Vijayawada, July 18 -- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today urged the union government to adopt policy measures to stabilise the prices of raw materials used in shrimp feed production, highlighting that the sharp increase in input costs is severely affecting aqua farmers and seafood exports.
During a meeting with union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the Chief Minister's Camp Office here, the Chief Minister said the aquaculture sector provides livelihoods to lakhs of farmers, workers, processing units, exporters, hatcheries, feed manufacturers and several allied industries.
"Even a minor disruption in feed availability has a direct impact on aqua farmers' livelihoods and export performance," he informed her. Refe...