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Acquaculture, India

Stresses on creating a visible impact and forging close collaboration with state counterparts for disseminating farm-worthy technologies to farming community

Jatindra Nath Swain, IAS, Secretary, Department of Fisheries, MoFAHD, Government of India visited ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar and inaugurated the CIFA-GI Scampi hatchery cum nursery complex. He also visited the farm facilities and other infrastructure at the Campus. In his address to scientists and officers of the institute, he stressed creating a visible impact and forging close collaboration with state counterparts for disseminating farm-worthy technologies to the farming community. 

Swain exhorted that the Centre, state, entrepreneurs, and other stakeholders need to work cohesively towards sustainable development of aquaculture.

P K Sahoo, Director, ICAR-CIFA & National Professor briefed the progress of various dimensions of Freshwater Aquaculture research being conducted at the Institute.

Stresses on creating a visible impact and

India

Trade opportunities and way forward to upscale the export of GI and traditional bananas from India

ICAR- National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli and Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), New Delhi jointly organised a two-day consultative workshop on ‘Export of GI and traditional bananas: Present scenario, trade opportunities and way forward’ during 21-22 December, 2022 at Tiruchirappalli to upscale the export of GI and traditional bananas from India.

The Chief Guest, M Angamuthu, IAS, Chairman, APEDA, New Delhi appreciated the efforts of ICAR-NRCB, FPOs, and banana farmers’ efforts to conserve the GI and traditional bananas. He stressed the need to utilise the varietal diversity of bananas by using cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence, and precision farming for extending export to more than fifty countries shortly.

The Special Guest, C Samayamoorthy, IAS, Agricultural Production Commissioner praised Tamil Nadu for cultivating diverse, traditional banana cultivars resistant to various biotic and abiotic stresses.  He also assured the support of the Tamil Nadu State Government for promoting exports of bananas.

The Special Guest, Rajalakshmi Devaraj, IDAS, Addl DGFT, Chennai underlined that under the District Export Hub Program, 11 districts from Tamil Nadu were selected in which Tiruchirappalli district was identified for banana export.

V Geethalakshmi, Vice Chancellor, TNAU, Coimbatore stressed the importance of soil management by following strategies such as precision farming, micro-irrigation, and fertigation, etc.

K M Indiresh, Vice-Chancellor, UHS, Bagalkot informed that under One District One Product (ODOP) program, in Karnataka, two regions were identified for promotion of bananas particularly value added products.

V B Patel, ADG (Horticultural Science -II), ICAR, New Delhi urged to enhance the productivity and improve the quality of bananas.

While presiding the inaugural session R Selvarajan, Director, ICAR-NRCB, mentioned that value of banana exports tripled from Rs 430 crores to 1300 crores during 2018-2022 and there is a great opportunity to export GI tagged and traditional banana cultivars in view of increasing demand for those cultivars. He applauded the Sirumalai and delta region farmers of Tamil Nadu for cultivating and protecting the GI-tagged and traditional cultivars of banana.

On this occasion, six publications were released and three awards were conferred to different stakeholders in banana production system viz., Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd., Jalgaon, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu Banana Growers Federation, Thottiyam and Tamil Nadu Hill Banana Growers’ Federation.

More than 300 participants attended the export workshop and an exhibition was also organised wherein more than 100 varieties and landraces of bananas were displayed.

Plenary session of the workshop was held on 22 December, 2022. M K Shanmugasundaram, IAS, Development Commissioner, MEPZ,SEZ, Chennai was the Chief Guest and D K Agarwal, Registrar General, PPV &FRA, New Delhi and Alex Paul Menon, IAS, Joint Development Commissioner, MEPZ, SEZ, Chennai were the Guests of Honour.

Trade opportunities and way forward to upscale

AgroPolicy, India, Live Stock, Sustainability

An effort to strengthen ties with international institutes with the common goal of sustainable livestock production

Australia-India Council (AIC) sponsored two-day international workshop on “Sustainable Livestock Production under Impending Climate Change” has been organised at IVRI.

