• Narendra Kumar
• Dr. Shyam Narayan Singh

Shrimp (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) farming has great potential production and income in Gopalganj (Bihar), but production has significantly declined in recent years due to civil conflicts, some unsustainable practices and devastating outbreaks of disease. The farming of shrimp in fresh water is gaining momentum of Bihar. A survey on many shrimp farms (12 operational and 6 non operational) was conducted within the Gopalganj District over 42 weeks comprising a series of three-day field visits from August 2018 to October 2019, covering two consecutive shrimp crops. Fundamental deficits in disease control, management, and biosecurity practices were found. Farmers had knowledge of biosecurity but the lack of financial resources was a major impediment to improved disease control. Smallholder farmers were disproportionately constrained in their ability to enact basic biosecurity practices due to their economic status. Basic breaches in biosecurity will keep disease as the rate limiting step in this industry. Plans to support this industry must recognize the socioeconomic reality of rural Gopalganj aquaculture.

Shrimp (Macrobrachium rosenbergii ) Farming in the District of Gopalganj, Bihar

"Shrimp (Macrobrachium rosenbergii ) Farming in the District of Gopalganj, Bihar", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.1646-1653, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901D32.pdf

"Shrimp (Macrobrachium rosenbergii ) Farming in the District of Gopalganj, Bihar", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp1646-1653, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901D32.pdf