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April 18, 2023
The Business Post (Bangladesh) published a story that cited IFPRI research. An IFPRI report states that 56 percent of Bangladesh’s fish comes from ponds. Fish farming in ponds has increased by almost six times in the last three decades.
The current government has been providing incentives in various ways to encourage fish farming including reducing the costs of synthetic felt (a product widely used in remote areas of the country to repair damaged banks of ponds).
Read the article.
The making of a blue revolution in Bangladesh: Enablers, impacts, and the path ahead for aquaculture
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