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    The Impacts of Aquaculture Development on Food Security: Lessons from Bangladesh

    E-Jahan, Khondker Murshed; Ahmed, Mahfuzuddin; Belton, Ben | March 2010
    Abstract
    Fish contribute a significant amount of animal protein to the diets of people in Bangladesh, about 63% of which comes from aquatic animals. In Bangladesh, fish is mainly derived from two sources: capture and culture. Aquaculture has shown tremendous growth in the last two decades, exhibiting by about 10% average annual growth in production. Capture fisheries, although still the major source of supply of fish, have become static or are in decline due to over-fishing and environmental degradation, and it is now believed that aquaculture has the greatest potential to meet the growing demand for fish from the increasing population. At present, aquaculture production accounts for about one-third of the total fish production in Bangladesh. This paper examines the impact of an aquaculture development project in Bangladesh on food security, with particular emphasis on the poor. The analysis shows a positive impact of aquaculture development on employment, income and consumption. A number of implications for policy in areas that might strengthen these outcomes are discussed and recommendations are presented.
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    E-Jahan, Khondker Murshed; Ahmed, Mahfuzuddin; Belton, Ben. 2010. The Impacts of Aquaculture Development on Food Security: Lessons from Bangladesh. © Wiley. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/4258.
    Keywords
    Poverty Analysis
    Participatory Poverty Assessment
    Poverty Reduction Strategy
    Extreme Poverty
    Economic development
    Growth And Poverty
    Energy
    Income Distribution
    Demographic Indicators
    Social Justice
    Social change
    Social accounting
    Inequality of income
    Economic growth
    Qualilty of Life
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    E-Jahan, Khondker Murshed
    Ahmed, Mahfuzuddin
    Belton, Ben
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    Poverty
     
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