Adoption of improved aquaculture practices by shrimp farmers in South Konkan Region Maharashtra, India

Abstract

To achieve eco-friendly and sustainable development of shrimp farming, adoption of improved shrimp farming practices is necessary. An attempt has been made in this study to collect data from shrimp farmers along the south Konkan region of Maharashtra to judge the level of adoption of improved aquaculture practices. The data was collected by personally interviewing the farmers with the help of questionnaire. Descriptive score sheets for each of the recommended practice was constructed with zero, one and two scores. The adoption quotient obtained by the shrimp farmers ranged from 50 to 96.88 with the mean of 76.18. It was observed that there was quite high extent of adoption for some of the practices such as use of check trays and adjustment of feed accordingly (95.0%), formation of bloom in colour range of brownish to yellowish before stocking (92.5%). It was also seen that there was quite high partial adoption among the shrimp farmers w.r.t. frequent checking of water parameters (82.5%), checking of healthiness of seed before packing (72.5%).