Author: Sok Vanna
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.RD-01-01
Year: 2001
Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2001
Examination Committee: Soparth Pongquan (Chairperson); Harvey Demaine, Jayant Kumar Routray (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: The research is to study the impact of the small-scale aquaculture development implemented by Department of Fishery (DOF), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Royal Cambodia Government in collaboration with and support by the AIT Aqua Outreach Program in Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia. This is to understand causes and effects of farmers in continuing or stopping culturing fish and how it contributes to the overall farm economy. The improvement of the small-scale aquaculture technology to increase food sufficiency and protein consumption and income to reduce the poverty and increase the quality of life is also the implications of this study. The research examined the level of adoption, factors influencing farmers in their decision-making to adopt or reject aquaculture, socio-economic, institutional and environmental impacts to farmers, farmer’s attitudes and behaviors with regard to the adoption of aquaculture, and to identify problems, constraints and potentials in the aquaculture. The study showed that food sufficiency was increased from 13.2 kg/capita/year to 16.6 kg/capita/year. The housing condition of trial farmers was the same as before. It means that there is no change during raising fish. The household occupation is also still the same. Other indicators such as household assets, household income, fish production, and marketing condition are positively changes from the beginning of fish culture until present. The institutional impact has significant change among the trial farmers that supported by the project. There are also significantly changes in the accessibility of training, extension service, knowledge, and technological transfer among the trial farmers. The environmental impact of the small-scale aquaculture was found both positively and negatively. The positive impact was the reduction of farmer’s activity in catching wild fish and started applying the integration of farming systems. The negative impact of environment to smallscale aquaculture are regarded the heavy rain, flood, an
Scholarship Donor(s): Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (NORAD)
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development
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