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Dairy, Live Stock

Dvara E-Dairy will provide Milky Mist farmers with technological solutions like the SSFA and cattle specific recommendations and DSI

Tamil Nadu based Milky Mist, one of the largest milk aggregators and a leading dairy brand in South India, has partnered with Dvara E-Dairy Solutions to provide new-age technology solutions to its over 60,000 dairy farmers across the 13 districts in Tamil Nadu. Milky Mist procures approximately 6 lakh litres of milk daily from these farmers to produce an array of dairy products. It is known to convert all the milk procured into value-added products.

Through this partnership, the company aims to augment the milk yield and production capacity of the farmers and improve their livelihood through the adoption of new-age technologies like Artificial Intelligence that Dvara E-Dairy is pioneering.

Dvara E-Dairy will provide Milky Mist farmers with technological solutions like the Surabhi Score for Financial Access (SSFA) and cattle specific recommendations & Dvara Surabhi Index (DSI) to help them manage their cattle’s health and adopt scientific methods to improve their procurement volume and enhance their income from dairying.  

Commenting on this collaboration, Dr K Rathnam, CEO of Milky Mist, said, “The Artificial Intelligence (AI) based app developed by Dvara E-Dairy Solutions to monitor, assess and correct feeding practices of dairy cattle is going to be a game-changer for the Indian dairy industry, with positive consequences of impacting sustainable income to the milk producers and social upliftment. Milky Mist is happy to collaborate with Dvara E-Dairy Solutions to help small dairy farmers increase their income and scientifically manage dairy.”

Dvara E-Dairy will provide Milky Mist farmers

Bee keeping

As part of the project, rural women will be selected from Sitarganj, Kotabagh, and the towns of Almora and Ranikhet and trained in beekeeping

FMC India, a leading agricultural sciences company, has announced a collaboration with Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GB Pant University) to develop entrepreneurship among rural women through beekeeping, as a means to generate sustainable income for their families and raise their living standard.

Named Project MadhuShakti, is a first-of-its-kind innovative sustainable development initiative in India. The project, spanning three years, is planned for the rural area of Uttarakhand, located in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountain range, where there is an abundant source of natural herbs and flora useful for honey production. Approximately 53 per cent of the population in Uttarakhand lives in hills and mountains, out of which 60 per cent falls below the poverty line.

Ravi Annavarapu, President, FMC India, said, “Our objective with Project MadhuShakti is to transform the lives of rural families by empowering women in agriculture with sustainable business opportunities. We place sustainable agriculture at the center of our commitment to support farmers who maintain a safe and secure food supply, while protecting the environment for future generations.  The success of this project will not only encourage women farmers in India to see beekeeping as a fruitful endeavor, but also address the global concern around safeguarding pollinator populations under intensive agriculture.” 

As part of the project, rural women will be selected from Sitarganj, Kotabagh, and the towns of Almora and Ranikhet and trained in beekeeping. The produce from the farmers’ beehives will be procured by the university’s Honey Bee Research and Training Centre (HBRTC) through a revolving fund set up to facilitate payment to farmers and market products from the hives. The project will also closely monitor pollinator behaviour, generating a wealth of scientific knowledge that will benefit beekeepers across the country.

Other goals of the project include promoting good agronomic practices that lead to the safe and judicious use of pesticides while keeping honeybees safe.

In a biodiverse state like Uttarakhand, the potential of beekeeping remains untapped. The state currently produces only 12,500 metric tons of honey. This figure is expected to grow significantly under the aegis of a program like MadhuShakti.

As part of the project, rural women

Acquaculture, Agrotech, Live Stock

Discussions were held on Neoteric Techniques and Technologies in Fisheries and Aquaculture

Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India recently organised a webinar on ‘Neoteric Techniques and Technologies in Fisheries and Aquaculture’. The event was presided over by Jatindra Nath Swain, Secretary, Department of Fisheries (DoF), Government of India (GOI) and well-attended by more than 350 participants including fishers, farmers, entrepreneurs, officials of Department of Fisheries, GoI and fisheries officials of different States/UTs, faculties from state agriculture, veterinary and fisheries universities, scientists, hatchery owners, students and stakeholders from aquaculture industry across the country.

