ADOPTION OF VIETNAMESE KOI (Anabas testudineus) FISH BY THE FARMERS OF MURADNAGAR UPAZILLA UNDER CUMILLA DISTRICT

Abstract

The main objective of the study was to determine the adoption of Vietnamese Koi by the fish farmers in Cumilla district. The study area comprised three villages namely Jahapur, Dhamghar and Paschim nabipur under of Muradnagar upazila. The selected characteristics of the farmers were age, education, family size, pond size, annual family income, Fish farming experience, knowledge on Vietnamese koi culture, extension media contact, cosmopolitness, training exposer on fish farming, attitude towards Vietnamese koi culture and problems faced by the farmers in Vietnamese Koi culture. Data were collected from randomly selected 105 Vietnamese Koi farmers during December, 2022 by using structured interview schedule. Correlation was used to measure the relationship between each of the selected characteristics of the farmers and their adoption of Vietnamese Koi. The findings indicate that 52.38 percent of the Vietnamese Koi farmers had medium adoption, 28.56 percent had low rate of adoption and 19.04 percent had higher adoption. Correlation analysis indicate that farm size, annual family income, fish farming experience, knowledge on Vietnamese koi culture and attitude towards Vietnamese Koi culture of the farmers had positive significant relationships with their adoption of Vietnamese Koi. On the other hand, age, education, family size, extension media contact, cosmopolitness and training exposer of the fish farmers had no significant relationships with their adoption of Vietnamese Koi. The Problem Faced Index indicated that high price of feed ranked 1 st followed by “lack of capital”, “high labor cost”, “high price of medicine”, “high production cost”, “high sensitivity to disease”, “lack of knowledge”, “natural disaster”, “lack of water exchange facilities”, “less security of fish food”, “poor transportation facilities”, Unavailability of Vietnamese koi seeds” and “Algal blooms on the pond”.