The inaugural session was started with the welcome address by the co-convener of the program Gyanendra Singh. He stressed the effect of heat stress on various aspects of animal health and production and strategies to ameliorate the heat stress in livestock by nutritional supplementation. Further he emphasised the importance of workshop, that it is an effort to strengthen the ties with international institutes with the common goal of sustainable livestock production under the ongoing climate change scenario.

S S Chauhan, Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne in Australia and the project’s principal investigator, stressed the importance of collaborative research in dealing with the effects of climate change on livestock production. He also talked about the necessity for applying genomic tools for identifying thermo-tolerant breeds specific for the localities and developing for sustainable production.

Triveni Dutt, the director of ICAR-IVRI, elaborates extensively on the steps required to ensure food security for the growing population, the involvement of the younger generation in collaborative research opportunities, and the inputs and efforts of ICAR-IVRI in various farmer awareness activities related to climate change. He also pointed out the importance of climate-smart livestock production and mass awareness of the impending climate change. The inauguration event concluded with a vote of thanks.

In the following technical sessions, the eminent speakers from India and Australia shared their knowledge on the impact of heat stress, advanced tools for the detection of heat stress and the ameliorative strategies for maintaining sustainable livestock production. The different approaches for ameliorating heat stress ie., adjusting the microenvironment, nutritional supplements and genetic modification of livestock were discussed.

The key speakers discussed about the development of climate resilient animals need better understanding of physiology of native cattle and buffalo breeds through genetic tools and clear understanding of global gene expression and proteomics profiling of cattle and buffalo in heat stress condition as well in their specific thermal comfort zone can pave the way to increase the production performance.

Further, the remote sensing for animal heat stress surveillance, the carbon foot print and the mineral supplementation for ameliorating heat stress were discussed. Through this workshop, the University of Melbourne in Australia and the ICAR-IVRI will continue to enhance and explore their bilateral research collaboration efforts that will benefit the students and researchers work toward sustainable livestock production.

Hari Abdul Samad, Scientist, P&C Division. More than 300 researchers and students from India and Australia actively participated in this hybrid-mode workshop.

An effort to strengthen ties with international

AgroPolicy, Foodgrains, India

NFSM-Nutri Cereals is being implemented in 212 districts of 14 states.

The Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha shared that the Government has planned to increase millets production and annually fixes target for the millet production. The crop-wise, state-wise and season-wise target of Nutri-Cereals for the year 2022-23 is annexed. For increasing the production of Nutri-Cereals under National Food Security Mission (NFSM) programme, the NFSM-Nutri Cereals is being implemented in 212 districts of 14 states. Under NFSM, assistance is given through state governments to farmers for interventions like cluster demonstrations on improved package of practices, demonstrations on cropping system, distribution of seeds of High Yielding Varieties (HYVs)/hybrids, improved farm machineries/resource conservation machineries/tools, efficient water application tools, plant protection measures, nutrient management/soil ameliorants, processing & post-harvest equipments, cropping system based trainings to the farmers etc.

The mission also provides support to Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) & State Agricultural Universities (SAUs)/Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) for technology back stopping and transfer of technology to the farmer under supervision of Subject Matter Specialists/Scientists. The research organisations are supported for undertaking research projects that can help enhancing production and productivity of food crops.

The State Governments can also promote cultivation of millets under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana – Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture & Allied Sector Rejuvenation (RKVY- RAFTAAR) with the approval of the State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) of the respective states.

NFSM-Nutri Cereals is being implemented in 212

Agro Universities, Agrotech, Allied Industry, India, Start ups

Under ABI project, ICAR- CIPHET Ludhiana is providing incubation facilities for selected technologies.

A MoA for incubation of groundnut processing was signed between ICAR-CIPHET and Samrat R Singh.

Agribusiness, the business sector encompassing farming and farming-related commercial activities which involves all the steps required to send an agricultural good to market: production, processing and distribution. But due to lack of awareness rural youth are not getting any benefit. Keeping in view the above facts, under ABI project, ICAR- CIPHET Ludhiana is providing incubation facilities for selected technologies.

