Pisciculture contributes immensely to the agricultural income of Balasore district occupying a water spread area of 3942 ha. The district of Balasore comes under North Eastern Coastal Plain agro-climatic zone between 20-210 North latitude to 84-870 East longitude surrounded by neighbouring Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak & Bay of Bengal. The inland fish production solely comes from the carp culture activities undertaken in the tanks and ponds available in the district. Women folk of this particular area also involved in selling fishes & drying the marine fishes at the time of huge catch. But their profit was less due to unhygienic practices during preparation. After taking training & demonstration from KVK, Balasore the members of Samuka dry fish producers group started to prepare fish pickle with scientific practices &generated income of more than 40,000/-rupees.
KVK Balasore, demonstration, Fish Pickle, Producers Group, Value addition
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