The survey adds that while foodgrain production has increased in recent years, higher-value allied sectors, such as livestock, fisheries, and horticulture, are assuming an increasingly important role in enhancing income opportunities and strengthening rural livelihoods.
The minister described this as one of the first major steps in the direction of realising the Blue Economy through India’s vast ocean resources, as envisaged and repeatedly emphasised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
India is the world’s second-largest fish producer, contributing 8 per cent to global output, ranks second in aquaculture production, leads in shrimp production and export, and is the second-largest producer in capture fisheries.
Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Rajiv Ranjan Singh will inaugurate the Smart Green Aquaculture Farm and Research Institute and state-of-the-art Recirculatory Aquaculture System (RAS) Facility following the General body meeting on Monday in Hyderabad, Telangana.
This pro-farmer decision is expected to encourage greater participation from small and marginal farmers, enabling them to come together and to organize themselves into cooperative societies without facing the burden of high upfront costs.
Over 12K quintals of feed and 5090.35 quintals of fodder and silage distributed in flood-affected districts, says Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian
India and the Maldives have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance bilateral collaboration in the fields of fisheries and aquaculture.
Witnessing a rising trend, the state fisheries department carried out internal trade of 1.78 lakh tonnes in the last financial year.
Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Rajiv Ranjan Singh and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday jointly chaired a high-level review meeting of the Animal Husbandry and Fisheries sectors of Jammu & Kashmir in Srinagar.
The state fisheries department organised an awareness camp for fishermen to promote the conservation of juvenile Hilsa fish.
