Author: Kaing Khim
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.RD-01-04
Year: 2001
Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2001
Examination Committee: Jayant Kumar Routray (Chairperson); Soparth Pongquan, B.W.E. Wickramanayake (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: Small-scale aquaculture development practice has been initially promoted and implemented by the Rural Extension for Aquaculture Development (READ) Project since 1998 in three provinces, namely Kanda!, Prey Veng and Takeo, in the Lower Mekong Delta of Cambodia. In the first phase, the project intended to develop and introduce the appropriate small-scale aquaculture technologies in the target area. The expected output of the project was to produce fish for home consumption from fish farmers’ own ponds after two years of adoption. Cunently, the project has reached the stage of completing the first phase and it is desired to conduct an evaluation research for understanding the effects of this small-scale aquaculture development practice. Therefore, this research was undertaken in the project target area focusing on both project assisted and non-project fish farmers. The findings showed that socio-economic status of fish farmers are identical in both the groups of fish farmers characterized by low household income and persistence of poverty. Fish culture practices were successfully adopted with the recommended technologies by both project and non-project faimers, and spread widely in the study area. The economic analysis of aquaculture indicated that fish culture generated two times higher benefit to project assisted farmers than the non-project farmers. Despite the fact that the major sources of household income were not so significantly changed after engaging in fish culture. However, significant change in household secondary occupation structure was found due to the high consideration of the fish farmers in accepting aquaculture as their secondary job. The fish production was mainly for family consumption, this more than half of total average food expenditure has been relating to fish reduced. It was also found that more than sixty percent of the total fish production has contributed to the family food security for the minimum requirement of fish-eating people at 22 kg/capita/year. Furthermore, it was revealed tha
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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