Rural aquaculture in India

dc.coverageIndia
dc.creatorSimba, V.R.P.;Fisheries Group
dc.date2024-12-02T14:25:49Z
dc.date2024-12-02T14:25:49Z
dc.date1999
dc.date2017-12-05T18:23:12Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-28T01:21:48Z
dc.descriptionIndia, a vast country with an area of 3.3 million sq km and a population of about 1 billion people is endowed with rich freshwater, brackishwater and marine resources. The country produces about 5 million mt of fish of which total aquaculture production is about 1.6 million mt. Aquaculture production has increased three times during the last ten years. Although aquaculture has made very good progress in the last five decades, it is still a very small sub-sector of agriculture. Considering the co untry’s vast potential for aquaculture (both freshwater and coastal), the recent achievements in R&D on various aspects of aquaculture, and the public and private interest in the sub-sector, the future of aquaculture as an economic activity is promising. A Ten-Year Brackishwater Shrimp Farming Development Plan with the aim of developing 0.1 million ha of shrimp farms has been prepared. Similarly, a Five-Year National Freshwater Aquaculture Development Plan has been developed with a view to doubl ing the freshwater aquaculture production to about 3 million metric tons.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/334453
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relationRAP Publication
dc.relation1020-6221
dc.rightsFAO
dc.titleRural aquaculture in India
dc.titleRural aquaculture in India
dc.typeBook (stand-alone)

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