Initiative:

Skill Development Initiative in Pisciculture

Beneficiaries:

Farmers in Kasargod district, Kerala

The Challenge:

• Ignorance about scientific livelihood about pisciculture among the fishing community members
• A general movement amongst the youth to move away from traditional farming and allied activities

The Solution:

• NABARD brought unemployed youths together in the form of an NGO
• Training on scientific fish culture imparted to fish farmers from Dimoria Block through the NGO
• On site exposure visit organized to Fisheries college, Raha
• Benefits of aggregation and joint marketing were highlighted to the youths

The Impact:

• Fishermen today earn upto and over `1 lakh per annum, a virtual dream before the project
• Pisciculture has encouraged the rural population to take up other allied activities like duck farming and piggery units more aggressively
• Some progressive farmers have also combined pisciculture with rice production