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Wahab Md. Abdul, . and Thilsted Shakuntala H., . and Gharti Kamala, . and Sunila Rai, . and Shrestha Madhav K., . Improvement of womens livelihoods income and nutrition through carp-sis-prawn polyculture in Terai Nepal. pp. 217-225. ISSN 0116-6514
Abstract
Many poor Nepalese women and children suffer malnutrition caused by vitamin and mineral deficiencies. In December 2008 the project Improvement of womens livelihoods income and nutrition through carp-SIS-prawn polyculture in Terai Nepal� was launched in Chitwan a district to test the possible role of small indigenous fish species (SIS) in combating malnutrition. Fifty household ponds of 100 m each were constructed and stocked with carp such as rohu (Labeo rohita) silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis) and mrigal (Cirrihinus mrigala) and SIS such as dedhwa (Esomus danricus) mara (Amblypharyngodon mola) pothi (Puntius sophore) and prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii). Average total production was 2.6 tha year but was affected by low stocking rates and mortality caused by poisoning from canal water. On average the farmers households consumed 54 of the production. Farmers all of whom were women and their families consumed all SIS and sold surplus carp and prawns. Their fish consumption was above that of the national average which is still low by world standards. Farmers earned Nepalese rupee 1 523 household in 250 days. The studys results although modest are a promising start to introducing new farming practices to increase the income food and nutritional standards of women and their households.
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Abstract
Many poor Nepalese women and children suffer malnutrition caused by vitamin and mineral deficiencies. In December 2008 the project Improvement of womens livelihoods income and nutrition through carp-SIS-prawn polyculture in Terai Nepal� was launched in Chitwan a district to test the possible role of small indigenous fish species (SIS) in combating malnutrition. Fifty household ponds of 100 m each were constructed and stocked with carp such as rohu (Labeo rohita) silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis) and mrigal (Cirrihinus mrigala) and SIS such as dedhwa (Esomus danricus) mara (Amblypharyngodon mola) pothi (Puntius sophore) and prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii). Average total production was 2.6 tha year but was affected by low stocking rates and mortality caused by poisoning from canal water. On average the farmers households consumed 54 of the production. Farmers all of whom were women and their families consumed all SIS and sold surplus carp and prawns. Their fish consumption was above that of the national average which is still low by world standards. Farmers earned Nepalese rupee 1 523 household in 250 days. The studys results although modest are a promising start to introducing new farming practices to increase the income food and nutritional standards of women and their households.
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| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| AGROVOC Term: | Gender analysis |
| AGROVOC Term: | Sustainable livelihoods |
| AGROVOC Term: | Income |
| AGROVOC Term: | Nutrition |
| AGROVOC Term: | Polyculture (aquaculture) |
| AGROVOC Term: | Malnutrition |
| AGROVOC Term: | Mineral deficiencies |
| AGROVOC Term: | Households |
| AGROVOC Term: | Carp |
| AGROVOC Term: | Labeo rohita |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim |
| Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2025 06:28 |
| URI: | http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23663 |
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