Effectiveness of children as a transfer agent for basic aquaculture technology in rural Bangladesh.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Morrice
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Fish Production ◽  
Average Increase ◽  
Pond Management ◽  
Pond Aquaculture ◽  
Rural Bangladesh ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
Average Size

Abstract A model of child-to-child extension was developed as a supplement to an adult training programme aimed at enhancing effective pond aquaculture in rural communities in Bangladesh. Adult trainers from the Department of Fisheries (DoF) felt unqualified and uneasy to teach children. As a possibly more effective alternative trainer, graduate girls (kishorees) from the Non-Formal Primary Education programme (NFPE) of the Bangladesh Rural Advisory Committee (BRAC) were recruited and trained. In total 14,690 BRAC school children received six sessions of training and took home two games, promoting key lessons, to play with family and friends. Increased fish production was highest amongst the families of trained children, with 63% of parents reporting that they had followed the information provided by their children. This had resulted in an average increase of 754 to 2,008 kg ha-1 yr-1 from an average size pond of 0.1 ha-1. Outside the trained child family groups, 10% of pond farmers claimed that they had been motivated to actively improve their pond management techniques.

scholarly journals Guidelines for Freshwater Pond Management in Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Rashid ◽  
Mahmudul Hasan Mithun
Keyword(s):  
Fish Production ◽  
Aquatic Weeds ◽  
Pond Management ◽  
Pond Aquaculture ◽  
Freshwater Pond ◽  
The World ◽  
Total Fish ◽  
Culture Environment ◽  
Day By Day ◽  
Aquaculture Production

The pond aquaculture sector in Bangladesh expands rapidly. Total fish production from pond aquaculture increasing day by day. Bangladesh ranks fifth in aquaculture production and becomes fourth in the tilapia production in the world. Total fish production in Bangladesh was about 4.27 million MT in 2017-18 fiscal years and the pond aquaculture production was about 1.9 million MT which contributes about 44.43% of the total fisheries production in 2017-18. That means pond aquaculture contributes a lot in Bangladesh fisheries sectors. For getting proper outcome from the pond aquaculture some basic guidelines should be followed during pre-stocking, stocking, and post stocking management of freshwater pond. Firstly, pond should be prepared properly before stocking of fish seed like aquatic weeds and predators should be eradicated with properly constructed the pond bottom and dike and then liming and fertilization should be done for making a better culture environment for fish. Good quality fish seed should be sock to the pond and feeding should be done properly. Periodic sampling for examining the proper growth and any disease infestation occurs should be done. Liming and fertilization should be done after stocking of fish seed if needed. Harvesting and marketing of fish should be done by considering some factors to get good profit.  

scholarly journals Effects of periphyton on monoculture of Puntius gonionotus

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
MI Hoque ◽  
AKMF Rahman ◽  
MA Mansur ◽  
S Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Period ◽  
Artificial Substrate ◽  
Total Alkalinity ◽  
Cow Dung ◽  
Fish Production ◽  
Chemical Parameters ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
Triple Super Phosphate ◽  
Average Size ◽  
Experimental Ponds

An experiment was carried out on the effects of periphyton on monoculture of Thai sharputi, Puntius gonionotus at the Department of Fisheries Management, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during 7th August to 8th November. In treatment-1 bamboo poles were used as artificial substrate for periphyton production and in treatment-2 there was no artificial substrate (control). Each of the six ponds was stocked with 150 fingerlings of average size 6.41 cm and 3.60 g. The ponds were fertilized fortnightly with manure (cow dung) at a rate of 10 kg decimal-1, urea 60 g decimal-1 and triple super phosphate 90 g decimal-1. During the experimental period, the ranges of physico-chemical parameters viz. air temperature (31.0-35.50C), water temperature (29-320C), water depth (0.56-0.84 m), transparency (32-63 cm), dissolved oxygen (3.5-7.8 mg L-1), pH (6.8-7.9), total alkalinity (44-92 mg L-1), free CO2 (1.5-4.0 mg L-1), phosphate-phosphorus (0.31-1.07 mg L-1) and nitrate-nitrogen (1.12-2.30 mg L-1) were within the productive range and more or less similar in the ponds under treatments-1 and 2. Among the observed biological parameters, there were 35 genera of phytoplankton composed of five groups and 13 genera of zooplankton composed of four groups in the experimental ponds. Thirty three genera under the groups of Bacillariophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Cyanophyceae and Euglenophyceae formed the periphyton on bamboo poles in the experimental ponds. Net fish production of the ponds with periphyton under treatment-1 was about 1.5 times higher than those of the ponds without periphyton (treatment-2). By analysis of variance, it was found that the net fish production of Thai sharputi under treatment-1 was significantly higher than that under treatment-2 (p< 0.05). Finally, it can be concluded that periphyton is one of the preferable food item of Thai sharputi and it is also suggested that growth and production of Thai sharputi can be increased if arrangement is made for periphyton production. Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. & Tech. 8 (2): 13-23, December, 2018

