Integrated fish cum pig farming system for enhancing farm income in Assam

An experiment was conducted with the objective of developing a suitable strategy of low cost integrated fish cum pig farming system. The research study was carried out at the fish farm of College of Fisheries, Raha, Assam to evaluate the productivity of fish cum pig integration. Among the treatment tanks, maximum fish yield was reported in treatment TP₂with the recorded value of 3034.76 kg in pond size of 0.50 ha compared to treatment TP₁ (2795.59 kg) and TP₃ (2939.30 kg). Among fish species, highest growth rate was recorded for grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) with a total harvested weight of 1142.40 kg followed by silver carp (Hypopthalmichthys molitrix) which attained 694.40kg of harvested weight among all the treatment ponds. The live weight among the pigs were reported to be highest in the Hamshire × Doom Pig (H-D) cross with a total meat production of 2047 kg. Integrating fishes with pig resulted in significant higher annual cash flow thus increasing yield, income and diversified food production.