Distribution of Phytoplankton and Periphyton in the Shallow Rice-Fish Fields of Arunachal Pradesh, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-236
Author(s):  
Mamta Awasthi
Keyword(s):  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
Rice Fish

scholarly journals Potentiality of Periphyton-based Aquaculture Technology in Rice-fish Environment

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 624-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. Saikia ◽  
D. N. Das
Keyword(s):  
Common Carp ◽  
Stocking Density ◽  
Fish Culture ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
Gut Content ◽  
Common Carp Cyprinus Carpio ◽  
Feed Source ◽  
Rice Fish ◽  
Supplementary Feed

Periphyton is being used traditionally as rich aquatic feed for fishes throughout the countries like Cambodia, West Africa, Srilanka, India and Bangladesh. In waterlogged rice environment, it can be judiciously utilized as feed source introducing periphytophagous fish. Studies supported rice straw as suitable substrate for periphyton growth. The study of gut content of Common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) from a periphyton-based rice-fish culture system in Apatani Plateau of Arunachal Pradesh, India showed maximum of 60 genera of microflora and fauna with periphytic in nature. The farmers from this rice-fish culture practice are gaining an average fish production of 500kg ha-1 180 day-1 without employing any supplementary feed. Better selection and determination of appropriate stocking density of periphytophagous fish in waterlogged rice-fields might extend the rice-fish culture towards a sustainable and self-substrating periphyton based aquaculture (SSPBA) practice. Keywords: Periphyton; Sustainable agriculture; Rice-fish; Self-substrating; Common carp; Apatani plateau. © 2009 JSR Publications. ISSN: 2070-0237 (Print); 2070-0245 (Online). All rights reserved. DOI: 10.3329/jsr.v1i3.2114              J. Sci. Res. 1 (3), 624-634 (2009) 

scholarly journals Rice-Fish Culture and its Potential in Rural Development: A Lesson from Apatani Farmers, Arunachal Pradesh, India

1970 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
SK Saikia ◽  
DN Das
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Fish Farming ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
Farming Practice ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Rice Fish ◽  
Supplementary Feed

Rice-based fish farming, though, inevitable as a mean of double crop production from the unit land, is often proves as cost-effective practice for marginal and poor farmers. The lack of adequate knowledge and support to farmers keep them away from the benefits of rice-based fish farming. The novel technique adopted by Apatani farmers in Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh, India reduces the knowledge gap to achieve optimum benefit from such farming practice. The farmers enjoy a fish production of 500 kg per hactor per year without providing any supplementary feed to the fish stocked in their rice-fields. The economic return of the farmers was estimated up to 65.8% per annum from their rice-fish integrated fields. The system of rice-based fish farming by Apatani farmers has, therefore, bears immense potentiality to be recognized as low cost and sustainable farming practice and could be a significant breakthrough for poor and marginal farmers of the rest of the World.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jard.v6i1.1667J Agric Rural Dev 6(1&2), 125-131, June 2008

Periphyton in rice–fish culture system: A case study from Arunachal Pradesh, India

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 316-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.N. Das ◽  
S.K. Saikia ◽  
A.K. Das
Keyword(s):  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Mountain Valley ◽  
The Past ◽  
System A ◽  
Fish Feeds ◽  
Rice Fish ◽  
Supplementary Feed

AbstractThe farmers of the Apatani tribe in Arunachal Pradesh, India have been raising a concurrent crop of fish successfully in their mountain valley rice plots for the past 40 years. They follow indigenous rice agronomy, ignoring the use of fertilizers, pesticides and even supplementary feed for the fish reared in the system. However, the yield levels of fish, ranging from 250 to 500 kg ha−1season−1, clearly support the role of other available resources within their wet rice fields. The investigation revealed that the rice itself provided the substrates for colonization and growth of periphyton. The colonized periphytic contents (1406–13513 no. cm−2 stem−1) on rice stems and other natural fish feeds within the system seem to have direct effect in this regard. The Apatani technique of rice–fish integration may be considered as one of the periphyton-based aquaculture (PBA) systems which deserve further research attention.

The Subaltern Speak- A Study On The Culture Of The Arunachalis With Special Reference To Mamang Dai’s The Legends Of Pensam

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
Ms. Cheryl Antonette Dumenil ◽  
Dr. Cheryl Davis
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Small World ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
Shared History ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Insight Into

North- East India is an under veiled region with an awe-inspiring landscape, different groups of ethnic people, their culture and heritage. Contemporary writers from this region aspire towards a vision outside the tapered ethnic channel, and they represent a shared history. In their writings, the cultural memory is showcased, and the intensity of feeling overflows the labour of technique and craft. Mamang Dai presents a rare glimpse into the ecology, culture, life of the tribal people and history of the land of the dawn-lit mountains, Arunachal Pradesh, through her novel The Legends of Pensam. The word ‘Pensam’ in the title means ‘in-between’,  but it may also be interpreted as ‘the hidden spaces of the heart’. This is a small world where anything can happen. Being adherents of the animistic faith, the tribes here believe in co-existence with the natural world along with the presence of spirits in their forests and rivers. This paper attempts to draw an insight into the culture and gender of the Arunachalis with special reference to The Legends of Pensam by Mamang Dai.

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