Fish Farmers’ Information Needs: Implications for Fisheries Extension


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Authors

  • Shalumol Salas
  • S. N. Ojha
  • V. P. Vipinkumar
  • P. Dona

https://doi.org/10.56093/ft.v56i3.92247

Keywords:

Aquaculture, capacity building, extension agency, fisheries

Abstract

The farming community requires an offset of varied
information for their day to day agricultural
activities. Assessing farmers information needs is an
important aspect of any endeavour aimed to
enhance the availability of, and access to information
among farmers. The study investigated the
information needs of farmers engaged in fish
farming in Alappuzha district, Kerala State. A wellstructured
and pre-tested interview schedule was
used to collect information from sixty randomly
selected fish farmers from two fish farmers’ agencies
in the area. The identified needs were ranked in
terms of weighted score. Information on extension
service providers, emerged as the most needed
information among the respondents. The recommendations
of the study are given for developing
and implementing extension service and delivery
mechanism with relevant modification and redesigning
of available technologies and setting up of
awareness and capacity building programmes for
fish farmers regarding aquaculture farm information
and related needs.

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Submitted

2019-07-31

Published

2019-07-31

How to Cite

Salas, S., Ojha, S. N., Vipinkumar, V. P., & Dona, P. (2019). Fish Farmers’ Information Needs: Implications for Fisheries Extension. Fishery Technology, 56(3). https://doi.org/10.56093/ft.v56i3.92247
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