scholarly journals Nutrition Education and Community Pharmacy: A First Exploration of Current Attitudes and Practices in Northern Ireland

Pharmacy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauline Douglas ◽  
Helen McCarthy ◽  
Lynn McCotter ◽  
Siobhan Gallen ◽  
Stephen McClean ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Phase 2 ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitudes And Practices

Community pharmacist is one of the most prominent and accessible healthcare professions. The community pharmacists’ role in healthcare is evolving, with opportunities being taken to reduce pressure on primary care services. However, the question remains of how well community pharmacists are equipped for this changing role. This was a sequentially designed study using a mix of methods to explore nutrition education among community pharmacists in Northern Ireland. It consisted of two phases. Phase 1 was a cross-sectional exploration to map the attitudes and practice of Northern Ireland (NI) pharmacists towards diet-related health promotion and disease prevention. An online questionnaire with open and closed questions to gain both quantitative and qualitative responses was developed and distributed to community pharmacists practising in NI. A total of 91% considered nutrition important in reducing the global burden of disease. While the majority (89%) believed patients would value nutritional advice from a pharmacist, 74% were not confident in providing advice to a patient with diabetes. From the consensus gained in Phase 1 a nutrition education intervention (Phase 2) for pre-registration pharmacists was developed using the Hardens 10 question system. The training programme was advertised to pre-registration pharmacy students in NI. It was delivered by nutrition experts who have education qualifications. The intervention was evaluated using a before and after questionnaire that assessed knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP). Phase 2 did find sustained improvement from the baseline in KAP but there was a decline from immediately post-training to three months post-training. This suggests the need to further embed nutrition education. The education programme was found to be effective for the target population and sets the stage for the development of an implementation strategy for a wider roll-out with evaluation.

scholarly journals How Lawyers Search When No-One Is Looking: A Transaction Log Analysis to Evaluate the Educational Needs of the Legal Profession

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Karlene Michelle Robinson
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Measurement Techniques ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Search Behaviour ◽  
Advanced Search ◽  
Practitioner Training ◽  
Conducting Research

<p>Lawyers are increasingly responsible for conducting research using legal databases and are looking to law librarians for training. As there is little information regarding law practitioner training, and even less which provides information about the actual search behaviour of the legal profession, much of this training has had to be based upon experience and best guesses of individual librarians. This study was undertaken to investigate the actual search behaviour of practitioners using the Auckland District Law Society Library. Its purpose is to provide the training personnel in that library with information about the search habits of their potential trainees to improve current training initiatives. It is based on data from transaction logs gathered from the public terminals in the Auckland District Law Society Library which are used by practitioners. An analysis of the logs collected revealed that: (1) the case summary databases, LINX and BRIEFCASE, were the databases most commonly used by practitioners; (2) the most common type of search conducted during the study was for commentary or case law on a particular subject; (3) the majority of search sessions comprised only a single query, but there were some instances where practitioner sessions would involve more than 10 queries; and (4) there was limited use of any of the advanced search features offered on FolioVIEWS. Based upon these findings the following recommendations were made in relation to the existing training programme offered by the Library: 1. All training sessions include information regarding database concepts; 2. The library initiate additional lunch-time training sessions to inform practitioners of the databases currently available in the library and their content; 3. The library continue to teach advanced search techniques, particularly search construction, the use of synonyms and truncation, to help increase the levels of recall and therefore search success in practitioner searches; 4. The library continue to include information on Field and Phrase searching in both the beginners and advanced courses. Although the purpose of the study was not to investigate the level of search 'failure' or 'success' attained by practitioners, this paper contains a discussion of the different measurement techniques which could be used to measure search effectiveness. It is argued that recall would be the most appropriate measure of search success and that, based upon a visual examination of the transaction logs, this is not being achieved in the majority of cases. Given this alarming observation it is argued that more attention should be paid to issues surrounding database and interface design and that the library become involved in a general education programme to help users recognise situations in which end-user searches may be inappropriate.</p>

