Covid-19 Opens up domestic market for Indian shrimp.

COVID-19 pandemic presents both a challenge and an opportunity to the Indian shrimp sector. With revitalizing the institutional arrangements and redirecting the focus, the Indian shrimp industry can flourish just by adapting to the needs of the local demand, even when the export prospects are uncertain. This paper takes a historical perspective of Indian shrimp farming and exports and suggests a domestic alternative/supplementary market for Indian farmed shrimp, resulting from COVID-19. • COVID -19 lockdowns adversely impacted the shrimp exports from India. • India stares at a huge loss in shrimp exports in both quantitative and value terms. • The health emergency threw the food and agricultural markets in Inda, out of gear. • Institutional support, organizational structural changes and innovative marketing are keys to domestic market development. • The crisis provides an opportunity to build the domestic market for shrimp in India [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]