2.3. Setting up the IFCASA 9 m2rectangular iron-bar made structure was constructed,having four concave grooves in its four corners for holding floatsof plastic drums. The whole bottom of the structure was sur-rounded by a rectangular nylon net cage with the dimensions of length-3.66 m × width-2.44 m × depth-1.25 m (Fig. 3). Two pits,one at each width end of the IFCAS structure were filled with amixture (medium) of 70% dried pond mud from the same pond and30% cow dung, for vegetable plantation. The dimensions of each pitwere 0.61 m × 0.51 m × 0.20 m, and 20% of the soil in each pit (about4 cm depth) was in contact with the pond water so that vegetablesroots could easily take up nutrients. Half-brick weights were hungunder the four corners and the center of the net, to ensure that thenet retained a rectangular structure under water. A scaffold wasmade on the top of the structure using split bamboo and net forvegetables to climb on. The IFCAS in pond occupied about 3% (9 out300 m2) and 1.28% (9 out of 700 m2) of the pond surface area in HSPand MSP, respectively.All 9 IFCAS were set in the sunlight exposed area of pond byfarmers themselves. Farmers made some changes to the originalIFCAS design where the scaffold size was 3.66 m × 2.44 m × 0.4 m.The height and size of scaffold was elevated and extended, respec-tively, using split bamboo to enlarge the vegetable growing spaceand to facilitate growing long vegetables (e.g., gourds, which canreach up to 50 cm in length). Feeding fish in the cages of IFCAS andponds was a daily activity, and taking care of vegetable plants onthe pit of IFCAS was the weekly activity. The level of participationby women was encouraging, and was greatest among those withHSP households.