Prospects, Importance, Problems and Impacts of Shrimp Cultivation in Bangladesh: a Literature Review

Prospects, Importance, Problems and Impacts of Shrimp Cultivation in Bangladesh: A literature Review
This Paper is prepared by:
Asif Ahmed
BBA 13th Batch
Department of Accounting & Information Systems
Faculty of Business Studies
University of Dhaka
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Introduction:
One of the major exports earning industry of Bangladesh is shrimp. In the year 2008-09 Bangladesh exports almost $507 million of shrimp to the foreign country which is 95% of the country’s frozen food export. The second largest export industry in Bangladesh is the shrimp industry and its contribution is about 4.7% to GDP and 9.38% of total exports. At present Bangladesh is the seventh largest country of shrimp exporting to USA and Japan market. Almost 600,000 people of our country are directly and indirectly related with the activities of shrimp cultivation and shrimp export.
But the many question has already been raised on the effected of shrimp cultivation in Bangladesh and also its’ future prospects.
Objective:
The objective of preparing report is to –
1. Find out the various impacts of shrimp cultivation in Bangladesh, such as – social, economical, environmental etc.
2. Find out the true cost of framing shrimp.
3. Find out the future prospects of shrimp cultivation in Bangladesh.
4. Find out the importance of shrimp cultivation in Bangladesh.
5. Make some recommendation for this sector of agriculture of Bangladesh.
Methodology:
The study is mainly done on the secondary data collected from the various journals, articles, Bangladesh agricultural census, research report etc. that are already interpreted by various researcher. The main advantage of this is there is less chance of extreme data.
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Overview of Shrimp Cultivation in Bangladesh:
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References: Effect of Shrimp Culture on Ecology in the Coastal Areas of Bangladesh, Syed Mahmood Anwar, 2003. 12 of 12 Prospects, Importance, Problems and Impacts of Shrimp Cultivation in Bangladesh Agricultural Census of Bangladesh, 2009.