The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Barisal

Cyclone Affected Aquaculture Rehabilitation Project (CAARP) taken by the World Fish Center-Bangladesh (WFC-BD) with the financial assistance from USAID is rehabilitating around 37,500 small and marginal fish cultivators of five Sidr-affected districts, including Barisal.

The project assistances include distribution of fish and fish-fries of different varieties and shrimp among the cultivators according to their needs and sizes of their water bodies.

Apart from the fish distribution, the project will also supply different types of fish-feed, limestone, TSP, urea, equipments and medicines and will provide fish and pond management training among the fish farmers.

It is also helping the cultivators in building necessary constructions surrounding the fish cultivation spots.

Financial assistance is also being given to the people engaged in

pisciculture and fish cultivation under the project, which is being implemented in cooperation with 11 local NGOs, including Association of Voluntary Assistance for Society (AVAS), Chardradwip Development Society (CDS), Community Development and Health Care Center (CDHC) and Nazrul Sriti Sangha (NSS).

WFC-BD Principal Coordinator Naseem Ahmed Aleem, CAARP aquaculture expert Zakir Hossain and project managers Dr. Manjurul Karim and Kurat-E-Kabir said that their organisation would like to do something for the coastal people regarding positive changes of their livelihood.

They further said that the project was an unparallel and challenging one but has a great opportunity to recover the livelihood of the poor fish farmers affected by the last year's cyclone Sidr.