Studies On Socio-Personal Profile And Constraints Among Shrimp Farmers Of Nagapattinam District of Tamilnadu     

By : K. Arunprasath , K. Veerabhadran , Santhakumar R , P. Padmavathi

Page No: 217-226

Abstract
In recent days the contribution of shrimp aquaculture in socio-economic growth of the country is increasing rapidly. Shrimp farming activity have developed fast in Tamilnadu since last decade. Shrimp farming activities have also generated employment opportunity along the coastline. As this sector is growing with good pace and state is yearning valuable foreign exchange it is necessary to study socio economic profile of shrimp farmers of each farming district in person. The present study was conducted in Nagapattinam district of Tamilnadu. For this study, shrimp farmers of the Nagapattinam district were selected from five taluks as the population for sampling. Among the 811 shrimp farmers, the total number of 150 respondents were selected proportionally to the number of shrimp farmers of each taluk. The data were collected with the help of well-structured interview schedule by personal contact method. The collected data were analyzed by using simple statistical tools like mean, standard deviation, percentage analysis, correlation and regression. The results indicates more than half (50.00 per cent) of the respondents were found in the category of middle aged, (80.67 per cent) of the respondent had undergone formal education ranging from primary school to collegiate levels, majority of the (86.67 per cent) of the respondents had farming as their main occupation. The socio-economic parameter viz. social participation among shrimp farmers were of medium level, they had medium level of experience in farming activities. Further lack of good quality seed and high cost of feed and chemicals are the major constraints for them. The possible suggestions are identified by the shrimp farmers are also discussed.

Authors :
K. Arunprasath
PG Research Scholar, Department of Fisheries Extension

K. Veerabhadran
Professor and Head, Department of Fisheries Extension.

R. Santhakumar
Chair, School of Fisheries Information and Social Sciences, Fisheries College and Research Institute

P. Padmavathi
Professor and Head, Department of Aquatic Environment Management.