Archive · 4 Sep 2025
Assam Farmers Boost Incomes with World Bank Prawn Project
Imagine farmers in Assam who grow fish.
They started adding freshwater prawns to their fish ponds.
The prawns are worth more than the fish they usually raise.
This project, funded by the World Bank, helped farmers learn how to raise the prawns.
It increased their profits without making them spend more money.
The farmers earned much more money than before.
Because of this success, more farmers are now raising prawns, and the government plans to expand the project to help even more people.
A World Bank-funded project introduced freshwater prawn farming to Assam.
The project targeted 475 farmers across six districts.
Farmers saw their net average income increase by replacing bottom-dwelling fish with prawns.
The pilot project generated Rs 14.03 crore in revenue.
The program is expanding, and officials plan to incorporate freshwater prawn farming into upcoming projects.
- Who
- Farmers in Assam
- What
- Increased incomes by integrating freshwater prawns into traditional carp farming
- When
- 2021-2024 (pilot project)
- Where
- Assam, India
- Why
- To boost farmer incomes and aquaculture productivity.
- Project Duration
- 2021-2024
- Farmers Involved (Pilot)
- 475
- Districts (Pilot)
- Darrang, Goalpara, Kamrup, Nalbari, Nagaon, and Morigaon
- Prawn Production (Pilot)
- 77.87 metric tonnes
- Total Revenue (Pilot)
- Rs 14.03 crore
- Farmers Involved (Expansion)
- 464