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Development of bivalve farming as a source of income generation for women’s self-help groups in coastal India

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Title Development of bivalve farming as a source
of income generation for women’s self-help
groups in coastal India
 
Creator Mohamed, K S
Kripa, V
Asokan, P K
Sasikumar, Geetha
Venkatesan, V
Jenni, B
Alloycious, P S
Chinnadurai, S
Ragesh, N
Prema, D
 
Subject Farming/Culture
Socio Economics and Extension
Bivalves
Fisheries Economics
 
Description The existing technologies of mussel and oyster farming were converted into an income-generating
activity for coastal fishers, particularly for women’s self-help groups. As a result of a concerted
approach, coupled with novel extension techniques, commercial mussel and oyster farming
became established in the States of India, Kerala and susequently in Karnataka. Production in 2009
was over 20 000 tonnes making India one of the top ten bivalve farming countries in Asia.
Innovations in these bivalve farming technologies simplified them, which resulted in an increase
in profitability and made them attractive to farmers. During this process, the entire gamut of
bivalve farming operations such as site identification, seed and spatfall calendars, remote setting,
mechanization in seeding and harvesting, quality and depuration protocols, ready-to-eat and
ready-to-cook products, organic farming protocols and environmental impact assessments were
worked out. The success in commercializing the technologies was mainly a result of a unique
synergy that was actively pursued and developed by technology developers, promoters, and credit
advancers. This development scenario can serve as a role model for other states and developing
nations where a similar hydrological, social, and market environment exists.
 
Publisher Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
 
Date 2016
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10631/1/Sustainable%20intensification%20of%20aquaculture_NACA_SIA_FAO_2016_K%20S%20Mohamed.pdf
Mohamed, K S and Kripa, V and Asokan, P K and Sasikumar, Geetha and Venkatesan, V and Jenni, B and Alloycious, P S and Chinnadurai, S and Ragesh, N and Prema, D (2016) Development of bivalve farming as a source of income generation for women’s self-help groups in coastal India. In: Sustainable intensification of aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific region. Documentation of successful practices. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Thailand, pp. 82-92. ISBN 978-92-5-109065-7