Archive · 18 Aug 2025
UP Farmer Transforms Life with Successful Fish Farming
In Uttar Pradesh, a farmer named Aslam Khan switched from growing bananas to raising fish in 2018.
He started small, but now he's a big success, with many ponds and a business selling fish seeds.
He's helped by the government to do this.
He has already sold a lot of fish this year, and has created jobs for others.
He learned from other fish farmers, and he's planning to help even more farmers by forming a farmer group.
A farmer in Uttar Pradesh transitioned from banana farming to fish farming in 2018.
The farmer, Aslam Khan, now supplies fish seeds to over 350 farmers.
Khan's fish farms currently span eight acres with 24 ponds and two nurseries.
He has stocked 3 lakh Pangasius fish seeds this year, with 162 tonnes of fish already sold.
Khan attributes his success to support from the state fisheries department.
- Who
- Aslam Khan and other farmers
- What
- Fish farming success transforming lives of farmers
- When
- Since 2018
- Where
- Uttar Pradesh, India
- Why
- To improve income and promote government schemes.
- Farmer's Name
- Aslam Khan
- Location
- Barabanki, UP
- Initial Land (2018)
- 27,000 sq ft
- Current Land
- 8 acres (24 ponds)
- Fish Type
- Pangasius and Indian major carp
- Farmers Supplied
- Over 350
- Employment Provided
- At least 10 people directly