Fish farming in paddy field, the new devised technology of fish scientist, is increasingly and gaining popularity among the people in Narsingdi.
District Fisheries office sources said there were two ways of fish farming in paddy field as fish culture along with paddy and fish culture before cultivation and after harvesting of paddy.
A number of people in all the six upazilas of the district have been farming Rui, Katal, Mrigal, Kali-baous, Pangas, Tilapia, Shorputi, Silvercarp in the low-laying areas.
A total of 1,124 hectares of paddy field in the district, besides the farmers are cultivating vegetables in the adjoining fragmentation land during the last three and four years due to its economic aspect.
District Fisheries Officer Abul Farah said fish farming in paddy field has made a new chapter in fisheries sector and it is gaining popularity in the district. Fish farming in paddy field also creates employment of rural people and fulfill the demand of nutrition, he added.
He said farmers of the district are now annually producing about 2,800 to 3,000 tonne fish in the paddy fields and it is fulfill the local fish demand in the district.
Moreover farmers also are cultivating paddy in the same land.
The officer said, Fisheries Department providing different support to the farmers to make the programme success. If the farmers get easy term loan and fare price of fish food in the market then more farmers will get interest for farming fish in the paddy fields.
Farmers of the district, after cutting Aman paddy, are busy for farming fish in their low-laying paddy fields.
