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Agrotech, Supply Chain

Eyes pan India Expansion

North-India based, BL Agro, has now expanded its horizons to South India. Rooted in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, the company has been on an aggressive market expansion mode since the beginning of this year and has since ventured into states of Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and now Karnataka. In the state, Bengaluru is the first city the company has zeroed in to set its base, given the market demand and opportunities.

 

In Bengaluru, the company has tied up with two super stockists and has deployed its team to ensure ‘Nourish’ products are readily available in the retail market. The company wishes to penetrate and mark its presence across mom-n-pop stores, supermarkets and wholesalers in the city. The products can also be purchased from the company’s website nourishstore.co.in. 

 

Ashish Khandelwal, MD, BL Agro says “We have gained and retained the trust of consumers in Northern India, and this forms the very foundation of our expansion to Southern part of the country starting with Bengaluru. I am confident that our food products brand ‘Nourish’ that promises wholesome nutrition, will gain the same goodwill as our signature legacy mustard oil brand Bail Kolhu”.

 

Sanjeev Tripathi, National Head, BL Agro says “Our foray into Karnataka market is a part of our strategy to expand our footprint in the Southern part of India, and soon we will expand our reach to Goa and Hyderabad market. As a part of the Healthy India Campaign, we remain committed to offering the best of the grains available across India using the best and latest technology through our brand Nourish and Bail Kolhu.”

 

BL Agro plans to market its brand ‘Nourish’ in Bengaluru through a series of ATL and BTL activities. The company had recently announced a marketing push worth Rs 150 crore to fuel the expansion plans of the company and drive aggressive growth pan-India. 

Eyes pan India ExpansionNorth-India based, BL Agro,

AgroPolicy, Interaction

The agriculture minister highlighted the efforts made by India in preserving the agro-biodiversity

Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar recently chaired the 11th Meeting of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Agriculture Ministers. The Ministers of Agriculture from Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa deliberated virtually on the theme “BRICS Partnership for Strengthening Agro Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Security”. B

BRICS brings together the major emerging economies of the world, hosting 41 per cent of the world population, contributing 24 per cent of the world GDP and over 16 per cent share in world trade.

The agriculture minister highlighted the efforts made by India in preserving the agro-biodiversity by establishing and maintaining the National Gene banks for plants, animals, fish, insects and agriculturally important microorganisms at different respective bureaus. India is actively promoting the diversification of its agri-food systems through countrywide programs such as pulses, oilseeds, horticultural crops, National Bamboo Mission and the recently launched National Palm Oil Mission. The objective of these programmes is to increase the income of the farmers along with providing diversification in both farm and plate.

Tomar said that on the initiative and proposal of India, the United Nations has declared the year 2023 as the International Year of Millets and preparations are being made to celebrate the International Year of Millets at the global level. Tomar informed that the BRICS Agricultural Research Platform has been created to promote cooperation in agricultural research and innovations and its implementation has been started.

The Ministers expressed their intention to make the BRICS Agriculture Research Platform developed by India functional and encourage research cooperation to improve the use and application of agricultural technologies for meeting the needs of producers and processors. BRICS Agriculture Research Platform (BARP) will promote cooperation in the areas of agricultural research, extension, technology transfer, training and capacity building.

After the meeting, a Joint declaration of the eleventh meeting of BRICS Agriculture Ministers covering a wide range of focus areas for future cooperation amongst BRICS countries and the Action Plan for 2021-24 for agricultural cooperation of BRICS countries and BRICS Agriculture Research Platform were adopted. These documents were discussed in depth in the Meetings of BRICS Agricultural Experts and BRICS Working Group on Agriculture at the senior officer’s level.

Given the potential for the BRICS nations to collaborate in furthering the cause of agrobiodiversity for food security and nutrition, it has been proposed to include ’Conservation and promotion of agrobiodiversity for nutrition and sustainability’ as a focus area for collaboration in the Action Plan 2021-2024 for Agricultural Cooperation of BRICS Countries.

