Fishery based Entrepreneurial Capacity Building through Self Help Groups: A short glimpse

Vipinkumar, V P (2020) Fishery based Entrepreneurial Capacity Building through Self Help Groups: A short glimpse. In: The Blue Bonanza: A Manual for on the job Training Programme for VHSE students on Advances in Fisheries & Aquaculture Techniques. ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 150-176.

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Abstract

Fisheries sector occupies a paramount position in the socioeconomic development of our country. Fisheries, aquaculture and fish based enterprises are considered the sunrise sectors in India, providing nutritional security, contributing to the nation‟s GDP and offering employment to over 14 million people directly and indirectly. Constituting about 6.3% of global fish production, the sector contributes to 1.1% of the GDP and 5.15% of the agricultural GDP (NFDB, 2016). The extent of inland water resources of India prevailed hovering potential considering aquaculture-entrepreneurship development. In fisheries sector the input production and the input-delivery-systems like fish production, marketing and exports, processing and product developments needs emerging entrepreneurs. The professionals in the government sector cannot take up all the responsibilities in order to bring quantum change in the system.

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