By making 22 ponds in 10 bighas, they are producing around 800 quintals of fish a year and doing a business of over crores.
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Father Chandra Bahadur Chaudhary started fish farming along with paddy in one/two grahas. A decade and a half ago, the government had just introduced a plan to attract farmers to fish farming. Hariram Chaudhary of Bedkot Municipality-6 Ghursuwa was teaching at Janjyoti Multipurpose Campus in Mahendranagar along with working in a non-governmental organization after completing his master's degree in management from Dehradun, India.
The income also started to increase after increasing the fish farming which started from the paddy field. After that, Hariram tried to cultivate fish in three bighas where he was cultivating paddy and wheat. The business which has now not only become a source of income for Hariram, has also become his identity.
After his father's death in 2072, he took over the fish farming business. Now they are doing business of more than crores annually. He is doing fish farming by making 22 ponds on 10 bigha land. They produce about 800 quintals of fish a year.
'The investment is also high, the income is also good,' said Hariram, 'From sawdust to grain, it is very expensive and not easily available, so the cost of production is very high.' Now he is keeping pangas, common carp and other fish. His fish, which earns more than 3 million a year from fish farming, is consumed in the local market. Traders come to buy at the pond itself.
He has been producing fish for twelve months and said, 'It has more income than rice and wheat.' Hariram says that the risk is also the same.
According to him, even after production, there is a problem of not getting the price for the Indian fish. He said that it is not possible to compete because the production price is higher compared to Indian fish. Even now, Hariram complains about the illegal entry of Indian fish into the market.
'Farmers can be more attracted if there is an arrangement to get fish sawdust and fodder easily and at an affordable price,' he said, 'but now the farmers who don't work get the subsidy, this also needs to be improved.' He said that although there has been some improvement compared to the past, there are still many problems. Choudhary says that there should be strictness in the matter of completing all customs procedures from quarantine to fish imported from India. Two weeks ago, the fish traders of Kailali and Kanchanpur requested the Gaddachouki Customs Office and the Animal Quarantine Office to strictly follow the necessary procedures.
They have complained that the local produce is not getting the market because of the fish coming from India. Hariram is teaching MBBS to his daughter Bhumika from fish farming. Bhumika has been studying MBBS in Nepalgunj Medical College, Kohalpur for three years. His brother Manish is also studying 'AI' in Kathmandu.
