Study has examined that comparative economics of Fish Co-operative Societies to production and marketing of exotic and local breeds of fish in Kabirdham districts of Chhattisgarh. The sampling has based on stratified randomly selected samples of Fish Co-operative Societies in study area. The selected sample of exotic breeds Fish Co-operative Societies has 06. However, the selected sample of local breeds’ fish producer has 10 fish cooperative societies. The required primary data have been collect from the selected respondent by the survey method during the year 2015-19. The fish productivity of exotic breeds of samples Fish Co-operative Societies is 32.91qt per ha. However, the fish productivity of local breeds of samples Fish Co-operative Societies, is 18.53 qt per ha, respectively. The per hectare cost of exotic breeds of samples fish farmer, is Rs 61555.74 per ha, per ha respectively. However, the per hectare cost of local breeds of fish of samples Fish Co-operative Societies, is Rs 39041.93 per ha, respectively. The net return of exotic breeds of samples Fish Co-operative Societies, is Rs 149836.01 per ha respectively. However, the net return of local breeds of samples Fish Co-operative Societies is Rs 49383.59 per ha respectively. The cost benefit ratio of exotic breeds of samples Fish Co-operative Societies is 2.50: 1 respectively. However, in case cost benefit ratio of local breeds of samples Fish Co-operative Societies is 2.05: 1. The four marketing channel have been adopted in the study area and the most of the fish cooperative societies have sold the fish in channel fourth and sold quantity of fish, by fish cooperative societies is 3489.00 qt. and 72.92 percent in the channel fifth. Net received price and incurred marketing cost of samples Fish Cooperative Societies are Rs 5000 & Rs 000 per qt, Rs 5900 & Rs 195.00 per qt, Rs 8499.45 & Rs 1888.86 per qt and Rs 8490.19 & Rs 1443.99 per qt in the channel first, third, fourth and fifth respectively. the marketing efficiency and producer share in consumer rupees of Fish Cooperative Societies are 100.00 % & 100 %, 19.48 % & 75.00 %, 1.05 % & 68.77 % and 3.79 % & 73.96 % in the channel first, third, fourth and fifth respectively. It has observed that the channel first has most efficient for fish cooperative societies. The major socio economics constraints found that, restriction on medicine, feed and manure, lease processed poaching of fish and consumption & fish disposal etc. in the fish production, which in a weak position the fish production of both groups of fish producers. Fish producers are faced various constraints i.e. water stress, lack of the improved production technology unavailability of market and poor marketing facilities and poor credit and fiancé availability, poor storage facility and social and villager class conflict.
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