Samrat R Singh from Ludhiana approached CIPHET for incubation facility of groundnut processing, as groundnut-based products are loaded with protein & fibre, antioxidant properties along with aids in preventing cancer, regulate blood sugar and being low fat makes it critically important for individuals on diets or people who have to enhance their overall health.

Nachiket Kotwaliwale assured him that all possible help will be extended for establishment of agribusiness unit and start-up after successful completion of incubation.

Nachiket Kotwaliwale (Director ICAR-CIPHET), with the CIPHET team including Ranjeet Singh (PI ABI), Renu Balakrishnan (I/c ITMU) and Alka Sharma (RA) were present on the occasion.

Under ABI project, ICAR- CIPHET Ludhiana is

Agro Universities, Agrotech, India, Live Stock, R&D

Multi-species facility which can be used for small scale slaughter of pigs, sheep and goat

ICAR – National Research Centre on Meat, Hyderabad develops Portable Meat Production and Retailing Facility – Multispecies (PMART-M). The facility was inaugurated by Dr BN Tripathi, Deputy Director General (AS), ICAR, New Delhi in presence of Dr SB Barbuddhe; Director, ICAR – National Research Centre on Meat, Hyderabad; Dr VK Gupta, Director, ICAR NRC on Pig, Guwahati; Mihir Sarkar, Director, ICAR – NRC on Yak and Dr Girish Patil, S, Director, ICAR – NRC on Mithun.

The facility is highly useful for small scale meat producers. It is a multispecies facility which can be used for small scale slaughter of pigs, sheep and goat. PMART-M has facilities for restraining the animal, stunning, hoisting, dressing above the ground, cutting, packaging and retailing. Further, solution for hygienic disposal of waste has also been provided. Entire waste can be put into the composters and biomethanation plant provided along with PMART-M. Biogas plant produced methane gas which can be used for singeing of the carcass and burning the gas stove.

The solid and liquid fertiliser provided may be used for soil enrichment. Guidelines of FSSAI and PCB have been factored-in while designing the facility. Patent application has been submitted for the invention.

Multi-species facility which can be used for

Agro Universities, Agrotech, India, Live Stock, R&D

MoU will be helpful for improving camel production system through promotion of its utility in biomedical research. 

The ICAR-National Research Centre on Camel, Bikaner and the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaborative research & development and exchange of knowledge.  

Artabandhu Sahoo, Director, ICAR-NRCC and Captain Sridhar Warrier, Registrar, IISc signed the MoU on behalf of the respective organisations.

Artabandhu Sahoo briefed about the present association of NRCC, Bikaner and IISc, Bengaluru on research program aimed at safer and more effective anti-snake venom development and emphasised on future collaborative research and development initiatives on “Camel Immunology” and “Climate-Resilient Phenomena” with IISc, Bengaluru. He said the MoU will be helpful for improving camel production system through promotion of its utility in biomedical research. 

Captain Sridhar Warrier stressed upon establishing an Educational Link with NRCC for expanding the scope of collaboration. He reiterated that the research on various aspects of camels by NRCC and at the global level shows the uniqueness of this species. 

MoU will be helpful for improving camel

Agro Universities, India, Sustainability

Himanshu Pathak addresses the workshop and puts emphasis on the need of technology backstopping to attain sustainability in farming

Secretary Himanshu Pathak, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR) inaugurated NIRD Cold Room on the occasion of One Day workshop on FPCs/FPOs activities of the district. The workshop was inaugurated by Minister-in-Charge Pradip Mazumdar, Panchayat and Rural Development, Government of West Bengal. Pradip Mazumdar, Minister-in-Charge Panchayat & Rural development of West Bengal appreciated the effort to conduct such workshop for FPCs/FPOs of the district and mentioned that FPCs are the future of farming community. He has also emphasised need of technology backstopping to attain sustainability in farming & schemes like Matir Sristi prokolpo and Krisak Bima Yojana which has played a vital role in development of farming community of the district.

