Statement on Shrimp Culture
1. Number of respondents : 4
Percentage over total sample : 1.5%
2. Information on Firm's Characteristics
| Firm No. | Area (area) | Type of Management | No. of share holder | Land/Share holder ratio |
| Farm - 1 | 175 | Jointly | 22 | 7.95 |
| Farm - 2 | 440 | Jointly | 20 | 22.00 |
| Farm - 3 | 125 | Jointly | 8 | 15.63 |
| Total : | 740 | 50 | 14.8 |
Average of Farm Size = 246.7
3. Production and Yield of Shrimp and Fin Fishes
| Farm No. | Production (Kg) | Yield (Kg/Acre) | |||
| Shrimp | Fin Fish | Shrimp | Fin Fish | Total | |
| Farm - 1 | 7657.5 | 18988.85 | 43.80 | 108.50 | 152.30 |
| Farm - 2 | 14809.2 | 52440.25 | 33.70 | 119.20 | |
| Farm - 3 | 5780.5 | 13312.5 | 46.20 | 106.5 | 152.70 |
| Total : | 28247.2 | 84741.6 | 38.20 | 114.5 | 152.70 |
4. Cost of Production
| I t e m | Farm - 1 | Farm - 2 | Farm - 3 | Overall | ||||
| Total cost (Tk) | Per acre (Tk) | Total cost (Tk) | Per acre (Tk) | Total cost (Tk) | Per acre (Tk) | Total (Tk) | Per acre (Tk) | |
| Fry | 135225.0 | 772.7 | 315410.0 | 716.8 | 99880.0 | 799.0 | 550515.0 | 743.9 |
| Manure | 12750.0 | 72.9 | 28525.0 | 64.8 | 10110.0 | 80.9 | 51385.0 | 69.4 |
| Labour | 65965.0 (4398) | 376.9 (25.1) | 152410.0 (10161) | 346.4 (23.1) | 47875.0 (3192) | 383.0 (25.5) | 266250.0 (17750) | 359.8 (24.0) |
| Embankment & Sluice (cost of construction & repair). | 75860.0 | 433.5 | 196375.0 | 446.3 | 52765.0 | 422.1 | 325000.0 | 439.2 |
| Total : | 289800.0 | 1656.0 | 692720.0 | 1574.3 | 210630.0 | 1685.0 | 1193150.0 | 1612.3 |
Note : Figure within the parenthesis represents the man-days.
5. Net Return from Shrimp Culture
(Figures are in Taka)
| Farm No. | Value of Output | Cost of Production | Net Return | ||||
| Shrimp | Fin Fish | Total | Per acre | Per acre | Per acre | Total | |
| Farm - 1 | 1497040.0 | 180394.0 | 1677434.0 | 9585.3 | 1656.0 | 7929.3 | 1387634.0 |
| Farm - 2 | 2717490.0 | 586843.0 | 3304333.0 | 7509.8 | 1574.3 | 5935.4 | 2611613.0 |
| Farm - 3 | 1087469.4 | 139498.1 | 1226967.5 | 9815.7 | 1685.0 | 8130.7 | 1016337.5 |
| Total : | 5301999.4 | 906735.1 | 6208734.5 | 8390.2 | 1612.3 | 6777.8 | 5015584.5 |
6. Net Profit
(Figure are in Taka)
| Farm No. | Net Return Total | Paid to leasee | Net Profit | ||
| Total | Per acre | Per Share holder | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 (2–3) | 5 | 6 |
| Farm - 1 | 1387634.0 | 470750.0 | 916884.0 | 5239.3 | 41676.5 |
| Farm - 2 | 2611613.0 | 1158400.0 | 1453213.0 | 3302.7 | 72660.7 |
| Farm - 3 | 1016337.5 | 342210.0 | 674127.5 | 5393.0 | 84265.9 |
| Total : | 5015584.5 | 1971360.0 | 3044224.5 | 4113.8 | 60884.5 |
7. Comparative Statement between per acre Paddy (T. Aman) and Shrimp Culture
(Figures are in Taka)
| Type of Operation | Gross Value of Output | Cost of Production | Total | Net Return | ||||
| Inputs | Employed Labour | From Crops | Wage | Total | ||||
| Days | Wage | |||||||
| a. Paddy Cultivation | 2739.9 | 294.7 | 63.3 | 669.0 | 963.7 | 1776.2 | 669.0 | 2445.2 |
| b. Shrimp Culture | 8390.2 | 1252.5 | 24.0 | 359.8 | 1612.3 | 6777.9 | 359.8 | 7137.7 |
