Impact of COVID-19 on the productivity of ornamental fish farmers: A case of ornamental fish farms in Colombo district in Sri Lanka

Ornamental fish production in Sri Lanka has become a valuable foreign exchange earner during recent past years. However, COVID-19 pandemic been explored worldwide and it affected the world trade economy from different perspectives. This study was conducted to explore impact of on ornamental production. , Moreover, present status farmers’ major constraints suggestions overcome those farmers were also conducted. In Colombo district, four important Divisional Secretariat (DS) divisions purposely selected for study, as they are main areas district. The data collected randomly 60 using field survey July October 2020. Descriptive statistics, two sample Wilcoxon signed-rank test chi-square used analyses data. Results revealed that, there both negative positive impacts due pandemic. have face mainly marketing problems. Some them engaged coping strategies resilience methods period. Coping shown significant association with income capacity farms. majority haven’t Other than pandemic, lack market information about changes overseas markets demand, low price given product communication between exporters. Ideal “ORNAFISBIZ” model is suggested order protect this area.