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Aquaculture Development Project (AqDP) under Padakhep Fisheries Program

One of the greatest difficulties facing poor fishing communities in Bangladesh is to obtain access and user rights to water bodies. Until recently, water bodies were leased from the government by rich landowners who then hire fishers to work on them as laborers. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has persuaded the government to lease water bodies directly to fisher groups that can use their new-found security of tenure to develop such areas and maximize their fishing capacity.