PROSHIKA, headquartered in Dhaka, is one of the largest national nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) for development in Bangladesh. Since its inception in 1976, PROSHIKA has been both pioneer and practitioner of a holistic development strategy to empower the poor people of Bangladesh and reduce their poverty. PROSHIKA has introduced several employment- and income-generating activities that ensure job opportunities and socioeconomic advancement for the poor, of which the Fisheries Development Programis one of the most important programs. The goal of the program is "poverty alleviation and improvement of nutritional status through increased aquaculture-and capture fisheries-related income and employment." Its objectives are to provide various typesof aquaculture-related training to target groups to ensure effective technology transfer for the sustainable development of aquaculture, to create scope-of-employment and income-generating opportunities for rural poor people and fishers by providing credit, to increase the capacity of poor people and fishers to gain access to derelict pond and open-water fishery resources to encourage community management approaches, to increase fish production to fulfill the nutritional requirements of the rural poor,and to increase the fingerling production of desired species to meet the demand of poor rural fish farmers.
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