Community perception towards adoptation to pond and cage culture farming systems :

Abstract

Fish farming in Uganda. has to become a priority in Uganda due to everyone next to a permanent source of water as the only solution to the increased demand for food due to population growth and declining catches from water bodies. The study aimed at increasing awareness of. the community people about relevance of fish farming in the area considering poverty levels, employment rate and abundance of labour force mostly among the youth The. Study was conducted from Kamuli district, Namasagali sub county aiming at increasing on the quantity of fish farmed from the River Nile and Nalwekomba wetland to add the quantity harvested from the wild through increasing adoption fish farming. The study assesses the community perception towards fish farming systems with in Namasagali sub county and establishing reasons for continued use of current fishing method among fishermen open waters in Namasagali fishing area Data was collected by use of questionnaires and analyzed using excel software because it was the best to produce the required output in form of pie charts and graphs. People of Namasagali sub county are aware about pond and cage fish farming systems but sensitization about these fish farming systems is tacking People attained primary level as highest academic qualification mostly and are highly engaged in fishing, rice growing and animal rearing mostly.