The agriculture minister highlighted the efforts made

Agrotech, Environment, Water

The proposal sent to the Union Minister for Jal Shakti involves AI-based solutions for mapping artificial groundwater recharge structures

Green Sheen Environment Foundation (GSEF), a non-profit organisation that focuses on promising technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and sensors for a sustainable impact on the earth’s natural wealth and resources, has proposed to the government an ambitious rainwater harvesting plan along the national highways.

 

The proposal, which involves AI-based solutions for mapping artificial groundwater recharge structures, revitalising existing ponds and creating a database of all water bodies in the country by geo-tagging them, was submitted to Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.

 

Meanwhile, GSEF will be hosting a webinar on September 15, in collaboration with the National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti, on ’The Melting Peaks,’ which will focus on the use of AI and innovation for better understanding and predicting of glacial lake floods.

 

During the seminar, to be held next month, GSEF experts will speak about how they can offer AI-based solutions to overcome the challenges faced in the water sector. The keynote speaker will be G Asok Kumar, Additional Secretary & Mission Director, National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti along with the profound team of GSEF.

 

“Our population has quadrupled while water extraction has increased six-fold. Twelve per cent of India’s population is already living the ’Day Zero’ scenario, thanks to excessive groundwater pumping, an inefficient and wasteful water management system and years of deficient rains,” says Chintan Mehta, Founder and Chairperson, Green Sheen Environment Foundation, and President of Chicago-based Scad Consultants.

 

Mehta said that GSEF’s Technology Lab, in collaboration with AI-based organisations like SCAD-AI, research-based organisations and academic programmes, will help to analyse data and introduce new approaches for stronger conservation efforts.

 

GSEF has proposed that rainwater harvesting structures (RHS) could be set up along India’s national highways, which stretch over thousands of kilometres across the length and breadth of the country.

 

Taken together, India’s national highways, state highways, major district roads and other roads add up to about 33,00,000 km. Of these, the national highways are about 67,000 km.

 

According to GSEF, by connecting the roadside channels, about 400,000 litres of water can be collected from one km of a four-lane highway in an hour where there is average rainfall. It involves diverting, filtering, storing and artificial recharge.

The proposal sent to the Union Minister

IT, Logistics, Start ups, Supply Chain

The platform will enable the redistribution of value chain gains to farmers

Samunnati recently launched an integrated Blockchain, AI and ML platform centered around the FPOs and farmer members. The platform will enable the redistribution of value chain gains to farmers. The blockchain is co-powered by the University of Hyderabad, Samunnati, Synchrony, and Social Education Economical Development Society. 

 

Anil Kumar SG, Founder and CEO, Samunnati, opened the virtual event with a welcome speech. He explained how the information asymmetry in the value chain is not on account of lack of data but rather from the end of the institutions not having the capability to understand the information that is already available. 

 

The keynote address was provided by Dr GR Chintala, Chairman, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). Dr Chintala said “The BlockChain technology is going to be a game-changer and it integrates the input suppliers, the farmers, pesticide and fertiliser suppliers, the credit suppliers, insurance and logistics, equipment hirers, the processors, warehouse managers and so many more. Everybody in the supply chain can log into the platform and gain benefits from the initiative. The FPO need not go anywhere, the data is available on the platform, which makes it very easy for them to submit all the returns.”

 

Professor Vijay Marisetty from the University of Hyderabad and the co-founder of Inclusive Growth Chain launched the blockchain at the event. Blockchain platform would bring transparency, reliability by reducing the risk of bias and corruption between Agricultural intermediaries. It is a one-stop solution for a farmer looking for easy and faster financial support with minimal/no paperwork, from the comfort of one’s own home.

 

Through blockchain technology, the transparency for all involved stakeholders improves, and it also facilitates the collection of reliable data. From the beginning till the end of the product’s life, blockchain can record every step in a product’s value chain. The reliable data of the farming process is essential for developing data-driven facilities for making farming more efficient and less vulnerable. From the beginning till the end of the product’s life, blockchain can record every step in a product’s value chain. 

 

The blockchain will connect farmers with vendors, food processors, and packaging firms, allowing buyers and sellers to interact without an intermediary in a secure and trusted environment. It will also eliminate the requirement for intermediaries to be paid out of farmers’ margins, thereby increasing their profit portion. Besides, it will improve asset traceability, accurate data on farmers’ input requirements to input suppliers, and inventory data to output providers.

