Floods, Amphan wash away Tk 900cr fish (The Daily Star)

The Daily Star (Bangladesh) published an article on the devastation caused by flooding in the country. According to an IFPRI study, The making of a blue revolution in Bangladesh: Enablers, impacts, and the path ahead for aquaculture, aquaculture, which takes place on 800,000 hectares mainly in ponds, lifted more than 20 lakh people out of poverty between 2000 and 2010.The fisheries office has recently taken up a Tk 126 crore scheme to support the affected farmers mainly by providing juvenile fishes and other inputs, said Azizul Haque, deputy director for aquaculture at the DoF.