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Economic analysis of fish farming and marketing in Haryana

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Title Economic analysis of fish farming and marketing in Haryana
 
Creator Choudhary, Suraj
 
Contributor Pawar, Neeraj
 
Subject Markets, Costs, Productivity, Marketing, Marketing margins, Surface water, Retail marketing, Economics, Physical control, Processed animal products
 
Description Fish farming play’s very important role in economic development of farmers and fishermen. It is now
being paid considerable attention by the government on fish farming. There has been phenomenal achievement on
production and productivity in the state and as well in country. This has been more spectacular in Haryana state,
the production of fish increased from 600 tonnes in 1966-67 to 121000 tonnes in 2015-16 in Haryana. The present
study was carried out with objectives to work out economics of fish farming, to study marketing channel and their
efficiency and to identify constraints faced by fish farmers in production and marketing. Fishery department of
Haryana is divided the state in four divisions i.e. Gurugram (Gurgaon), Rohtak, Ambala and Hisar. From each
division one district were selected on the basis of highest area and fish production. District Karnal, Kaithal, Hisar
and Nuh (Mewat) were selected from each division. From each selected district, ten fish farmers were selected
randomly. For primary data collection a sample of 40 fish producers, 10 wholesalers and 10 retailers of market
functionaries from each market. The primary data for the agriculture year 2015-16 were collected by survey
method by conducting personal interviews of the selected fish farmers with the help of specially designed
schedule. The overall finding reveals that the total costs of production per hectare as well as per quintal were Rs.
121869.20 and Rs. 2280.29, respectively. The gross return was estimated to Rs. 411179.50 per hectare. The overall
net returns per hectare as well as per quintal were Rs. 279310.30 and Rs. 2280.29, respectively. The overall B: C
ratio of fish farming was 1: 3.12 which economically more viable. The marketing efficiency of channel-I and
channel-II were on average 1.36 and 4.42, respectively. Marketing efficiency for channel-III was 17.28. The
channel –III was more efficient due to its very low marketing cost, but marketing of fish through this channel was
disposed of on a limited scale due to lower demand. The major constraints were examined water pollution and lack
of required fresh water sources (72.50 per cent), high cost of finance (67.50 per cent), lack of required credit
facility (65.00 per cent), shortage of specialized labour (60.00 per cent), lack of appropriate technique for all aspect
of fishery production (60.00 per cent). Main marketing problems faced by fish farmer were dependence on
wholesaler/commission agent for sale (77.50 per cent), lack of processing facilities (67.50 per cent), lack of
refrigerated transportation facilities (65.00 per cent), non-availability of local market for marketing their
produce,(65.00 per cent), lack of cold storage facilities (62.50 per cent).
 
Date 2016-10-25T09:55:21Z
2016-10-25T09:55:21Z
2016
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/81698
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher CCSHAU