ABSTRACT
This chapter examines management options for small landhold farmers in Bangladesh, a densely populated country with a population of 791 people per sq km. It reviews the integrated technologies which have been developed, the constraints/problems which have precluded their widespread adoption by farmers in Bangladesh, and policy issues that need to be resolved in order to facilitate their broader acceptance. While the fish production potential from deepwater rice is considerable, the high investment costs incurred in raising embankments, enclosing the fish in net pens, and/or for creating individual plots prohibit the adoption of integrated practices. Most of the homestead ponds in rural Bangladesh are used for a variety of purposes. Pond water, for example, is used for washing, bathing and cooking. The integration of aquaculture with agriculture is more developed in Asia than in any other region of the world.
