Evaluating The Impact Of Pond Management Practices On Fish Productivity In Luwero District
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2025
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Busitema University
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Pond management practices are among the key factors influencing aquaculture production in Uganda. As aquaculture continues to play a vital role in food security and income generation,
understanding effective pond management strategies is essential. This study evaluated the impact of pond management practices on fish productivity in Luwero District. The specific objectives
were to determine the gender involvement aspects within pond fish production system in Luwero District, to identify major pond management practices carried out by pond fish farmers in
Luwero district, and to determine the relationship between the fish pond management practices used by farmers and fish productivity. Data collection took place in the entire sub counties of
Luwero district although it was limited by a number of farmers who dropped off from the business due to limited capital, insecurity and lack of land. Quantitative analysis was using SPSS IBM version 26 and the average of water quality parameters (Ph, temperature and DO) was got. SPSS was also used to obtain gender involvement in pond fish farming and the relationship
between pond management practices and productivity in terms of number of fish at harvest through descriptive analysis and running a Pearson correlation coefficient respectively and the
total yields were determined using excel. From the findings, pond fish production in Luwero district is mostly practiced by men who cover 87.1% and 12.9% for women. The pond
management practices carried out by pond fish farmers are feeding, stocking, water quality management, predator control and findings show that 25.8% of the fish farmers in Luwero
district practice the required or proper pond management practices which improved their yield. The findings also show that there was a high positive correlation between the pond management
practices and the number of fish at harvest (P-value =0.014). Conclusions were made that gender aspects should be emphasized, pond management practices should be periodized and
recommended that further studies should be done to address gender equity and equality in enterprises and also extension work and motivation should be done for fish farmers to remain
focused for improved production.
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Nabirye, Joyce. (2025).Evaluating the impact of Pond Management Practices on Fish Productivity in Luwero District.