Oyster farming by women self help groups At Wadatar,Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra State
2017
Practical dissemination of bivalve farming technologies
in the potential maritime locations of Sindhudurg district
was undertaken by ICAR-CMFRI. Initially a demoyster
farm was setup in Wadatar, in Sindhudurg District
under the UNDP-GEF funded project “Demonstration
of bivalve farming at Sindhudurg District in the State
of Maharashtra”. The training and demonstration for
oyster farming was given to the Self Help Groups-SHG,
“Prasidhi” consisting of 10 members. Five hundred
strings containing 7,000 numbers of oysters were
harvested. Each string consists of 10-15 live oysters. Live
oysters were sold at the rate of Rs. 150-200 per dozen.
A total profi t of Rs.45,000 was realized. This successful
case study can be used as a case manual for group action
for bivalve farming technology.
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