a major source of livelihood for the country’s poorest, small fish inhabit rivers, floodplains, ponds in india

according basins beels behera besides bijay brahmaputra bureau census chunk declining defined depend earn economic ecosystems engaged equivalent fields fisheries fishers floodplains food freshwater ganga genetic important income indigenous inexpensive inhabit kilogram kilograms lakes length livelihood livelihoods livestock lowland marshy million minerals national number nutrition ornamental paddy people ponds poorest provides recent research resources richest scientist security senior source species stake streams studied tanks traditional vanishing vitamins water wetlands