The Agricultural Culture of Bangladesh

Bangladesh is a Small Country. Most of our population are farmer. Aquaculture plays an important role in nutrition, income, employment and foreign exchange earnings in Bangladesh. Fish contributes approximately 80% of the animal protein intake of the Bangladeshi population, 3.5% of GDP and 9% of export earnings. Approximately 1.4 million people are directly engaged in fisheries; 11 million in part-time fishing and another 3 million in aquaculture. Bangladesh earns about US $ 230 million per annum through the export of fish and fisheries products. The fisheries of Bangladesh are very diverse and are comprised of inland openwater capture fisheries, inland and coastal aquaculture and marine fisheries. These contribute 46.5%, 28.5% and 25% respectively to the total fish production of 1.04 million tonnes.