Production and Profitability of Fish Farming: A Case Study of Begnas Lake Area, Kaski
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The study entitled, “Production and Profitability of Fish Farming in Pokhara Lekhnath
Metropolitian, Kaski” has been carried out in partial fulfillment for the degree of
Master of Arts in Economics. The study has targeted to analyze profitability of fish
farming and use means and resources applied in the study area.
Pokhara Lekhnath Metropolitan, ward num. 31 of Kaski district has been taken as the
study area to study the production and analyze the profitability. There are 90 farmers
which are directly involved in fish production in the study area. These are divided into
five different strata (very low, low, medium, high and very high) on the basis of their
production and forty five households were selected as respondents randomly in the
condition to represent the strata. This study was mainly based upon primary data
which were collected through the direct personal interview taken by researcher
himself. Collected raw data has been analyzed through scientific standard unit then
process in Excel program.
This study has been organized into five chapters. The first chapter is an introduction
to the study, which includes background, statement of the problem, objectives of the
study, significance of the study, limitations of the study, justification of the study and
organization of the study. The second chapter includes theoretical review, reviews of
the related studies and research gap are presented. Third chapter is related to research
methodology, fourth chapter is related to analysis and interpretation of data. Finally,
conclusion and suggestions have been presented in chapter five.
The profit analysis of fish farming concludes that the fish farmers have been seen
profitable in the study area. The farmers who produce fish in very low scale have only
2.1 percent average profit, low scale have average profit 6.1 percent, medium scale
have 13.8 percent, high scale have 22.8 percent and the farmers that produce in very
high scale have 55.2 percent average profit. The farmers who produce fish in large
scale have been seen more profitable than in small scale.
This study suggests the farmers for motivating them to higher productivity of fish for
their more profit. The study has found that the growers are involving in traditional
multi-farming activities and they have not given the priority in commercial fish
farming though it is profitable and easy economic activity. It is therefore suggested to
all the concerned that fish farming is reliable geographically and climatically suitable
to Nepal, it can uplift the economic standard of people fast, so farmers should be
provided with training and knowledge.