 

Pravesh Sharma, Director, Samunnati Agro, closed the event with the message that the technologies like blockchain will help structure various financial services products which can bring a lot of comprehensiveness to engage with the FPOs.

 

The platform will enable the redistribution of

Dairy, IT

Union Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Minister launches web version of the application

Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying launched the web version of the NDDB-developed e-GOPALA application and IMAP web portal at NDDB, Anand in presence of Meenesh Shah, Chairman, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).

 

The e-GOPALA platform helps farmers manage their livestock including buying and selling of disease-free germplasm in all forms (semen, embryos, etc); informs about availability of quality breeding services (Artificial Insemination, veterinary first aid, vaccination, treatment etc) and guides farmers for animal nutrition, treatment of animals using appropriate ayurvedic ethnoveterinary medicine. There is a mechanism to send an alert (on the due date for vaccination, pregnancy diagnosis, calving etc) and inform farmers about various government schemes.

 

NDDB’s IMAP web portal is meant for geographical presentation of project coverage featuring INAPH (displays state as well as district wise animal registration coverage against animal population), PSK Service (displays ticket status against various services i.e. animal registration, artificial insemination, pregnancy diagnosis, calving, vaccination, animal treatment & follow-up), NAIP(Geographically displays GoI initiated projects related to artificial insemination) and NADCP (Geographically displays GOI initiated projects related to Animal disease control). This portal will also facilitate real-time checking of coverage and progress of various projects and government schemes.

 

Rupala said that NDDB-developed e-GOPALA provides real-time information to dairy farmers for better productivity of dairy animals. NDDB is promoting technology-driven activities for milk producers. He further said that agriculture and allied activities play an important role in doubling the income of farmers. The minister stated that increasing the yield of milch animals will automatically increase farmers’ income. 

 

Shah also briefed the minister about the dairy cooperative movement, achievements of NDDB-implemented National Dairy Plan Phase I, Rashtriya Gokul Mission projects, enhancing the productivity of milch animals, NDDB’s manure management & Solar initiatives, integrating beekeeping with dairy cooperatives, formation of FPOs, building ICT based information network and other innovative activities of the Dairy Board. Discussions were held on ways to extend the dairy sector’s growth and improve the livelihood of milk producers. 

 

Union Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Minister

Agro chems – Pesticides, IT

The user-friendly platform empowers farmers to upload or scan pictures, enabling timeous risk management and prevention

Corteva Agriscience has launched a new mobile application (app), Corteva FarmFundi, which provides a digital pest and disease identification guide for farmers across Africa and the Middle East (AME). Once threats are accurately identified using the app, farmers can consult with Corteva’s expert crop scientists and local agronomists for treatment recommendations via e-mail or the web links provided.

 

Linda van der Merwe, Marketing Lead, Corteva Agriscience. “Our collaboration with Plantix allows us to combine the very best of innovative mobile farming technology with the keen insights and vast expertise of our technical teams; helping to mitigate potential impacts to livelihoods and food security.”

 

The user-friendly platform empowers farmers to upload or scan pictures, along with a short description of symptoms and accompanying notes, enabling timeous risk management and prevention. Experts are also able to update and transfer the latest information on new, emerging pests and trends in real-time.

 

“The best part is that Internet access is required for downloading the app as well as subsequent updates, but essential information can be accessed offline,” said van der Merwe. “This is an important feature for users who do not have access to a quality mobile connection while out in the field.”

 

“We are delighted to be able to provide our cutting-edge technology solution while partnering with Corteva; making it accessible to a broader range of users across new regions,” says Rob Strey, Co-Founder and CTO, Plantix.

 

The Corteva FarmFundi app is available for download (at no cost )from the Apple iOS and Google Android App stores in English, Swahili, Afrikaans, and French, and Arabic.

 

With the increasing demand for healthier, quality food, against the backdrop of COVID-19, the Corteva FarmFundi app also delivers on Corteva’s sustainability commitments; ensuring progress for generations to come. 

