Ranchi, May 30 -- The government's thinking in Jharkhand is to build model ponds for fish farming in every block _ every panchayat. Not only this, fish farming will be done through cage culture methods in all the dams across the state. The objective of the department is to get ahead of Andhra Pradesh in the race of blue revolution. For this, a target of producing 10 metric tons of fish in one hectare has been set in the next 5 years. At present, only 3 metric tons of fish is being produced in one hectare, said Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Cooperative Minister Shilpi Neha Tirkey while inaugurating the state's first Jharkhand Matsya Mahotsav at Tana Bhagat Indoor Stadium in Khelgaon, Ranchi on Thursday.
The Minister said that such an ev...