Respected Sir,
As the title itself indicates there is a close interrelationship between the food security and the sustainable aquaculture. The increasing population along with the increased income of the people would definitely cause increased demand for food, particularly of the hygienic food in the developed and developing countries. As such, the demand for overall agricultural produce is been increasing.
Agriculture itself can’t provide the basic need to fulfill the consumerist attitude of ‘consumption of food’. Because most of the developed countries are in shortage of food production as they have much concentrated on the manufacturing sector. Nearly 60 percent of the developed countries area much bothering about the payment for import of food, which has been earned through the trading activity. The economic devastation in one way or the other is very much linked with the food crisis. Thus, both for developing and underdeveloped countries, the supply chain of food would be of great importance and an opportunity to reap the fruits of food crisis.
The improvement of aquaculture not only promises to feed the hungry mouth, but also promotes the nutrients for better health practices. Aqua-industry is an immense prospective for growth of economy, if it been harvested, maintained and marketed properly. It would be of great potential of generation of employment too. Concerned Governments should take initiative to explicit the policies and programmes related to the aquaculture, thereby providing subsidies, training, marketing, transport, warehousing etc., to improve the sustainability of fishing activity. As such, the sustainable attitude with respect to the aquaculture results in emphasizing employment, generation of income and overall development of socio-economic aspects of a nation.
Thanking you.
Sincerely yours,
Dr. R. SHASHI KUMAR M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Principal Researcher: India-EU Trade and Investment Relations(UGC, New Delhi)
Project Director: Inclusive Growth in India (ICSSR, New Delhi)
Department of Economics
Bangalore University
Bangalore-560 056
Karnataka State, India
Shashi Kumar