Dr Pathak, while addressing the workshop stated to perceive the fullest potential of the FPCs/FPOs more technical skill-oriented training is needed. He has taken keen interest in convergence of line departments at district and state level and inter-state exposure visit of FPCs to expedite the control over their business. He appreciated the concept of Mrittika’ branding of FPCs/FPOs products by WBCADC-Krishi Vigyan Kendra Bankura.

Radhika Aiyar, District Magistrate Bankura, FH Rahman, Principal Scientist, senior officials of Govt of West Bengal and around 150 FPCs, FPOs, Farmers Group and SHG cluster members were present in the workshop.FH Rahman, Principal Scientist, ICAR-ATARI Kolkata while welcoming the Guests highlighted the need of FPCs/FPOs to attain sustainable livelihood and security at their end. He also explained the need of diversifying product items and creating innovative marketing channel.

Moumita Dey Gupta, Head of CADC-KVK Bankura briefed about the initiatives/activities taken to promote FPCs of the district.

Himanshu Pathak addresses the workshop and puts

Agri Genomics, Agro Universities, India, Pulses, R&D, Seeds

It will enhance productivity in the drought-prone areas of Central Zone consisting of Madhya Pradesh, Bundelkhand Area of UP, Chhattisgarh, Southern Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Gujarat, where terminal drought is a major problem

ICAR – Indian Agricultural Research Institute,  New Delhi in collaboration with its Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya  Jabalpur, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior and ICRISAT, Patancheru Hyderabad developed drought hardy and higher yielding chickpea variety ‘Pusa JG 16’ which will enhance productivity in the drought-prone areas of Central Zone consisting of Madhya  Pradesh, Bundelkhand Area of UP, Chhattisgarh, Southern Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Gujarat, where terminal drought is a major problem and sometimes leads to 50-100 percent loss of yield.

Pusa JG 16 variety was developed by using genomic-assisted breeding techniques that allowed the precision transfer of drought-tolerant genes from ICC 4958 in the parental variety JG 16. The drought tolerance of this variety was affirmed through national-level testing by the All India Coordinated Research Programme of Chickpea.

AK Singh, Director, ICAR-IARI emphasised that the ‘Pusa JG 16’ variety will be a boon for the farmers of drought-prone areas of Central Zone of the country. He congratulated the breeders and all the partners on this outstanding achievement.

ICAR-IARI Chickpea team led by C Bharadwaj, Principle Scientist in collaboration with Rajeev Varshney and Manish Roorkiwal from ICRISAT, Anita Babbar from JNKVV and Indu Swarup from RVSKVV developed the variety.

Bhardwaj emphasised that besides being highly drought tolerant, this variety is resistant to fusarium wilt and stunt diseases, having short duration maturity (110 days) and a yield potential of >2ton/ha under drought stress conditions over the recurrent parent JG 16 (1.3 ton/ha).

It will enhance productivity in the drought-prone

Agrotech, Environment, India, Sustainability

Data products and services of RISAT-1A satellite now available for the user community

Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (I/C) Science & Technology; Minister of State (I/C) Earth Sciences; Minister of State PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, today formally released the data products and services of RISAT-1A satellite for the user community.

On the occasion, an MoU was signed between the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Department of Space to develop the Krishi-Decision Support System (Krishi-DSS) using geospatial technologies and related databases for enhancing evidence based decision making capability of all the stakeholders in the agriculture sector.

Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Manoj Ahuja and Secretary, Department of Space, ISRO Chairman and Chairman, Space Commission,S Somnath, Himanshu Pathak,Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR) and other senior officials were present on this occasion. The event was attended by representatives of various user Ministries/ Departments on online mode.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is developing Krishi-DSS, a decision support system, on the lines of Gati Shakti, using RISAT-1A and VEDAS of Department of Space. This will enhance the evidence-based decision-making capability of all the stakeholders in the agriculture sector by way of integration with MOSDAC and BHUVAN (Geo-platform) of ISRO and systems of ICAR.

