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Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Information and Broadcasting, Dr. L. Murugan, visited the crab harvest mela at ICAR-CIBA demonstration site, Pulicat lake in Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu on 18.09.2021. Fattening of crabs is an economically viable livelihood activity for coastal families who have access to water crabs from…

The ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture launched a novel initiative of ‘student and farmer custodian’ for the trees planted in the office campus in connection with the Nation-wide campaign on Poshan Vatika and  tree plantation to celebrate the India sponsored UN declaration of International Year of Millets 2023 on nutri-garden and tree plantation on 17th…

ICAR-CIBA organized a Farmers-Scientists-Industry interaction meet titled “Brackishwater aquaculture species and system diversification” in virtual mode on 1st September 2021 to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of India’s Independence (Bharat Ki Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav 2021-22). The event had about 124 participants, including aqua farmers, technicians, entrepreneurs, researchers, students etc. In his inaugural, Dr. K.P. Jithendran,…

Kovalam Experimental Station (KES) of ICAR-CIBA, which spreads on 64 acres of land in the Muttukadu backwaters, was recently (22nd May 2021) inaugurated by Dr. J. K. Jena, DDG, Fisheries, ICAR, in the presence of Chief Guest Shri. J. Jayakanthan, IAS, Commissioner of Fisheries, Tamil Nadu.  This newly acquired land is being converted into a brackishwater…

Dr.Pravin Puthra, Assistant Director General (Marine fisheries), Indian Council for Agricultural Research, visited the brackishwater aquaculture research and development farm of Navsari-Gujarat Research Centre of ICAR-CIBA, located at Matwad Village, Navsari, Gujarat on 29th August, 2021 and reviewed the on-going activities. The ADG held interactions with women SHGs who were involved in nursery rearing of…