The Daily Star reported on the current state of aquaculture in Bangladesh. Over the last two decades, aquaculture expanded on a massive scale and pulled more than 20 lakh people out of poverty between 2000 and 2010, according to a study and book by IFPRI, The making of a blue revolution in Bangladesh: Enablers, impacts, and the path ahead for aquaculture. Last month, the onrush of water from upstream and heavy rainfall has left no distinction between rivers, static wetlands, and ponds in many areas in the north and central regions of the country, ruining hopes and aspirations of tens of thousands of farmers producing crops livestock and fish.