 

 

The user-friendly platform empowers farmers to upload

Agrotech, Machinery - Pre-harvesting

The company has also launched Mahindra Boroblades with the product and supplied as spares

Mahindra & Mahindra’s Farm Equipment Sector has introduced a new heavy-duty rotavator, the Mahindra Mahavator in six states – Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Tamil Nadu.  

 

While the new Mahindra Mahavator can be used in all kinds of soil conditions, it is specially designed for hard soils and to deal with hard crop residues like that of sugarcane and cotton. It can efficiently crush soil clods and finely pulverise soil for healthy plant growth. Designed and developed with best-in-class technology from Mahindra’s R&D centres in India and Europe, Mahindra’s rotavators are tested across the country in different field conditions, to ensure suitability and reliability. 

 

Mahindra has joined hands with Mahindra Finance to bring convenient and attractive loan schemes to offer loans up to Rs 85,000 on a rotavator depending on the variant. 

 

Mahindra has also launched high durability rotavator blades branded Mahindra BoroBlades. These are both fitted on factory manufactured rotavators and are supplied as spares through our network of dealers and spares retailers.

 

Kairas Vakharia – Senior VP, Farm Machinery, M&M said, “ With the introduction of the Mahindra Mahavator, we at Mahindra aim to extend our leadership in light soil rotavators to that of the heavy-duty segment. The new Mahindra Mahavator will be retailed through our network of over 500 Mahindra Tractor dealers across six states.”

The company has also launched Mahindra Boroblades

Agro Universities

Dr Deepak Mittal, MD, Sonalika Group, International Tractors and Kiranjeet Kaur Gill, Progressive Farmer of Ludhiana has been appointed for three years

Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has appointed new members to its management board. The Governor of Punjab has appointed Dr Deepak Mittal, MD, Sonalika Group, International Tractors and Kiranjeet Kaur Gill, Progressive Farmer of Ludhiana as Members of the Board of Management of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, for three years. 

 

Dr Mittal has been appointed in the capacity of Industrialist/ Businessman associated with agricultural development, in place of Anoop Bector, MD, Cremica Industries. Gill has been appointed as a non-official member in the progressive farm women category and replaces Manjit Kaur of Samrala. 

Dr Deepak Mittal, MD, Sonalika Group, International

Agro Universities, Agrotech

Potential trajectories for new technology that synergises computer science, biopharma, tissue engineering and food science were assessed

A recent study led by Penn State researchers in the US has concluded that the development of cellular agriculture — food grown in factories from cells or yeast — has the potential to either accelerate socioeconomic inequality or provide beneficial alternatives to the status quo.

 

They assessed the potential trajectories for a new technology that synergises computer science, biopharma, tissue engineering and food science to grow cultured meat, dairy and egg products from animal cells and/or genetically modified yeast.

 

The entities that currently are best positioned to capitalise on these innovations are large companies, according to researcher Robert Chiles, assistant professor of rural sociology, College of Agricultural Sciences.

 

Over the past decade, scholars have explored a broad spectrum of socioeconomic and ethical questions of this technological approach, noted Chiles, who is a research associate at Penn State’s Rock Ethics Institute. However, Chiles explained, this scholarship has done little to explore the types of mechanisms that might facilitate a more just and equitable development of this sector.

 

To assess cellular agriculture’s potential trajectories, Chiles and colleagues attended 11 cellular agriculture and alternative economic organisation events held around the US over two years, interviewing key experts at those conferences and summits, asking how they think the industry will develop and should develop. Likewise, the researchers collected data from an additional 21 conferences online.

 

The study’s findings affirm the argument for increased public investments in open-source research and education on cellular agriculture, particularly for community and household-level production.

 

Potential trajectories for new technology that synergises

Dairy, World

Since 2010, Lactalis has grown through approximately 60 deals, expanding its global footprint in the Middle East, Africa, and North and South America

Rabobank in its recently published annual Global Dairy Top 20 report for 2021 has revealed that French firm Lactalis has outpaced long-time industry giant Nestlé as the world’s biggest dairy player.

 

According to the Rabobank report, Lactalis’ attention to organic growth, as well as its dedicated global M&A strategy, has propelled the company from ninth place in 2000, with a turnover of 4.8 billion, to the dominant position in 2021, with a turnover of $23 billion, an increase of more than 370 per cent since the start of the century. Since 2010, Lactalis has grown through approximately 60 deals, expanding its global footprint in the Middle East, Africa, and North and South America.

