Promotion of sustainable crab farming in south-west region of Bangladesh

Abstract

This is a project completion report that presents the impacts of the activities, challenges of the market actors and recommendations for sustainability of mud crab value chain in Bangladesh, from the implementation of the intervention "Promotion of Sustainable Crab Farming in the South-West Region of Bangladesh", which has been funded by Feed the Future Bangladesh Aquaculture and Nutrition Activity. The intervention was implemented in Shyamnagar upazila in Satkhira district, Koyra upazila in Khulna district and Teknaf and Chakaria upazila in Cox’s Bazar district. The goal of this interventions was to reduce the pressure on wild stock for seed crab by using hatchery produced crablets and to reduce the risk of high mortality in farming to increase production.