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标题：An Economic Appraisal of Composite Carp Culture in West Bengal
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作者：Himansu Kumar De ; Simantini Shasani ; Manoj Kumar Das 等
期刊名称：Journal of Extension Education
印刷版ISSN：0971-3123
电子版ISSN：2456-1282
出版年度：2021
卷号：32
期号：2
页码：6492-6499
DOI：10.26725/JEE.2020.2.32.6492-6499
语种：English
出版社：Extension Education Society
摘要：Aquaculture sector is gaining momentum through its contribution towards Indian as well as world economy in terms of nutritional and livelihood security. Carp farming is one of the most widely adopted technologies in aquaculture sector. The study was carried out in randomly selected South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. The study aims at assessing economic viability of composite carp culture through analyzing the cost and returns of the technology. Data were collected from 142 fish farmers through personal interview. The average pond area of the farmers was found to be 1.9 acre and mean fish yield was 3.6 t/ha/yr. Rate of return on total investment (ROI) and Benefit-Cost ratio (B: C ratio) for adopters and non-adopters were worked out as 85.84%; 1.86 and 63.03%; 1.63 respectively. Supplementary feed constituted the maximum share in cost of production of fish followed by lease value of pond and pond preparation cost. The study implies composite carp culture technology as economically feasible with impressive benefit-cost ratio.