 

Lactalis’ pending acquisition of the Kraft Heinz natural cheese business and Groupe Bel’s Royal Bel Leerdammer, Bel Italia, Bel Deutschland, and Bel Shostka Ukraine, which have a combined annual turnover of about $2.5 billion, will extend the company’s lead in the next year’s ranking, Rabobank predicts.

 

As per the report, Nestle’s repositioning was foreshadowed in 2019 when it sold its US-based ice cream business to Froneri, narrowing the gap between the two companies to $1.1 billion. Since Nestle’s estimated 2020 dairy-related turnovers of $20.8 billion represents a solid 60 per cent increase compared to the start of the century.

 

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) retains the third position while Danone stays on the fourth, as compared to 2020.

Since 2010, Lactalis has grown through approximately

Acquaculture, Interaction

Knowledge was shared among the farmers on Murrel fish and how to go in for sustainable farming techniques

Biofloc Bharat recently conducted a workshop on Biofloc fish farming in the Vijayapura district of Karnataka. The event was supported by the district administration as well as the Department of Fisheries, Government of Karnataka. This endeavour of Biofloc Bharat’s was sponsored by Growel Feeds.

The workshop was held in two sessions. The first session was held at Hotel Town Palace and post-lunch all attendees and distinguished guests were taken to Biofloc Bharat’s facility project to witness the harvesting of Murrel fish (snakehead) from Biofloc tanks.

Meaningful insights were shared about Biofloc fish farming. Technical aspects of Biofloc technology were simplified for all the participants who seemed curious to know more about the novel method of fish farming. The advantages of Biofloc fish farming and best management practices were also discussed.

Commander PC Dash (Retd) from Biofloc Bharat informed the farmers about various government schemes and policies on Biofloc fish farming. Schemes under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana(PMMSY) were emphasised upon.

Dr Rajshekhar Williams, Joint Director in Agriculture Department, Government of Karnataka was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Shripad Kulkarni JD fisheries, Belagavi was the guest of honour. Dr S Vijayakumar, Prof. & Head FRIC, Bhutnal, Vijayapura explained about Biofloc fish farming to the farmers in the Kannada language. Shrisail Ganganalli, the Deputy Director of Fisheries, in charge of the Vijayapura District of Karnataka also addressed the farmers. Dr KN Prabhudeva, Ex-Director of Extension & Prof & Head FRIC, Hebbal, answered queries raised by the inquisitive farmers.

Ramesh H Metri, Siddappa M Hegadyal and Raj Ahmed M Hullur, the successful Biofloc fish farmers from Bijapur district explained their farming experience and urged other fish farmers to migrate to this new technology as it is more sustainable.

Gautam Bhandari from Growel Feeds attended the event and attended the queries raised by farmers. A lengthy Q&A session was held.

During one of the sessions, a tank was completely drained out of the water and well-grown Murrel fishes were revealed which was a centre of attraction throughout the day. The farm located in the interiors of Vijayapura district is one of the most remote locations of Biofloc Bharat. The team had to deal with frequent power cuts and water shortages too. During the construction of the farm, there were delays due to the covid pandemic challenges.

After the first successful culture, farm owners Ramesh Metri and Sidappa Hegadyal decided to install and manage 50 more tanks under the guidance of Biofloc Bharat.

Knowledge was shared among the farmers on

Agro chems – Fertilizers, North America, R&D

Meristem’s New REVLINE HOPPER THROTTLE™ with NewLeaf’s Patented Terrasym® is first fruit of teamwork

 

 NewLeaf Symbiotics® (NewLeaf) and Meristem Crop Performance Group, LLC announced a new strategic alliance designed to efficiently bring new biologicals to more farmers faster. Under the new relationship, Meristem and NewLeaf will work together to make this yield-enhancing technology reliable, accessible and easy-to-use.

First of the new products to be released under the agreement is Meristem’s REVLINE HOPPER THROTTLE™, powered by Terrasym®. It’s a nutrition enhancer featuring azospirillum, micronutrients and NewLeaf’s Terrasym technology in an 80/20 combo of talc and graphite. Terrasym®, in hundreds of replicated trials across four years, has proven the ability to improve germination, enhance nutrient uptake, build larger root mass and boost more consistent stands in corn and soybeans.

