The exponentially increasing human population and the
critical food supply have engaged the efforts of man in exploring
the various avenues of food production and its augmentation
to meet the requirement. This is being accomplished through
the introduction of high yielding varieties of food and cereal crops,
application of fertilisers and expansion of areas of cultivation in
the agriculture front and introduction of quick-growing, quickmaturing
and quality livestock along with the husbandary and
managerial principles. In the fisheries sector, the production is
being increased by means of modern technology of fishing,
establishment of processing and other infrastructural facilities
and recently through wider application of aquacultural activities