In his inaugural address, Union Secretary Fisheries, Shri Swain highlighted the growth and development of fisheries sector over the recent years and added that there is ample scope and need of expansion and diversification of Indian fisheries and aquaculture with the help of advanced technologies. He further requested the scientists and entrepreneurs to motivate farmers and develop innovative ways for increasing profits, decreasing input cost, species diversification and increasing the production and productivity of fish species and commercialize these techniques. 

Sagar Mehra, Joint Secretary (Inland Fisheries), in his opening remarks, briefly highlighted that GOI is promoting scientific methods, innovations and infusion of modern technologies by providing financial assistance under various schemes which can benefit fishers and farmers of the country using latest techniques and the need of research and development in focus areas.

The webinar began with the welcome address by Sanjay Pandey, Assistant Commissioner, DoF along with introduction of the theme of the Webinar and the distinguished panelists, Jatindra Nath Swain, Secretary, Sagar Mehra, Joint Secretary (Inland Fisheries) along with Dr AP Sharma, Former Director, ICAR-CIFRI and Dr L Narasimha Murthy, Senior Executive Director, NFDB and other participants. 

During the technical session, Dr AP Sharma, Former Director- ICAR CIFRI made a comprehensive presentation on ‘Technological trends in fisheries and aquaculture’ focusing on the reproductive innovations, productivity trends, molecular technologies, along with commercially viable trends like RAS, biofloc technology, coldwater fisheries, ornamental fisheries, multi trophic aquaculture, aquatic health management, genetics and biotechnology along with future technologies highlighted the importance of investing in good quality fish feed for ensuring high quality fish is produced and reared. 

Dr L Narasimha Murthy, Senior Executive Director, NFDB gave an insightful presentation on ‘Training & Capacity building on new technologies in fisheries and aquaculture’ and highlighted the significance of skill & capacity building of fishers/fish farmers for building a pool of skilled workforce in the Aquaculture activities. 

After the presentation, a session sharing the success stories was also held and stories highlighting the success aquaculture ventures were presented by the Department of Fisheries, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh which served as motivation of the participants. This was followed by an open discussion forum with the participants, led by Sagar Mehra with Dr AP Sharma and Dr L Narasimha Murthy, focusing on real-time successful techniques being invented and practiced by fish farmers accross the country. The forum also provided an opportunity to the participants to ask relevant questions and queries about benefits under various schemes run by the GoI. 

The webinar concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by Dr SK Dwivedi, Assistant Commissioner, DoF.

Discussions were held on Neoteric Techniques and

AgroPolicy, Trade

33 GI agricultural products from 12 states were displayed at the fair

Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) launched a variety of millet products for all age groups at affordable prices ranging from Rs 5 to Rs 15 at the AAHAR food fair.

All the millet products launched by APEDA are gluten-free, 100 per cent natural and patented. The launched products are cream biscuits, salt biscuits, milk biscuits, ragi peanut butter, jowar peanut butter, jowar upma, pongal, khichadi and millet malts (jowar, ragi, bajra).

APEDA also launched a variety of “Millet in Minutes” products under the category of Ready-to-Eat (RTE) such as Upma, Pongal, Khichadi, Noodles, Biryani, etc, which is a breakthrough in the food sector as it’s the first RTE millet product in the market to cater fast-paced world at their convenience in a healthy way.

All the RTE products are vacuum processed without any additives, fillers and preservatives. Nutrition value is retained as original with a shelf-life of 12 months in ambient temperature.

The APEDA is also working in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare to increase cultivation area, production and productivity of millets, including bajra, jowar and ragi.

The 36th edition of AAHAR was jointly organised by APEDA and the India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) at Pragati Maidan. In view of the nutritional value of the millets, the government has notified millets as nutri-cereals in April, 2018. The millets are a rich source of protein, fibre, minerals, iron, calcium and have a low glycemic index. In March, 2021, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has declared 2023 as International Year of Millets.

In line with the theme of APEDA’s pavilion, – ‘To promote GI products for export’, the apex body to promote agricultural products put on display 33 GI agricultural products at AAHAR. The APEDA also released two booklets which include a catalogue on Agri and Food GI products (APEDA scheduled) and a brochure on Indian GI mangoes.