Addressing on the occasion, Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that a new dimension is being added in the field of agriculture. Revolution is being initiated in the agriculture sector through space science. He said that the agreement between the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Space will further enhance the strength of the agriculture sector. If this knowledge reaches the farmers, their production and productivity will increase. The quality of production will increase and export opportunities will also increase.

Tomar said that the agriculture sector is very important in our country and in the whole world. Along with livelihood, this sector is working to speed up the country’s economy and provide employment to a large population. Earlier the sector suffered due to lack of knowledge and private investment. The amount of change, knowledge and investment needed in this area has not happened. This is the reason why the agriculture sector has not progressed as much as it should. In the year 2014, when the Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over the work, he had a desire to take the country forward and work was done to connect it with new dimensions. Because of this, all the departments including the Department of Space changed their working methods, fixed targets and planned effective targets. Its effect is visible in the country today. Agriculture Department is also working on AgriStack. Work is being done to increase the income of the farmer and to save him from losses by forecasting.

Tomar said that crop estimation, allotment to states, survey to declare an area dry, disaster assessment, – all these tasks will become easy after adopting technology. This technology is very beneficial for the agriculture sector as well as the country. After the completion of AgriStack, there will be a revolutionary change in the field of agriculture.

Addressing the gathering, Minister of State, Jitendra Singh said that RISAT-1A data would be extremely useful in developing decision support systems for Agriculture, Bioresources, Environment, Water Resources and Disaster Management. He said efforts were made to make this coordination and cooperation possible.

Jitendra Singh said that the main achievement in the last eight years under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi was to use science for Ease of Living and it should be taken out from the laboratory. He further informed that in the year 2020, the rules of the Department of Space were amended. 

He said that the Prime Minister talks about the “whole of Government” approach, today is a good example of this being achieved. The Ministry of Jal Shakti, Ministry of Home Affairs have been connected through this technique and now Ministry of Agriculture is also getting onboard. When the next generation of RISAT satellites will come, it will have more frequency as well as accuracy. This cooperation should increase further, he added.

Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Manoj Ahuja said that this initiative would help to increase the interventions in Agriculture through the use of emerging technologies and open up the power of data and digital opportunities in the Agriculture sector by fostering an innovation ecosystem. He said, with the help of RISAT-1A data, production and productivity and the quality of produce will also increase.

Secretary, Department of Space, S Somnath said that RISAT-1A is India’s first Radar Imaging Satellite, which was launched on February 14, 2022. RISAT-1A is an all-weather satellite and can penetrate deep into vegetation. It can take high resolution geospatial images regardless of lighting conditions.   He said this MoU will provide the digital foundation for inclusive, self-sustained and sustainable growth of Indian Agriculture.

A technical workshop was also organised by ISRO as part of the event, wherein case studies and potential applications were demonstrated using RISAT-1A data for the benefit of the user community. RISAT-1A data is received, processed and disseminated by the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad, through its Bhoonidhi Geoportal.

Data products and services of RISAT-1A satellite

India

ICAR-IIWBR Karnal has initiated a specific research project ‘Breeding high yielding wheat genotypes for stress conditions of warmer regions of India’ on heat-tolerant varieties.

The government aims to promote the use of heat-resistant varieties amongst the farmers through public and private partnership and providing seed directly to the farmers. To promote the use of these varieties, the Indian Institute of Wheat and Barely Research (IIWBR), Karnal under ICAR has signed 250 Memorandum of Agreements (MoAs) for DBW 187 and 191 MoAs for DBW 222 with private companies for seed production. The institute has distributed more than 2500 quintal seeds of DBW 187 and 1,250 quintal seeds of DBW 222 during the crop season, 2021-22.

The ICAR-IIWBR Karnal has initiated a specific research project entitled “Breeding high yielding wheat genotypes for stress conditions of warmer regions of India” on heat tolerant varieties. Besides, ICAR-IIWBR Karnal is also collaborating with International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Mexico on development of climate resilient wheat varieties.

