Constraints in Adoption of Recommended Technologies of Composite Carp Culture in Assam Among the Beneficiary Fish Farmers under Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (APART) - A Perceptual Framework

The study was conducted in five agro-climatic zones of Assam among the beneficiary fish farmers of the Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (APART) under the fishery sub component to determine the fish farmers’ apparent problems in adopting recommended composite carp culture practises. By means of random sampling, a illustrative sample of 180 fish farmers from each of the agro-climatic zone of Assam covering five districts from each zone were chosen. Using a five-point Likert scale, respondents’ degrees of agreement with thirty-two recognized constraints in the implementation of proposed composite fish production technologies were assessed. To determine farmers’ perceptions, the average score of amounts of compliance to constraints was explored and the lack of cheaper fish feed (4.59) was identified as the largest constraint, followed by a lack of irrigation facility to maintain water level in pond (4.37). Using factor analysis, eight constraints were identified and grouped under situational and market-related constraints, techno-economic constraints, planning and policy-making constraints, socio-economic constraints, climatic and management constraints for suitable strategies formulation.