Adoption behaviour of fish farmers towards improved aquaculture practices of rohu Labeo rohita in Bishnupur district of Manipur, India

Abstract

The study was on adoption behaviour of fish farmers towards improved aquaculture practices of Rohu “Labeo rohita” in Bishnupur district of Manipur was conducted in the session 2023-2024. A total number of 120 respondents were taken randomly from Khathinungei (Keirenphabi) Village in Moirang subdivision/block of the Bishnupur District as it is the place where maximum area under rohu aquaculture practices. The primary data was collected using pre-structured interview schedule with appropriate statistical analysis to obtain the results. The study’s finding shows that 43.33 percent of the respondents have medium adoption level, 32.5 percent of the respondents have high level of adoption and 24.17 percent of the respondents have low adoption level. It was revealed that all ten independent variables, i.e. Age, Education, Occupation, Housing Pattern, Land, Annual Income, Mass Media Exposure, Sources of fish farming information, Innovativeness and Risk Orientation are positively and significantly correlated with and adoption of farmers towards improved Aquaculture practices of Rohu.