The 33 GI products which were on display to attract the attention of over 100 buyers from 40 countries are Punjab’s Basmati Rice, Karnataka’s Gulbarga Tur Dal, Maharashtra’s Sangli Raisin, Kolhapur Jaggery, Ajara Ghansal Rice, Sindhudurg & Ratnagiri Kokum, Vengurla Cashew and Waigaon Turmeric; Assam’s Boka Chaul, Joha Rice, Karbi Anglong Ginger; Manipur’s Chak-Hao and Kachai Lemon, Mizoram’s Ginger and Chilli, Sikkim’s Large Cardamom, Nagaland’s Naga Mircha, Kerala’s Navara Rice, Pokkali Rice, Kaipad Rice, Palakkadan Matta Rice, Himachal Pradesh’s Kala Jeera, Chulli Oil, West Bengal’s Gobindabhog Rice, Tulaipanji Rice, Bardhaman Sitabhog, Bardhaman Mihidana, Banglar Rasogolla, Rajasthan’s Bikaneri Bhujia and Odisha’s Kandhamal Haladi.

AAHAR is a part of the series of export promotion initiatives taken by APEDA, which works under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, to showcase agricultural and processed food products to the global players in the food and beverages industry as the fair is visited by a large number of importers from different parts of the world.

Apart from AAHAR, APEDA also organises national events like Organic World Congress, BioFach India, etc to promote agri-exports. Notably, more than 150 food and agri Products have been registered as GI by the GI Registry till March 2022, out of which 123 GI products fall under APEDA’s category.

Also, APEDA created dedicated stalls for exporters from North East Region (NER) and Himalayan states/UTs like Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, women entrepreneurs, Farmer Producers Organizations (FPOs), Start-Ups and exporters of millets and millets products. More than 40 participants participated under these categories and each category will have dedicated stalls in the APEDA pavilion.

33 GI agricultural products from 12 states

Company News, Finance

The EBITDA for Q4 was Rs 272 crore registering an increase of 20 per cent over Q4 of previous year

The Board of Directors of Coromandel International has approved the financial results of the company for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2022. The Board had declared an interim dividend of Rs 6.00 per share in February 2022 and was paid to the shareholders in March 2022. The board has now recommended a final dividend of Rs 6 per share for the financial year 2021-22.

The total income in Q4 was at Rs 4,294 crore compared to Rs 2,860 crore of same period previous year, registering a growth of 50 per cent over previous year. The EBITDA for Q4 was Rs 272 crore registering an increase of 20 per cent over Q4 of previous year. The PAT for Q4 was Rs 183 crore vs Rs 156 crore in Q4 of previous year registering a y/y growth of 17 per cent. The total income for the year ended March 31, 2022 was Rs 19,231 crore compared to Rs 14,231 crore of same period previous year, registering a growth of 35 per cent over previous year. The EBITDA for FY 21-22 was Rs 2,036 crore vs Rs 1,970 crore in previous year, registering an increase of 3 per cent over the previous year. The PAT for FY 21-22 was Rs 1,412 crore vs Rs 1,313 crore of the previous year registering a y/y growth of 8 per cent.

The EBITDA for Q4 was Rs 272 crore registering

Agrotech, Company News

AGCO is planning to hire talented professionals in both its IT and precision Ag & Digital organisations

AGCO Corporation, Your Agriculture Company, a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural machinery and precision Ag technology, is initiating a Digital Capability Center in Bengaluru.

AGCO is planning to hire talented professionals in both its IT and precision Ag & Digital organisations. This Digital Capability Center (DCC) will leverage India’s talent pool and diverse ecosystem of start-ups and academia to conceptualise, develop, and test innovative capabilities that accelerate its technology modernisation and digitisation journey.

Deloitte India will provide end-to-end support to set up this center in Bengaluru.

“India has the right talent ecosystem for this global Digital Capability Centre, and we are confident it will help us continue to lead the industry as a trusted partner for industry-leading, smart farming solutions,” said Daniel Zapf, VP, Chief Information Officer, AGCO. He adds, “We believe that our association with Deloitte India will incubate and rapidly scale our digital capability center and attract the best technology talent for AGCO. This strategy will help us accelerate our farmer-centric transformation globally.”

