Reeling double returns: Punjab’s shrimp farmers crack two-harvests-a-year formula

Around six years ago, a handful of farmers experimented with beginning cultivation in February, harvesting the first crop in May, when shrimp is scarce in the market, and then raising a second crop during the conventional June-to-September season. Around six years ago, a handful of farmers experimented with beginning cultivation in February, harvesting the first crop in May, when shrimp is scarce in the market, and then raising a second crop during the conventional June-to-September season.