The role of integrated prawn farming in climate change adaptation in Bangladesh: ecosystem services, economic viability and barriers
The integrated rice-prawn-vegetable culture (RPVC) is an effective farming method that ensures the efficient utilization of water and land. This study aims to evaluate the role of RPVC in climate change adaptation, its ecosystem services, and economic sustainability in Bangladesh. Integrated RPVC p...
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The integrated rice-prawn-vegetable culture (RPVC) is an effective farming method that ensures the efficient utilization of water and land. This study aims to evaluate the role of RPVC in climate change adaptation, its ecosystem services, and economic sustainability in Bangladesh. Integrated RPVC provides farmers with ecosystem services, including reducing use of the fertilizers and insecticides and lowering financial instability. The vegetable platform shades prawn ponds naturally, while prawns consume insects in rice fields. After rice plants are harvested, their roots can serve as food for prawns. Majority of the respondents (85%) reported that adopting RPVC increased the overall productivity. Farmers faced a variety of climatic hazards; ranked as: drought (86.3%) > erratic and sudden heavy rainfall (81.5%) > temperature fluctuation (69.6%) > salinity intrusion (67.2%) > storm (28.5%). The ecosystem services provided by RPVC helped farmers to mitigate the adverse impacts of these climate-induced challenges through ecosystem-based adaptation. Integrated RPVC has also enabled farmers to maintain a consistent cash flow throughout the year. By promoting the production of multiple commodities—rice, prawns, and vegetables—the system reduces the risk of financial destitution. Despite benefits, farmers also encountered several challenges in implementing RPVC including water shortage (85.2%), disease (73.5%), theft (60.4%), increased feed costs (70.7%), lack of information (65%), increased labor cost (58.8%), and not getting expected market value of farming products (63.2%). However, if these barriers are addressed, the integrated RPVC system holds significant potential to foster long-term socio-economic growth in the southwest region of Bangladesh.
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| spelling | doaj-art-2e4b5a669f6d4e9da30da3a4e0eae07a2025-08-20T02:48:19ZengBdFISHJournal of Fisheries2311-729X2311-31112025-03-0113110.17017/j.fish.885The role of integrated prawn farming in climate change adaptation in Bangladesh: ecosystem services, economic viability and barriersMd. Asadur Rahman 0Md. Mehedi Alam1Sadman Sakib2Rupesh Das3Md. Hasan Faruque4Department of Fishery Resources Conservation and Management, Khulna Agricultural University, Khulna 9100, BangladeshDepartment of Fishery Resources Conservation and Management, Khulna Agricultural University, Khulna 9100, BangladeshWater Quality and Fisheries Management Laboratory, Department of Fisheries, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, BangladeshWater Quality and Fisheries Management Laboratory, Department of Fisheries, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, BangladeshWater Quality and Fisheries Management Laboratory, Department of Fisheries, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh; Department of Fisheries, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh The integrated rice-prawn-vegetable culture (RPVC) is an effective farming method that ensures the efficient utilization of water and land. This study aims to evaluate the role of RPVC in climate change adaptation, its ecosystem services, and economic sustainability in Bangladesh. Integrated RPVC provides farmers with ecosystem services, including reducing use of the fertilizers and insecticides and lowering financial instability. The vegetable platform shades prawn ponds naturally, while prawns consume insects in rice fields. After rice plants are harvested, their roots can serve as food for prawns. Majority of the respondents (85%) reported that adopting RPVC increased the overall productivity. Farmers faced a variety of climatic hazards; ranked as: drought (86.3%) > erratic and sudden heavy rainfall (81.5%) > temperature fluctuation (69.6%) > salinity intrusion (67.2%) > storm (28.5%). The ecosystem services provided by RPVC helped farmers to mitigate the adverse impacts of these climate-induced challenges through ecosystem-based adaptation. Integrated RPVC has also enabled farmers to maintain a consistent cash flow throughout the year. By promoting the production of multiple commodities—rice, prawns, and vegetables—the system reduces the risk of financial destitution. Despite benefits, farmers also encountered several challenges in implementing RPVC including water shortage (85.2%), disease (73.5%), theft (60.4%), increased feed costs (70.7%), lack of information (65%), increased labor cost (58.8%), and not getting expected market value of farming products (63.2%). However, if these barriers are addressed, the integrated RPVC system holds significant potential to foster long-term socio-economic growth in the southwest region of Bangladesh. https://journal.bdfish.org/index.php/fisheries/article/view/885adaptationclimatic hazardseconomic suitabilityecosystem servicesintegrated prawn farming |
| spellingShingle | Md. Asadur Rahman Md. Mehedi Alam Sadman Sakib Rupesh Das Md. Hasan Faruque The role of integrated prawn farming in climate change adaptation in Bangladesh: ecosystem services, economic viability and barriers Journal of Fisheries adaptation climatic hazards economic suitability ecosystem services integrated prawn farming |
| title | The role of integrated prawn farming in climate change adaptation in Bangladesh: ecosystem services, economic viability and barriers |
| title_full | The role of integrated prawn farming in climate change adaptation in Bangladesh: ecosystem services, economic viability and barriers |
| title_fullStr | The role of integrated prawn farming in climate change adaptation in Bangladesh: ecosystem services, economic viability and barriers |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of integrated prawn farming in climate change adaptation in Bangladesh: ecosystem services, economic viability and barriers |
| title_short | The role of integrated prawn farming in climate change adaptation in Bangladesh: ecosystem services, economic viability and barriers |
| title_sort | role of integrated prawn farming in climate change adaptation in bangladesh ecosystem services economic viability and barriers |
| topic | adaptation climatic hazards economic suitability ecosystem services integrated prawn farming |
| url | https://journal.bdfish.org/index.php/fisheries/article/view/885 |
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