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- Title
ROLE OF RICE CUM FISH CULTURE AS AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF INCOME IN KONKAN REGION OF MAHARASHTRA.
- Authors
Shingare, P. E.; Chaudhari, K. J.; Pagarkar, A. U.; Dhaker, H. S.; Naik, S. D.; Shingare, S. P.; Sawant, N. H.; Kunkerkar, R. L.
- Abstract
In Konkan region, the rice is the main crop undertaken in Kharif and Rabbi season, which grown over an area of 4.136 lakh hectares with an annual rice production of 10.42 lakh tones. The average productivity is 2.56 tones/ha. Rice and fish are the staple food of this area as an essential diet, which can be made available through rice cum fish culture. The rice and fish can be grown together or alternatively in same water body with less input and it can provide seasonal and off-seasonal employment to farmers. The fisheries faculty of Dr B. S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth conducted several extensive and intensive common carp culture trials in the rice fields offarmers. The 10% area of rice field was converted in deep ditches along the periphery of bundh with inlet and outlet facilities. The sufficient water depth in rice plants and ditched were maintained.The results showed that under the extensive culture system, the fish production of 149 kg/ha was harvested in 90 days period without any providing any artificial feed to fishes with increase in yield of rice by 38% in the rice plot with fish culture than in case of the plot with rice cultivation alone. Intensive culture trial of common carp was also undertaken with a control rice plot of 'Jaya' for comparison. The inputs such as feed and fertilizers were applied. The results have revealed very high productivity of common carp at the rate of 640 kg/ha for 90 days period under combined culture with a rice as compared with a control plot without fish. Productivity of rice was also found to be higher by 14.28% in rice cum fish plot as compared to only rice plot. It reveals that there is vast scope to bring at least 10% of total rice area under this system to produce high protein food to rural people and additional income to the farmers.
- Subjects
MAHARASHTRA (India); FISH farming; RICE; CARP; SEASONAL employment; WILD rice; PADDY fields
- Publication
Journal of Experimental Zoology India, 2020, Vol 23, p961
- ISSN
0972-0030
- Publication type
Article