A significant number of people in rural Odisha depend on fisheries and animal husbandry for livelihood and income generation. Fisheries and Animal Resources Development sector acts as a key player in multiplying farmers’ income in the state, said Ranendra Pratap Swain, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment, Fisheries and ARD.
As a measure of educating farmers on enhanced production and productivity through the adoption of modern technology in fisheries and animal husbandry sector, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development department is organising a state-level ‘Matsya Pranee Samavesh Odisha (MPSO-2024)’. Swain said that the Samavesh with the theme ‘Multiplying Farmers’ Income through Fisheries and Animal Husbandry’ shall be held for three days from February 16 to 18 at Janata Maidan.