from having a Polder?

i) Yes ii) No

If yes, what sorts of benefits


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Are there any problems that the polder may cause to you and your community?



9.0 What were the natural hazards you faced in last five years in this area?

10.0 Impacts of natural hazards on household income and employment of family members


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11.0 Coping strategies taken during natural hazards

12.0 What are the major problems you face in your daily life?

13.0 Do you have any specific suggestion/s for making food security of your family and

improving livelihood patterns?

Thank you,

Signature of Interviewer

Date:


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4.0 Questionnaire of Md Chhiddikur Rahman

Bureau of Socioeconomic Research and Training (BSERT)

and



Interview Schedule for Economic Study on Paddy and Prawn Farming in Polder

31 at DacopeUpazila of Khulna District

Section-A


Name:..Village....Fathers

name:.

Union Upazila ...Polder

Area

b) What do you Cultivate?



If yes,specify the name of NGO/s-

Duration of Membership-


if yes, specify the organization and purpose of training



MainOccupation

SecondaryOccupation

Literacylevel

Remarks


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Owned land

(Decimal)

Leased in

(Decimal)

Leased out

(Decimal)

Total area

(Decimal)

Homestead area


(specify)

Area under bagda gher

Area under golda gher


Other (specify)

3.0 Cropping pattern

Crop season Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep Oct. Nov. Dec.

Golda

Bagda

Rice

Vegetables

Others (specify)

4.0 Cost and Return of Rice Farminge) Cost of Rice Cultivation (Please provide information on the biggest plot),

Plot size; _________ Decimals; Name of the variety:


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units



Power tiller

Seeds/seedlings



harvesting, etc.)

Fertilizers

Urea

TSP

MOP

Gypsum

Cow dung/manure

Irrigation cost

Pesticides

Chemical

Organic

Other (specify)

Total

f) Return from Paddy Cultivation

Area

under

paddy

(Decimal)

Yield

(kg)

Unit price

(Tk/kg)

Estimated

value

of by-

product

(Tk)

Gross

return (Tk) % used for

home

consumption

Marketable

surplus (%)

5.0 Bagda/Golda Farmingi) What do you cultivate ? Shrimp (Bagda) Prawn (Galda) Bothj) Sources of Post larva (PL)k) Cost of golda/bagda farming(Please provide information on the biggest plot/Gher ,

Plot/Gher size; _________ Decimals)


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l) Gross returns from production of GoldaSpecies Area of

Gher/pond

Quantity

(kg)

Price/unit

(Tk)

Value

(Tk)

Gross

return

(Tk)

Used for

home

consumption(kg)

Marketable

surplus

(kg)

Golda

Others

(specify)



(Tk)

Total

cost(Tk)

Home

Supplied


Labour

Gher preparation

Night duty

(wathman salary)

Feeding

Liming and salting

Others

Post Larva


Lime

Salting

Electricity

Others(specify)


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6.0 Sources of Household IncomeSources of income Amount (Tk.) % of total Sources of income Amt. (Tk.) % of total

Rice farmingAman

Shrimp cultureBoro



Poultry and duck








1.

2.

3.

If not, specify complains:


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Section B

1.0 Any problem related to water/sluice gate management? If yes, fill-up the following table.

Sl. No. Description of the problem Suggestions

1.

2.

3.

4.

What are your expectations from WMOs?

1)

2)

3)

Are you satisfied on WMOs? Yes No

If not, specify complains:


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2.0 Advantages of conducting farming

a) Nearer to the sluice gate

b) Faraway from the gate

7.0Disadvantages of conducting farming

a) Nearer to the sluice gate

b) Far away from the gate

8.0Do you have any specific suggestions for improving crop farming in your area?


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9.0Do you know that the High Court recently made saltwater shrimp cultivation expansion into

agricultural land and forestry illegal? What do you think of this news and why?

Name of the Enumerator: ___________________________ Date: __________________


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Checklist for Collecting Information from WMOs

1.0 Identification of the respondent

Name: Age: Literacy Level:

Occupation: ................... Land area under this polder: . Decimals

Village: . Union: .. Upazila:

2.0 How many sluice gates under your jurisdiction?

3.0 How did you usually manage the gate during the Boro/Aman/other crop seasons?

4.0 What types of difficulty did you face in managing sluice gate during the crop season and/or peak

period?

5.0 What mechanism did you follow to tackle those problems?

6.0 Do you have any other suggestions for betterment of the polder and/or increasing crop

productivity within the polder?

Name of the Enumerator: ________________ Date: ___________________

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