Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Food, shelter and clothing are the basic necessities of the life and among them, food plays a pivotal \nrole in the social and economic development of the country. Demographic pressures abating the arable lands \nas well as the declining factor productivity in major agriculture based cropping system leaves no options \nwith the primary stakeholders than to f ind an alternative to traditional agricultural activity. Indian fisheries \nsector contributes to nutritional security, provides gainful employment and earns forex earnings. The sector \nproduces 9.3 million tonnes of f ish to the food basket generating an economic value of 81,400 crores (0.82 \npercent) of the total GDP as per the current market prices of 2011. The forex earnings during 2011 in terms of \nquantity and value are 8.70 lakh tonnes and around 3.5 billion US$ crores respectively. Eventhough capture \nsector is on the rise with around 3.94 million tonnes, the sector is grappled with numerous policy bottlenecks \nin the value chain. Thus it becomes important to harvest alternative and non-traditional sources of f isheries. \nAquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in the world and there is immense scope of improving it in \nterms of horizontal integrations by harnessing more and more area into aquaculture in addition to the \nnumerous policy constraints and elements required for the sustainable development of the fisheries sector \nto feed the ever growing population.
Authors: S Salim Shyam, Raj Kiran, Nisha Elizabeth Joshua, Ashwani Kumar
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4649958