Suchana: Ending the cycle of undernutrition in Bangladesh. Demo Pond: Carp-Tilapia-Mola polyculture

Abstract

Suchana selected Jesmine as a potential demo farmer as well as an adolescent peer leader in 2018. She received training on aquaculture activities and decided to utilise their 10 decimal pond for fish farming. Implementing effective and climate smart polyculture methods, within 10 months she finished one fish culture cycle. She farmed 130 kgs of fish in that first cycle. Jesmine earned BDT 25,750 from fish sales during that cycle. She could finance her brothers’ education and her father’s healthcare, and invest in more fish fingerlings and poultry from her earnings. She plans on expanding production in future cycles and earning a steady income from aquaculture activities.