An Economic Appraisal of Freshwater Prawn Farming in Thanjavur District

Senthilathiban R.; Rajakumar M.; Selvaraj P.

doi:10.56093/ft.v38i1.18382

Authors

Senthilathiban R. Fisheries College and Research Institute Thoothiikudi
Rajakumar M. Fisheries College and Research Institute Thoothiikudi
Selvaraj P. Fisheries College and Research Institute Thoothiikudi

https://doi.org/10.56093/ft.v38i1.18382

Keywords:

Economic appraisal, rate of return, prawn farming, Thanjavur

Abstract

An economic appraisal of freshwater prawn farming was made by conducting a field survey from January to April 2000, among 25 randomly selected freshwater prawn farmers in Thanjavur district of Tamilnadu. Since the farm area of the selected respondents varied from 1.0 ha to 7.5 ha, the economic measures discussed in the results were computed for one-hectare farm area. The economic estimates indicated the economic feasibility of freshwater prawn farming. The net returns per ha per crop was found to be Rs.47,378 and the rate of return to investment was 45.34%.