A growing number of shrimp farmers and processors are giving up traditional farming practices and turning to improved aquaculture to boost yields and exports.
Acreage of shrimp under a modern farming technology — semi-intensive shrimp farming — rose to 1,100 hectares this year from 800 hectares a year ago.
The improved farming practices were seen only on 10 hectares of land in 2002, said Prafulla Kumar Sarker, district fisheries officer of Khulna, a hub for shrimp farming and pioneer in modern practices.
