ADOPTION OF IMPROVED SHRIMP FARMING PRACTICES IN SAURASHTRA REGION OF GUJARAT 3002
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2019-07
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JAU, JUNAGADH
Abstract
Litopenaeus vannamei farming is playing a pivotal role in the socio-economic
development of coastal districts of India. India is exporting 4.4 lakh tonnes of shrimp products
(2016-17) of which L. vannamei share is 3.30 lakh tonnes. The present study was carried out
in all coastal districts of Saurashtra viz. Bhavnagar, Amreli, Gir-Somnath, Junagadh,
Porbandar, Devbhumi Dwarka and Jamnagar and Union Territory of Diu. Compendium of act,
rules, guidelines, regulations and other notifications (2014) by Coastal Aquaculture Authority
of India, Chennai was used as a base for compilation of interview schedule. Descriptive
statistical tools was employed wherever required. The work was done with five objectives viz.
adoption, knowledge, constraints, GIS imagery and socio-economic profile of the shrimp
farmer. Adoption of shrimp farming practices indicated that 54.88% respondents were found
to be partial adopters. Major adoption by the farmers viz. jaggery, yeast, vegetable meals and
rice was used for water enrichment (100%), SPF healthy seed (100%), DO (100%),
nutritionally balance feed (100%), probiotics (99.53%) and HDPE liner (51.63%). If disease
outbreak occurs then 2.79% of farmers knows about treatment of the disease. Farmers having
enough knowledge about HDPE liner (78.14%), nutritionally balanced supplementary feed
(100%), nutritional enrichment (100%), probiotics (99.53%), chain dragging and sludge
management (44.19%). Major constraints farmers faced were lack of disease diagnose lab
(97.21%), non-availability of land (89.30%), price fluctuation during harvest (88.84%), lack of
experience (86.51%), high initial investment (82.33%) and lack of proper extension network
(60.47%). Detailed mapping of Saurashtra shrimp farms using high resolution Google imagery
was carried out using QGIS software. Socio-economic data revealed that 94.42% farmers
having their private land, 75.35% farmers have education above secondary, 58.60% farmers
had more than five members in family, 58.44% respondents were having farming experience
upto five years and 51.63% partnership type firm. Education and experience were positive and
highly significant correlated to the adoption of shrimp farming. The result of the present study
was very promising that all the farmers were high adoption rate and follow the guidelines of
Coastal Aquaculture Authority at great extent. They have also utilized this knowledge for better
profit gaining.