Crustacean Culture Division of CIBA, Chennai conducted a six days hands on ‘Training on Shrimp and Mud Crab Aquaculture: A practical exposure’ from 20th to 25th September 2021 for beginners in brackishwater crustacean farming particularly shrimps and crabs. Dr. K.P. Jithendran, Director, ICAR-CIBA, inaugurated the training programme and briefed about the importance of offline training…
Dr. B.M.K. Reddy, Chairman, Andhra Pradesh State Biodiversity Board visited ICAR-CIBA during 20-21 September, 2021. During the welcome speech Dr. K.P. Jithendran, Director, CIBA broadly narrated the mandate and activities of CIBA, and the Chairman explained the biodiversity act and activities of state biodiversity boards and interacted with HOD/Scientist In-Charges of different Divisions/Sections on biodiversity…
ICAR-CIBA, Chennai celebrated Hindi Week during 14 – 20 September 2021 to promote use of Hindi as official language. During the week, Hindi noting, drafting, translation, singing and quiz competitions were organized. Dr. K.P. Jithendran, Director, CIBA, released the 7th issue of annual Hindi magazine “Jal Tarang”, inaugurated ‘Saransh’ digital notice board with dedicated television…
Coastal fishermen communities’ main occupation is fishing and selling of fish in the nearby fish market. The monthly income, varied from Rs. 4,000 to 8,000, is not sufficient for them to meet out their requirements. In coastal areas mostly fish wastes are dumped nearby seashore and backwaters and the environment gets polluted. The villagers were…
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…