Integration of High Priced Small Indigenous Fish with Conventional Carp Culture for Nutritional Security and Rural Livelihood
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Integration of High Priced Small Indigenous Fish with Conventional Carp Culture for Nutritional Security and Rural Livelihood
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Archana Sinha
S.Santra |
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Culture of SIF
Intgration of carps and SIF Production enhancement |
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A polyculture experiment involving Indian Major Carps - rohu (Labeo rohita), catla (Catla catla), mrigal (Cirrhinus mrigala); exotic carps- silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), common carp (Cyprinus carpio); and self recruiting small indigenous fish mola (Amblypharyngodon mola), punti (Puntius sophore) and chela (Samlmostoma bacaila) was carried out in the earthen ponds of 100 m2 at 24 South Parganas, West Bengal, India. The main objective was to study net flesh biomass production from unit area of pond by incorporating small indigenous fish of regional demand and enhance economic return per unit area of pond with diversified culture of small indigenous fish. Fifteen ponds, each of size 100 m2 , were prepared as per the standard management practice followed for composite fish culture. Four treatments in triplicate were tested. T-1 was with carps and mola, T-2 was with carps and puntius and T-3 was with carps and chela. Carp seeds (rohu, catla, mrigal, silver carp, grass carp, common carp) were stocked @10,000 no. per ha while small indigenous fish species viz. A. mola, P. sophore and S. bacaila were collected from wild and reared separately before introducing into the carp culture ponds @ 20,000 no. per ha. Treatment (T-4) was used as control. In T-4 conventional carp species were reared. Experimental trials were conducted for six months. At the end of the experiment, the net benefit calculated per ha area turned out to be Rs. 1,393 565.50, 1,03043, 58,740.50 and 1, 07185 in the treatments 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. It was observed that though production per ha in T- 4 was maximum (2031.43 kg) but net profit was maximum in T- 1 which contained carps and the small indigenous fish, mola. The experiment clearly indicates that integration of high priced small indigenous fish to the conventional carp culture is a viable proposition as it provides additional income without effecting production of carps and the model will provide additional source of income to small-scale farmers. Specifically, integration of mola in polyculture of carps may be a better option as it has ensured higher production of nutritionally rich mola and also from economic point of view this system is encouraging for rural people because they would get mola regularly for consumption and carps as cash crop. Not Available |
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2018-10-11T15:39:09Z
2018-10-11T15:39:09Z 2016-04-01 |
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Journal
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Not Available http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/7751 |
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Language |
English
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