Deloitte India is excited about the possibilities of this centre. “India is a critical and pivotal link in the global talent and services supply chain of global organisations. AGCO’s presence in India will further boost Agri-Tech talent in this talent market. We are excited to partner with AGCO in their journey and to help AGCO realise their strategic goals and objectives,” said Ravi Mehta, Partner, Deloitte India.

AGCO is planning to hire talented professionals

Environment, North America

DCPA is an herbicide applied to control grasses and certain broadleaf weeds in both agricultural and non-agricultural settings

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a notice of intent to suspend (NOITS), which when effective, will prevent the sale, distribution, and use of the technical-grade product containing the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA).

EPA is issuing this NOITS for DCPA because AMVAC, the sole registrant, has not provided the full complement of data the Agency required it to submit over nine years ago. Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the registrant is required to submit data to support the continued registration of this product. Due to the registrant’s long-standing failure to respond to EPA’s requests for necessary data, the Agency is unable to fully evaluate the risks associated with DCPA.

DCPA is an herbicide applied to control grasses and certain broadleaf weeds in both agricultural and non-agricultural settings. Agricultural use sites include cole crops (e.g., broccoli, kale, cabbage), cucurbits, tomatoes, onions, and herbs. Non-agricultural use sites include non-residential turf and ornamentals.

As required by FIFRA, EPA periodically re-evaluates pesticides through registration review to ensure that risk assessments and pesticide decisions reflect the best available science. Part of the registration review process is to identify risks of concern and to implement actions that can mitigate these risks. To ensure access to the needed data, the Agency notifies registrants of the data requirements through issuance of a FIFRA Data Call-In Notice (DCI).

DCPA is an herbicide applied to control

Environment, Finance, World

The first-quarter EBITDA excl. special items was posted at $1,346 million

Leading crop nutrition company Yara has posted first-quarter operating income of $1,039 million compared with $322 million a year earlier.

The first-quarter EBITDA excl. special items was posted at $1,346 million, compared with $585 million a year earlier. Net income attributable to shareholders of the parent was $944 million ($3.71 per share) compared with $13 million ($0.05 per share) a year earlier.

Yara’s industry fundamentals are robust, as the twin challenges of resource efficiency and environmental footprint require significant transformations within both agriculture and the hydrogen economy. Yara’s leading food solutions and ammonia positions are well placed to both address and create business opportunities from these challenges.

The first-quarter EBITDA excl. special items was

AgroPolicy, Allied Industry, Bee keeping



The conclave was organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and National Bee Board

The National Conclave on Wild and Forest Honey was recently organised by TRIFED in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers the Welfare and National Bee Board. Arjun Munda, Minister of Tribal Affairs, virtually addressed the conference.

The conclave was organised in conjunction with the National Bee Board (NBB) as a part of the campaign of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare’s ‘Kisan Bhagidari, Prathmikta Hamari.’

Supported by the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) & National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), the objective of this National Conclave is to create awareness about the production of forest and wild honey and of the tribals engaged in honey gathering.

R Jaya, MD, TRIFED and Addl Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Dr Geetha Meetina, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Dr Prabhat Kumar, Commissioner, Horticulture, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare also graced this conclave with their presence. The event was also attended by members of Honey Farmer Producer Organisations who shared their experiences in the seminar.

The second half of the conclave featured technical sessions on topics like honey bee colony and floral honey; production of wild and forest honey; wild honey collection and wax processing and capacity building of tribal communities in beekeeping.

The conclave was organised in collaboration with

Finance, Machinery - Pre-harvesting, Machinery – Post-harvesting

Tractor Junction plans to use the funding from Info Edge Ventures and Omnivore for launching physical stores for used tractor transactions across Northern India.

India’s leading rural vehicle marketplace, Tractor Junction, announced today that it has raised a USD 5.7 million Seed round co-led by Info Edge Ventures and Omnivore. Existing investors AgFunder GROW Impact Fund and Rockstart AgriFood Fund also participated in the round, alongside angels including Vikram Chopra & Mehul Agrawal – the co-founders of Cars24, Vellayan Subbiah & Arun Venkatachalam from the Murugappa Group, and Sanjiv Rangrass.

