| dc.description.abstract | The livelihood capitals and problem confrontation in Tilapia farming of Dinajpur district,
Bangladesh were studied during July to October, 2017. Data was collected from randomly
selected 100 tilapia fish farmers, 25 from each sub-district (Dinajpur Sadar, Birampur,
Birganj and Biral) under Dinajpur district of Bangladesh through personal interview using
a pre-tested well structured interview schedule. Livelihood capital was the focus variable.
To measure the focus variable, five capitals (Human capital, Social capital, financial
capital, Physical capital, Natural capital) were categorized in positive and negative
statement about tilapia farming. The overall livelihood improvement score could be
ranged from 30 to 150, where 30 indicating low livelihood improvement and 150
indicating high livelihood outcome. Total of 13 probable problems were selected to
measure the extent of the problems and a four - point rating scale having category of
“high”, “medium”, “low” and “not at all” was used. Therefore, the range of possible
problem score of a respondent was 0-39. Results revealed that majority of the respondents
(64 percent) had medium level of livelihood status compared to 34 percent of them having
high leveled and 2 had low livelihood status. The findings indicated that majority of the
respondents (41 percent) had high extent of problem confrontation compared to 46 percent
of them had medium level problem confrontation and 13 had low problem confrontation.
Among the problems, labor crisis on pick time and lack of security in fish farm was the
most common problem in the study area. Out of eleven selected characteristics, six
characteristics (i.e. age, farm size, total land area, annual income, aquaculture knowledge
on tilapia with carps farming and training experience) showed significant positive
relationships with their livelihood capitals in Tilapia with carps farming. Family size and
problem confrontation level showed positive relationship with livelihood capitals.
Education showed significant negative relationship with livelihood capitals. | en_US |
