Economics and Resource use Efficiency of small scale Fish Production in Manipur
Economics and Resource use Efficiency of small scale Fish Production in Manipur
Date
2021
Authors
Singh, Kh. Rishikanta
Ch. Basudha, Ch. Basudha
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Publisher
Society of Fisheries Technologists (India)Cochin
Abstract
The present study was taken up in Manipur state
of north east hill region to examine the economics
and resource use efficiency in fish production. Three
districts viz., Bishempur, Imphal West and Thoubal
were selected for the study and two villages were
selected from each district. From each villages 25
fish farmers were randomly selected, altogether
there were 150 respondents. The farmers were
classified into marginal, small and semi-medium
category based on pond size. Cobb-Douglas production
function and marginal value productivity were
employed to examine the resource use efficiency. Per
hectare cost of fish rearing were the highest for the
marginal category and decrease with increase in
pond size category. The overall average yield of fish
was 1078 kg ha-1. Farmers in the marginal category
obtained the highest yield with a production of 1611
kg ha-1. The yield decrease with the increase in pond
size. Net return obtained from fish production were
Rs.125311 ha-1 for marginal, Rs. 87010 ha-1 for small
and Rs. 29471 ha-1 for semi medium category
respectively. Fish production is profitable with a BC
ratio of 1.60 but the productivity is very low and
needs to be increased. It was found that fish seedling
was underutilized for semi-medium category, feed
was underutilized for marginal category and labour
was underutilized for both small and semi-medium
category farms. Floods, poor quality of pond water,
incidence of pest and disease, high cost of feed and
lack of skilled workers are five major problems
faced by the fish farmers
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Keywords
Cost, return, Marginal Value Productivity, constraints, Manipur
Citation
Fishery Techn 58(3):177-186