Batakrushna Sahu is an Indian farmer from

Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...

. He was conferred with the

Padma Shri The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...

in 2020 for his contribution in animal husbandry.

Biography

A farmer from Sarkana village of

Khordha district Khordha district is an administrative division of the state of Odisha, India. It was formed on April 1, 1993, by the division of former Puri District into Puri, Khordha and Nayagarh districts. In the year 2000 the district name was changed to K ...

, Sahoo started

pisciculture Fish farming or pisciculture involves commercial animal husbandry, breeding of fish, most often for food, in fish tanks or artificial pen (enclosure), enclosures such as fish ponds. It is a particular type of aquaculture, which is the controlled ...

in 1986. He trained many farmers in spawn production through traditional breeding methods. He did not get any financial help from the government. He also trained students from several colleges in

Awards

Sahoo was conferred with the

in 2020 for his contribution in animal husbandry.

References

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in "Others" Category Living people People from Khordha district Recipients of the Padma Shri in other fields 21st-century Indian farmers Year of birth missing (living people)