Improvement in food resources
1)
Poultry need to be protected from various diseases
caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites and nutritional deficiencies,
through proper treatment, sanitation and vaccination.
2)
In fish production, both the finned true fish as well
as shellfish are obtained from marine or fresh water through capture fishing or
culture fishery.
3)
India’s marine fishery resources are the vast
coastlines and extensive seas; the freshwater resources are canals, ponds,
reservoirs and rivers whereas the brackish water fishery resources are
estuaries and lagoons.
4)
In India, marine fishes such as pomphret, tuna,
mackerel and sardines are located through satellites and echo sounders and
captured using fishing nets.
5)
Marine fish farming of high economic value fishes like
mullets, oysters and prawns are done in sea water.
6)
Fresh water fish production is mainly carried out
through aquaculture.
7)
Composite fish culture system is used commonly for
fresh water fish farming. In this system, five or six fish species with
different food habits are farmed together in a single pond, so as to increase
the yield of fish.
8)
Since high quality fish seed is not always available,
fish are nowadays bred using hormonal stimulation, thus ensuring continuous
supply of the seed.
9)
Bee-keeping is a low investment activity carried out by
farmers to obtain honey and wax.
10)
Apis cerana
indica, Apis dorsata and Apis florae are
the Indian bee varieties whereas Apis
mellifera is an Italian variety used for commercially producing honey.
11)
The availability of sufficient amount of pasturage as
well as the type of flowers decides the quality of honey.