scholarly journals Inclinations in Research in Teacher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Babita . ◽  
Ishrat Naaz
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Curriculum Study ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Pre Service Teacher ◽  
Future Growth

A standard teacher’s education programme is a logical and smooth to inscription some particular pedagogical problems. A quality teacher training programme have teacher functioning regularly with specialist messier teacher in virtual or traditional classroom to boost the experience and knowledge. Now a day’s area of education is not only limited to book knowledge but it required overall knowledge for the growth of the students as well as teacher pupils. Teacher education plays an important role in the building or setting up the future growth of students. Teacher Education consists of two components firstly pre-service teacher education and in service teacher education. Teacher education programme is not connected with both theoretical as well as practical. The main purpose of this paper is to be reviewed the recent trends in research in teacher education. Finding of the study is that there must be some subject like pedagogical subject must be included programme in the curriculum. Study is also focused that globalization had the part of positive sequel on the teacher education. Keywords: Ethics, Inclinations, Information and communication technology, Teacher Education

scholarly journals Effects of Probiotics on Growth and Production of Monosex Tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus) in Nylon Net Cages at Dekar Haor, Sunamganj, Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-78
Author(s):  
P Das ◽  
MS Islam ◽  
M Biswas ◽  
PR Das ◽  
ASM Arif
Keyword(s):  
Survival Rate ◽  
Oreochromis Niloticus ◽  
Conversion Ratio ◽  
Production Performance ◽  
Total Biomass ◽  
Fish Production ◽  
Food Conversion ◽  
Net Profit ◽  
Average Size ◽  
Net Cages

To assess the effect of probiotics on growth, survival rate and production performance of all monosex tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) for a period of 120 days in 2016 in nylon net cages placed in Dekar haor of Sunamganj district. The study was categorized into four treatments as T1 (brand a), T2 (brand b), T3 (brand c) and T4 (control) based on probiotics and each having three replicates. Cages were stocked with nursed male tilapia fry at a density of 35 nos./m3 with average size of 14.33 ± 6.41 - 16.33 ± 3.15 g. Tilapia of all the cages were fed with commercial mega floating feed at a decreasing rate of 10 - 5% of total biomass thrice daily. Feed was supplemented with probiotics at a rate of 0.5 g/kg. Comparatively higher growth (307.33 ± 33.92 g), survival rate (97.6 ± 4.90%), yield (10.5 ± 1.15 kg/m3), net profit (Tk.798.96 ± 90.85/m3) and lower food conversion ratio (1.16) were secured in T3 than that of other treatments, which were manifolds higher than the earthen freshwater and brackish waterbodies. Therefore, results of the study reveal that probiotics may be used in aquaculture for increasing fish production. Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci. 44(1): 69-78, June 2018

scholarly journals Venomous snakebites: Rapid action saves lives—A multifaceted community education programme increases awareness about snakes and snakebites among the rural population of Tamil Nadu, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. e0008911
Author(s):  
Stephen Paul Samuel ◽  
Soundararaj Chinnaraju ◽  
Harry F. Williams ◽  
Elamaran Pichamuthu ◽  
Mangaiyarkkarasai Subharao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Information Leaflets ◽  
Rapid Action

