Asian-Pacific Aquaculture 2019

June 19 - 21, 2019

Chennai Tamil Nadu - India

VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS OF FISH IN BHARATPUR, RAJASTHAN

Khemraj Bunkar *, Swadesh Prakash, M. Krishnan, Nalini Ranjan Kumar, Ramasubramanian V.
 
*Ph.D. Research Scholar,
Fisheries Economics, Extension and Statistics Division,
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Versova, Mumbai-400061, Maharashtra, India
Email of the presenting author: khemraj.fecpa802@cife.edu.in
 

In the Kaman block, fish farming was an important source of employment and currently 2000 people are involved fish farming and related activities. These people mainly those who lost their agriculture land due to a serious waterlogging condition arose due to Gurganva canal construction in the region. Looking at the rising demand for fish and people willingness to take up aquaculture as source of income the present study was carried out. There was only one value chain measured in the block. In the value chain, farmers were selling their produce to the wholesaler/transporter, and then he transfers the produce to Delhi NCR and sells to retailer and retailer sale to consumers in Delhi NCR. The historical perspective study of fish farming in the Kaman block found that the fish farming is started in 1995. In the period 2010-2015 fish farming spread very rapidly and the Kaman block had around 200 ponds. The value chain analysis revealed that the fish farming was a profitable enterprise in the region realizing high profit with small investment and it was observed that fish farmers of Kaman block earning 2.44 lakh per year per hectare.