Production, Profits & Planning

“I never expected such production, never thought this huge production and profit were possible,” said Rothindranath Mazumder. Rothindranath is a young prawn-carp farmer of Abhoynagar, Jashore, who started farming after finishing his degree. He is the first member of his family to take up prawn-carp farming and has been pursuing it for the last four years. He has been cultivating rice in his gher during the dry season and then prawn and carp in the rainy season following traditional methods. In addition, he grows vegetables and bananas on the pond dike. This young farmer works hard to make a better living, but the profit from his prawn-carp farming was poor and he was looking for some improved technology to increase his production.