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，是识别投入品供应或市场服务环节存在的潜在缺口，为覆盖区域内本项目与水产养殖产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（GIS）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（district）、150个乌帕齐拉（Upazillas）、99个市政镇（Paurashavas）以及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。经多轮数据核查与校验流程后，采集所得数据已上传至服务器。本次普查共采集了调研区域内7414个市场（含水产交易市场与非水产交易市场）、153家饲料厂、339家孵化场以及18324个育苗场的详细信息。