BOOK SUMMARY OF COASTAL AQUACULTURE IN INDIA POVERTY, ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL
LIVELIHOOD
The book, after depicting the global and all-India Picture on aquaculture,
examines the diverse impacts of coastal Aquaculture in Orissa where shrimp
Farming is a leading economic activity. It observes that there has been shift in
occupation from Rice Cultivation and capture Fishing to shrimp aquaculture.
Shrimp farming has played an important role in Employment generation and a Rise
in per capita income; and has thus led to decrease in dependency on Agriculture
and artisan fisheries for food and income. On the other hand, it has led to
Environmental degradation. It has not also