... chain is increasing, and that conversely, the influence of small-scale farmers is declining. Nonetheless, small-scale farmers are expected to have a significant role to play in ensuring the ... compliance by offsetting transactional and operational costs for adopting and maintaining BMPs. Such business units will also contribute and compete successfully in emerging value chains in the future, ... along the lines of the successful NACSA shrimp farming BMP experience in the Andra Pradesh region of India. Such an arrangement will provide practical, cost-effective means of adoption and implementation...