Department of Aquaculture, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Research Article
Socio Economics and Livelihoods of Beel Fishermen: Cases from NorthWestern Bangladesh
Author(s): Ahamed GS, Alam MT*, Hussain MA and Sultana S
The socio-economic condition and livelihood was studied. Religious status of the study area was more or less equal-
52.66% Muslim and 47.34% Hindu. Educational condition was very poor- 65.96% of the total fishermen are either
illiterate or can sign only, the major group (35.11%) of fisherman was young of 21-30 years of age, average household
size of the two beels was 4.75, Most of the fishermen family were poor- 79.79% houses were kacha and only 3.72%
were pucca houses, 80.85% fishermen use drinking water from other’s tube well, 64.89% fishermen do not use
electricity, sanitation condition of the study area is very poor- 51.06% fishermen have no sanitation facility and
only 12.77 have pucca sanitation facility, the ratio of on farm and off farm was 1:0.25 indicating greatly dependency
of the fishermen’s livelihood on the beels. In terms of well-being .. View more»