Tractor Junction is India’s largest digital marketplace to buy, sell, finance, and insure new and used tractors, farm equipment, and rural commercial vehicles. Despite the steady pace of agricultural mechanization, Indian farmers who want to buy rural vehicles have to navigate information opacity, unfair pricing, and a lack of trusted sources for smooth transactions. Dealers also struggle to reach their target customers, appropriately price used vehicles, and liquidate exchange inventory. Tractor Junction is revolutionizing the rural vehicle space by providing necessary information and vetted reviews on farm machinery, enabling users to compare shortlisted options, and bringing transparency in pricing.

Based in Noida, Tractor Junction was founded in 2019 by Animesh Agarwal, Rajat Gupta, and Shivani Gupta. Animesh, an IIM Shillong alumnus, was previously leading the North India operations of Cars24, and earlier in his career worked for Mahindra’s farm equipment business across sales, channel development, digitisation, and strategy roles. 

 In December 2021, Tractor Junction acquired rival marketplace TractorGuru (the second-largest farm machinery portal), further strengthening its leadership in this space. Tractor Junction plans to use this funding for talent acquisition, development of financial services, and launching physical stores for used tractor transactions across northern India.

Rajat Gupta, Co-Founder of Tractor Junction, said, “The rural vehicle ecosystem is at the cusp of a digital revolution and our team at Tractor Junction are excited to tackle the opportunity that lies ahead. We are humbled to have the confidence of marquee investors like Info Edge and Omnivore who bring vast experience of building scalable businesses.”

Kitty Agarwal, Partner at Info Edge Ventures, said, “The used tractor and farm equipment market is highly unorganized with a lack of established sales channels. As a result, farmers struggle with access to quality information and inventory for a relatively high value purchase.  Tractor Junction is bringing convenience, transparency, and affordability to the farm equipment buying process, thus empowering farmers and creating a winning ecosystem for all stakeholders.”

Jinesh Shah, the Managing Partner of Omnivore, observed, “By clearing the haze of information asymmetry, Tractor Junction is empowering smallholder farmers with access to valuable data and affordable high-quality farm vehicles. Tractor Junction will have a far-reaching impact on farmer profitability, and we at Omnivore are thrilled to support this journey.”

Tractor Junction plans to use the funding

Agro chems – Pesticides

Orchestra is a new Japanese technology for effective Rice Brown Plant Hopper (BPH) management with excellent safety for beneficial insects

Nichino India, a subsidiary of the Japanese agrochemical company Nihon Nohyaku Co, has announced the launch of insecticide Orchestra in the Indian market in a special launch event held in Hyderabad.

Orchestra is a new Japanese technology for effective Rice Brown Plant Hopper (BPH) management with excellent safety for beneficial insects.

Speaking on the occasion, Tomooka Naohiro San, Managing Director, Nichino India explained that the launch of this unique product will stand as testimony to good bilateral cooperation in the fields of innovation & manufacturing technologies between India and Japan. He further explained that the products are developed through joint research by company in Japan and India and will be made available in both Japan and Indian Markets. He also revealed that the company is planning to produce more such products by taking inspiration from Make in India initiative by the Government of India.

DG Shetty San, Director & COO, stated that Orchestra is the first product based on the Novel technology BPX that was developed through research held for more than ten years.

Revealing the future plans of the company Hemant Singh San, National Sales Manager, said “We are aiming to launch 3 new innovative actives this year which are meant to solve some devastating pest problems of Indian farmers.”

Orchestra is a new Japanese technology for

Environment, Nature, Sustainability

The one-day event felicitated farmers who supported and worked with Agoro Carbon Alliance

Agoro Carbon Alliance recently organised the Agoro Carbon Alliance Kharif Summer Season Launch event at Randoli, Karnal in Haryana. Over 150 farmers including farmers associated with Agoro Carbon took part in the event.

The event was organised to recognise the efforts of the farmers, their families, and channel partners who have worked with Agoro Carbon and have assisted them at every step of the way in promoting sustainable carbon farming.

