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Information about seed fund for hilsa fishers (Bangla vesion)
Abstract
- This brief provides information about the seed fund that USAID ECOFISH handed over to Director General, Department of Fisheries (DoF) to raise a total amount of Taka 3.5 crore (US$0.43 million) for the Hilsa Conservation and Development Fund (HCDF). The fund will remain in a fixed deposit and only the interest will be used following a guidelines approved by the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock for the benefit of fishers and fisheries management. The fund will remain as a legacy of ECOFISH-BD project that may be followed by other projects.
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Date
- 2019
Type
- Brief
Publisher
- WorldFish
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