The lack of public awareness surrounding the dangers of snakebite envenomation (SBE) is one of the most critical factors contributing to SBE-induced complications, and subsequently exacerbating the number of deaths and disabilities resulting from SBE. In this study, we deployed a multifaceted community education programme to educate students, healthcare professionals and members of the public in rural areas of Tamil Nadu, India about the dangers of SBE, appropriate first aid measures and the ‘do’s and don’ts’ following a snakebite. An assessment of prior knowledge within these communities identified several misconceptions concerning snakes and SBE. Using a combination of direct engagement (estimated to reach over 200,000 people), information leaflets (200,000 distributed), posters, video documentaries, media and social media (>2.8 million engagements), over the course of one year (January to December 2019) we reached over 3 million people in rural Tamil Nadu (around 8% of population). Evaluation of community-based assemblies indicated that at least 90% of attendees were able to recall the key messages at the end of the events, and at least 85% were able to recall the key messages even after 12 months. Due to high demand, a one-day symposium was organised to provide clinical knowledge and training on SBE to 250 healthcare professionals in rural Tamil Nadu. Notably, an assessment of patient data (291 victims) collected from a snakebite referral hospital over the same 12-month period (2019) indicated that arrival time at hospital following a snakebite was significantly faster and the effective first aid measures were administered to patients who were aware of our activities compared to those that were not. Overall, our approach provides a framework on how to educate rural communities about the dangers of SBE and thereby, mitigate delayed SBE treatment leading to an overall reduction in SBE-induced mortality, morbidity, treatment costs and other socio-economic ramifications.

Aquaculture for an ethnic minority in the Terai of Nepal.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jharendu Pant
Keyword(s):  
Farming Systems ◽  
Fishing Communities ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Agricultural System ◽  
Pond Aquaculture ◽  
Chitwan Valley ◽  
Average Size ◽  
Traditional Fishing ◽  
Farming Households

Abstract The Chitwan valley situated in the inner Terai, Nepal, is endowed with a favourable sub-tropical monsoonal climate, rich soil and abundant forest resources. Livelihoods of half of the population in Chitwan depend on farming. The average size of farm holdings is small (about 0.6 ha) with the agricultural system characterized by an integration of crop and livestock sub-systems. Recognizing the possible role of small-scale aquaculture in poverty alleviation in Nepal, the project "Women in Aquaculture in Nepal" aimed at the introduction and development of backyard pond aquaculture. It has been working with small-scale farming households of the traditional fishing communities of the Darai and Tharu in the Chitwan valley. The project has successfully demonstrated the role of backyard pond aquaculture to diversify the farming systems of traditional fishing communities in the Chitwan valley. Whilst farmers operated low-input aquaculture systems, there is scope for significantly increasing fish production through intensification.

scholarly journals Hypertension in rural communities in Delta State, Nigeria: Prevalence, risk factors and barriers to health care

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary I. Ofili ◽  
Busisiwe P. Ncama ◽  
Benn Sartorius
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Salt Intake ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Abdominal Circumference ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
High Salt Intake

Introduction: Hypertension is a global health challenge and its prevalence is increasing rapidly amongst adults in many African countries. Some studies on the prevalence and risk factors of hypertension have been conducted in Nigeria, but none within Delta State. We assessed the prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors amongst adults in three villages in the Ibusa community in Delta State, Nigeria.Method: Homesteads were randomly selected and all consenting adults (≥ 18 years of age) were recruited for this cross-sectional study (134 individuals: 48 men, 86 women). Sociodemographic data and anthropometric measurements (weight, height and abdominal circumference) were recorded. Diagnosis of hypertension was based on blood pressure≥ 140/90 mmHg.Result: Hypertension prevalence in this rural community was 44%. Results from one village (Ogboli: 82%) and ethnic group (Ibo: 50%) were significantly higher than in others in the same variable category. Multivariate logistic regression analysis suggested increasing age, increasing body mass index and high salt intake as prominent risk factors for hypertension. Lack of funds and equipment shortage in clinics were most often reported as barriers to healthcare.Conclusion: A nutritional education programme to promote low-cholesterol and low-salt diets is recommended to specifically target people in higher-risk areas and of higher-risk ethnicity. Local barriers to accessing health care need to be addressed.

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