Tripura’s fish farmers ride a wave of pond-to-table supply chains
The state that once imported fish from Bangladesh now exports it — and the ponds keep multiplying.
Tripura, which once imported fish across the Bangladesh border, has reversed the flow: the state now meets its own demand and ships surplus to the rest of the region.
The turnaround rests on thousands of small ponds — many dug by women’s self-help groups — and a hatchery network that supplies quality fingerlings.
Fish farming has become the state’s most reliable rural income after rubber.