Contribution of fish farming in farm household income and employment: a study of Kumaun hills of Uttarakhand

The study was conducted in the hills of Kumaun division of Uttarakhand to determine the contribution offish farming in the total farm household income and employment in the study area. Simple descriptive statistical tools were used to accomplish the objective of the study. The findings show that the fishery, from the average pond size of 0.014 ha water area, contributed nearly 4.56% of the total income earned by the fish farm households. Non-farm works were the main sources of the farmer's income contributed nearly 55.59% of the family income earned during the year. Per farm household's aggregate annual employment generation was estimated about 734 man days. The fish farming generated less than 5% of annual human labour employment on the farm which was quite less as compared to the employment generated through other on-farm and non-farm activities.