Lucknow, August 18 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki region, in 2018 in a 27,000 square meter land with three ponds and fish farmers adopted fish farmers, now have now become a supplier of a fish seed supplier for more than 350 farmers, and at least 10 people employed at least 10 people.
According to an official statement, 40 -year -old Aslam Khan, a resident of the village of Bakrabur in Barabanki, and many other farmers have become the flag carriers of the government’s plan to encourage the pisical culture.
“Through Fish Farm, Fishing Department of Fisheries, the Department of Fisheries writes new success stories that exhibit the real power of young men and women’s center and women’s center and state government plans. These stories prove that change took place on the base.” He said.
Currently, he is cultivating fish over eight acres with 24 ponds and two saplings. This year, 2.20 Lakh has already stocked three Lakh Pangasius fish seeds, which already sold 162 tons of fish.
Aslam’s farms have 40,000 fish weighing 400-500 grams ready to be sold in December.
Since January 2019, Barabanki has been supplying more than 350 farmers in Lucknow, Sitapur, Unnao, Ayodhya, Bahraich and Gonda.
Aslam, who attributed his success to the support he received from the State Fishing Department, said that it is praised to keep the department.
Aslam, who has been sharing his journey since 2018, said that he was interested in fish farming when he visited a fish farm in Gangwara Village directed by Mohammad Asif Siddiqui.
After continuous losses in banana cultivation, he started to learn the pisical culture and started with three ponds on 27,000 square meters of land and raised Pangasius fish.
Initially, he was subjected to losses due to bad fish seeds and lack of information. Without losing hope, he stocked his pools again with a finger of 35,000 pangasius and produced 21 tons of fish in six months. Each fish weighed about 700 grams. The first product from its farm earned revenue La8,40,000.
In 2018, which was a buoy of succession, Aslam made another pond in a single -acre land where he held Indian large carp fish together with Pangasius.
Aslam also established a circulation aquaculture system (RAS) on the farm.
The ras unit will help to grow pangasius seeds during the winters, so that fish seeds can be provided to other farmers until February and March. In order to provide more benefits to farmers, the origin aims to record a farmer manufacturer organization (FPO).
Since 2017, Pangasius farm is done in a Nindoora block (in Barabanki) in a state of about 25 hectares, while every farmer, such as Aslam, provides direct employment to at least ten people.
“Under the leadership of the state government, the benefits of each plan reach communities and every household. By adopting opportunities such as fish farming, people not only be ‘Atmanirbhar’ (confident), but also direct the economic growth of the whole state.” He said.
