Project Completion Report (CNRS): Increasing Productivity, Income and Diversifying Diets through Integrated Aquaculture-Agriculture Technologies in Bangladesh

Abstract

CNRS in partnership with WorldFish (2022-2024) in the Asian Mega-Deltas for Climate and Livelihood Resilience (AMD) Initiative of one CGIAR, which aims to support the creation of resilient, inclusive, and productive deltas. As part of the AMD initiative, CNRS has been collaborating with the WorldFish to establish a private sector network of farmers connected to local service providers (LSPs) and local extension agencies (e.g., DOF, DAE, MOHFW) to facilitate scaling up of integrated aquaculture agriculture technologies (e.g., rice-fish, SIS, pond dike cropping) in Bangladesh's southern region – referred to as one of the climate-disaster hotspots of the country. WorldFish supports CNRS in developing its staff's technical skills and introducing them to advanced aquaculture technologies. WorldFish, for example, introduced CNRS to Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia and Generation 3 Rohu (G3 Rohu) developed by WorldFish's Genetic program, which demonstrates about 37% higher growth than their traditional Rohu variety. The WorldFish in AMD connects CNRS with various public and private sources (e.g., hatcheries and nurseries) that supply high-quality fish seeds.