Report on GIS Aquaculture Market Resource Mapping

The main objective of this market resource mapping exercise was to identify potential gaps in input supply or market services and provide a key decision and policy tool for management of the Activity and the aquaculture sector in the coverage areas. Linked to GIS maps this spatial database shall provide near real-time spatial information on supplier/market actor’s location and product description. In total 23 districts, 150 Upazillas, 99 Paurashavas and 1332 unions have been visited under this GIS resource mapping activity. Basic information along with spatial data for every single market actors across the surveyed region has been captured. After series of data checking and validation stage collected data has been uploaded in server. This census has collected detailed information for 7,414 markets including fish and without fish, 153 feed mills, 339 hatcheries and 18,324 nurseries in the survey site.

本次市场资源测绘工作的核心目标，在于识别投入品供应或市场服务领域的潜在缺口，可为覆盖区域内本活动及水产养殖业的管理提供关键决策与政策工具。本空间数据库与地理信息系统（Geographic Information System, GIS）地图联动，可提供供应商/市场主体的位置与产品详情的近实时空间信息。本次GIS资源测绘活动共走访了23个县、150个乌帕齐拉（Upazillas）、99个珀拉沙瓦（Paurashavas）及1332个村联盟（unions）。调研覆盖区域内的所有市场主体均已完成基础信息与空间数据的采集。经多轮数据核查与验证环节后，所采集的数据已上传至服务器。本次普查共在调研区域内采集了7414个水产交易市场（涵盖含鱼交易市场与无鱼交易市场）、153家饲料加工厂、339家孵化场及18324个育苗场的详细信息。