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India is among the world’s top five fish exporting countries. |
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Fish and fish products account for about 17% of India’s agricultural exports. |
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In 2021-22, India exported marine products of 1.36 million metric tonnes, with the value of US$ 7.76 billion |
Agroecology-Aquaculture Nexus
The agroecological approach facilitates transformative processes, such as the integration of aquaculture and agriculture, as it applies ecological principles, social considerations and economic viability to optimise interactions between ecosystem constituents. Integration of agroecological principles, such as input reduction, economic diversification, social values etc promotes sustainable production from agriculture, aquaculture and other relevant agroecological sub sectors.
Aquaculture is vital for India’s agriculture and food production sector, providing livelihood and contributing to nutrition security.
For marginal groups, like women farmers, integrated agroecology based aquaculture-agriculture system can potentially lead to higher annual income, optimal resource utilization and waste reduction. It has been witnessed that nutrition sensitive practice, such as pond polyculture through farming indigenous fish species along with major Indian carp species, has led to food and income security in India for women farmers.
