Rice fish culture

Integrated Rice and Fish Farming:- Growing rice with fish. Integrated fish farming provides the option for getting extra income along with main crop (rice).

Advantages of Integrated Rice and Fish Farming:- The following are the advantages of integrated rice and fish farming.

·    Farmers can get extra income from rice-fish culture along with main crop yield.

·    controls insects which are harmful to paddy (rice).

·    reduces the risk of crop failure.

·    useful in controlling weeds.

·    increase the production,  stir up soil nutrients helpful for rice crop.

 Disadvantages of Integrated Rice and Fish Farming:- The following are the disadvantages of integrated rice-fish culture.  

·    requires restricted use of pesticides.

·     requires more water than paddy (rice) cultivation alone.

·     requires more labour then paddy cultivation alone.