Anastasia Pavlovic, COO, Agoro Carbon Alliance, Agoro Carbon Alliance Prithviraj Sen Sharma, MD and Country Head of Agoro Carbon Alliance India, Dr Yebin Zhao, Global Agronomist, Agoro Carbon Alliance, Giulia Sartori, Carbon Project Developer Expert, Agoro Carbon Alliance, Shaara Rahim, Strategic Advisor to the CEO, and Dr Sudarshan Dutta, Lead Agronomist, India, Agoro Carbon Alliance took part in the event.

The event witnessed the launch of the Agoro Carbon Mitra programme by Pavlovic. A team from the local Punjab and Haryana-based YCNCs (Yara Crop Nutrition Centres), along with office bearers from Yara Fertilisers, were present at the event.

Pavlovic honoured Saroj Kalra as Agoro Carbon Mahila Kisan, an initiative launched at the event to give women farmers a platform to empower them with knowledge of sustainable and carbon farming practices.

The one-day event felicitated farmers who supported

Agro Universities

The wheat variety called ‘PBW1Chapati’ has been released at the state level in Punjab for cultivation under timely sown irrigated conditions

Researchers have developed a wheat variety, with excellent baking quality having soft and sweet chapatis. The wheat variety called ‘PBW1Chapati’ has been released at the state level in Punjab for cultivation under timely sown irrigated conditions.

The wheat breeding team from Punjab Agricultural University have developed a new variety using marker-assisted selection for a linked stripe rust and leaf rust gene Lr57/Yr40 in the PBW175 background. They have retained the chapati making parameters by testing the segregating materials using various biochemical tests during the development of the variety. 

The development of end product-specific and biofortified wheat germplasm was earlier on the breeding periphery and it got a great push from the Department of Science and Technology PURSE grant under the theme SWASTH BHARAT. It paved the way for consolidating the various gene pools for different traits to develop a viable commercial product with a focus on quality breeding. Thus, it enabled a shift from productivity-oriented technologies to those focused on nutritional enhancement along with yield. Wheat lines emerging out of convergent crosses and possessing a novel combination of high zinc, low phytates, high carotenoids, low polyphenols and high grain protein content have entered the varietal pipeline. 

Supported by the Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence(PURSE) grant, the thermocycler machine was used to monitor the presence of a linked stripe rust and leaf rust-resistant gene — ‘Lr57/Yr40’ in the segregating generations and the final selected progenies. Equipment like rheometer (determine the flour viscosity) and doughLAB (determines water absorption of flour, dough development time and other dough mixing parameters) purchased under the PURSE funding helped carry out post-harvest quality analysis of the selected progenies.

The variety ‘PBW1Chapati’ aims to fill this void at the commercial level owing to good chapati quality, sweet in taste and soft in texture. The colour of the chapati is comparably white and it remains soft even after hours of baking.

The wheat variety called ‘PBW1Chapati’ has been released

Acquaculture, Agro Universities, Live Stock

The feed mill will look into different feed ingredients for the Fish Feed preparation

Jatindra Nath Swain, Secretary (Fisheries), Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India inaugurated the Mobile Feed Mill (CIFE Model) developed by the FNBP Division, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, Maharashtra. Swain stressed the capacity of Mobile Feed Mill and the use of the different feed ingredients for the Fish Feed preparation.

Dr Joykrushna Jena, Deputy Director General (Fisheries Science), ICAR; Dr C Suvarna, CEO, National Fisheries Development Board, Hyderabad; Dr Ravishankar CN, Director, ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai; Dr NP Sahu, Joint Director, ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai; Dr Parimal Sardar, HoD, FNBP Division, ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai and Principal Scientists, FNBP Division, ICAR-CIFE participated in the event.

Dr Sikendra Kumar, Scientist, ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai underlined the features of the Mobile Feed Mill having capacity of making 40 kgs Pelleted Feed per Hour. He stated that the Mill developed under the Tribal Sub Plan Scheme will cater to the need of the marginal farmers for making feed using the available ingredients with them at the pond site itself of the tribal farmers. This will enhance the aquaculture productivity of the farmers.

The feed mill will look into different