Expected outcomes and outputs
The project generates new knowledge by
(i) applying IMTA in prawn farming to reduce GHG release from the ponds, (ii) converting prawn pond waste to feeds via snails and fertilizer via aquatic plants, (iii) mitigating prawn diseases caused by salinity stress by using beneficial microbes, (iv) analyzing economic feasibility of IMTA for GHG emission reduction (v) analyzing economic viability of using probiotic microbes to adapt to salt intrusion, (vi) developing comanagement for mitigation and adaptation of climate changes in prawn farming, and by (vi) ensuring climate-change ready prawn value chains. Major outputs and outcomes from the eight PhD projects are training, supervision and courses accomplished. Courses/scientific thematic workshops for PhD students and others in Bangladesh include: (i) Identification of common pathogens in prawns, (ii) Introduction to methods in bacterial water quality, (iii) Econometrics, covering production economics and productivity (iv) Environmental economics, (v) International trade analysis (vi) Cost-benefit analysis and (vii) Academic writing. Furthermore, the PhD students will be trained in mediation and presentation of scientific results at conferences and meetings with local prawn farmers and their associations.