 Mitch Eviston, Meristem Founder and CEO said, “Better market access will pull even more innovation, such as the natural corn rootworm biocontrol product NewLeaf is planning to release in 2023, pending regulatory approval.”

Eviston points to the fact that NewLeaf has drawn great attention to this need for sustainable solutions and raised investor capital from big global players like Koch Disruptive Technologies, Sabic, and S2G as evidence of their quality as a development partner. “From the start,” he says, “it’s been our intent at Meristem to provide this sort of direct pipeline for cutting-edge products that need a clear and honest shot at proving their worth on more acres. They have the wherewithal to help us build those new solutions.”

 “NewLeaf has invested significant time, energy, and dollars into validating Terrasym® technology across large-scale operations,” says Matt Helms, NewLeaf Chief Commercial Officer.

Terrasym® is the first in a new class of biologicals that infuses plants with naturally-occurring pink pigmented facultative methylotrophs (PPFMs). Since discovering Terrasym®, NewLeaf has launched pipeline products for corn, soybeans, and peanuts, with a variety of additional crop targets on the horizon including tomato, rice, and cannabis. Meristem and NewLeaf are already at work on field trials of other products in the pipeline, including a corn rootworm bio control coming for the 2023 crop season as an alternative to harsher chemicals.

 

Meristem’s New REVLINE HOPPER THROTTLE™ with NewLeaf’s

Agro Universities

A total of 51 farmers and farm women from the different clusters of villages of South Andaman attended the programme

The ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute (CIARI), Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands recently organised the Kisan Gosthi on National Programme on ’Food and Nutrition for Farmers’ at the Krishi Vigyan Kendras of Andaman & Nicobar Islands & Regional Station, Minicoy.

The Chief Guest, Dr Debasis Bhattacharya, Head of Department, Animal Science Division, ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair stressed the need for overcoming malnutrition and the causes of other deficiency diseases. The programme was organised under the guidance of Dr EB Chakurkar, Director CIARI, Port Blair.

In his keynote address, Dr Y Ramakrishna, Principal Scientist & Head, KVK, Port Blair emphasised the need for better food and nutrition for farmers who are the backbones of the nation.

The Progressive Farm Woman, Meenakshi from Indira Nagar and DN Madhu from Chouldari Village of South Andaman District shared their experiences and the benefits derived due to the adoption of technologies supported by the ICAR-CIARI and ICAR-KVKs in providing food, nutrition and social security.

A total of 51 farmers and farm women from the different clusters of villages of South Andaman attended the programme.

The programmes organised at the KVK Nimbudera, KVK Nicobar and Regional Station, Minicoy registered total participation by 32, 15, and 21 farmers respectively.

A total of 51 farmers and farm

Acquaculture, Agro Universities

The technology was developed by the ICAR-CIBA’s Kakdwip Research Centre

The ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Fisheries, Government of Andhra Pradesh for the technology transfer of a cost-effective hatchery and seed production technology of brackishwater catfish (Mystus gulio), an important species for aquaculture diversification. The technology was developed by the ICAR-CIBA’s Kakdwip Research Centre.

 

The technical guidance on hatchery design, construction and seed production were provided for the production of the first batch of Hatchery-bred Seeds on July 16, 2021, and nursery reared for 40 days. The farmers were distributed with the hatchery-produced seeds by Simhadri Ramesh Babu, Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), Avanigadda, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh recently.

 

Babu emphasised that by taking up the culture of M. gulio, the small scale farmers can yield good profits.

 

Dr KP Jithendran, Director, ICAR-CIBA, Chennai accentuated the positive impact of the cost-effective Hatchery Seed Production Technology of M gulio on the brackishwater aquaculture diversification and a make-in India technology for employment generation among the coastal families of West Bengal, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

 

The Joint Director (Fisheries), Krishna District and Deputy Director of Fisheries, Government of Andhra Pradesh were also present during the occasion.

 

The technology was developed by the ICAR-CIBA’s