Asian-Pacific Aquaculture 2019

June 19 - 21, 2019

Chennai Tamil Nadu - India

SKILL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING ON INTEGRATED FARMING SYSTEM TO IMPROVE THE LIVELIHOOD OF FISH FARMERS

Pailan, G. H*., Munilkumar, S., Sahoo, Sujata and Singh, D. K.
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Kolkata Centre
32 GN Block, Sec V, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700091
*Email: ghpailan@cife.edu.in
 

An integrated farming system enables a framer to maximize use of all available farm resources, while ensures enhancement of overall farm produced. The integrated system, while promote crop diversification and nutrient recycling, can make even the most marginal lands more productive. In an integrated farming, when fish is one of the components, it is known as integrated fish farming. It helps in different waste utilization from different culture practices for fish production and provides an artificial balance ecosystem where there is no waste. The components are interlinked and can benefit from each others byproducts. So there is less wastage and better utilization of resources. The benefit of the system is multidirectional like enhancement of productivity and production, uplift of socio economic statuses of farmers, minimize production cost, prevent environment degradation, provides self-sustainable farming and food basket for farmer's family. However, the farmer has to learn many aspects of utilization of scare land for maximizing production. In this regard the skill development training and extension service have to be multi-discipline and multifaceted. The extension service provided to farmers need to be self-sustained effort. Training is imparted to the selected group of farmers with right combination of skills and leadership quality to enable them to run their farm successfully and serve as model to fellow farmers. Subsequently core farmers' network is encourage to share resources, supply and market channels. Farmer's training is conducted at community level using local language, extension and training material including ICT tools in real locations in areas of improving seed production, grow out, market knowledge, technical improvisation and innovation skill. Finally monitoring and supervision is done to assess the impact of training.