The wheat varieties DBW187 and DBW222 have been found superior over HD-3086 as far as heat tolerance is concerned. During the crop season 2021-22, the varieties namely DBW187 and DBW222 have shown heat tolerance with yield gain of 3.6 per cent and 5.4 per cent, respectively as compared to HD-3086. The variety PBW 803 developed by the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana is suitable for irrigated timely sown condition and resistant to brown rust as well as moderately resistant to stripe rust. This variety is not recommended as heat-tolerant variety.

This information was given by the Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha. 

ICAR-IIWBR Karnal has initiated a specific research

India

Early maturing varieties of rice to be used for Straw Management

The cultivation of Short Duration Varieties (SDVs) provide extended window between Kharif harvesting of paddy and wheat sowing for Rabi, thereby giving sufficient time to the rice farmers for in-situ management and removal of excess paddy straw. The varietal trait for height is inherent in self-pollinated crop like paddy. The dwarf varieties have less production of straw as compared to the tall varieties.

Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR) and State Agriculture Universities (SAUs) have developed high-yielding short duration Basmati rice varieties including Pusa Basmati 1509 (115 days), Pusa Basmati 1692 (115 days) and Pusa Basmati 1847 (125 days) and non-basmati category, aromatic rice varieties PR 126 (120-125 days), Pusa Sugandh 5 (125 days) and Pusa 1612 (120 days).These early maturing varieties mature about 20-25 days in advance which enable farmers for straw management and preparation of the fields for wheat sowing.

The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is implementing National Food Security Mission (NFSM) to increase the production and productivity of food-grain crops including rice. The various interventions such as cluster demonstrations on direct seeded rice, line transplanting, stress-tolerant varieties etc., distribution of quality seeds of high-yielding varieties including Short Duration Varieties & hybrids, micro-nutrients, soil ameliorants, plant protection chemicals, farm equipments and machinery are implemented to increase rice production and productivity.

This information was given by the Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in a written reply in Rajya Sabha. 

Early maturing varieties of rice to be

Acquaculture, India

This breakthrough opens a new vista and adds a new species for research on various aspects of captive propagation to harness commercial aquaculture potential

The ICAR – Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai has initiated the broodstock development and breeding of R sarba in captivity at finfish hatchery in its Muttukkadu Experimental Station. About 45 brood fishes in the size ranged from 350g to 1800g have been maintained in the Recirculation Aquaculture System and small volume cages for two years since December, 2020. One of the bright features of the species is its easy adaptability to formulated feed, from rearing to captive maturation and this indicates its domestication potential.

The Silver or Goldlined seabream fish (Rhabdosargus sarba) belongs to sparidae family and is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region. It is considered as one of the widely preferred food fishes in India due to its white tender meat and fetches a premium price ar Rs 400-500 per kg in the domestic market. Being a euryhaline species, R sarba has a better potential for farming both in the ponds and cages.

Mature males in oozing condition and females with developing oocytes observed from the 1st week of November 2022. During 2nd week of December 2022, female fish (917g) had an oocyte diameter of 414 µm and two oozing males (907g & 240g) were administered with HCG and LHRHa hormones as priming and resolving doses at 24 hours intervals. After 12 hours of resolving dose, spontaneous spawning observed on 9th December 2022 and total of 7000 eggs (878 µm) collected. Fertilisation and hatching rates estimated were @ 71 per cent and 40 per cent respectively. The newly hatched larvae were measured with the size of 1.92mm. The Incubation time was estimated as 16 hours at 35 ppt salinity and 25ºC water temperature. The fish is probably a batch spawner, where the same fish released the second batch of eggs @ 8000 nos after 45 hrs (11th December 2022) of first spawning. The larvae were stocked in the larval rearing tanks and rearing is under progress.

This is first report on the captive breeding of Goldlined seabream in India. This breakthrough opens a new vista and adds a new species for research on various aspects of captive propagation with an aim to harness commercial aquaculture potential.

This breakthrough opens a new vista and

Agrotech, India

To facilitate a close cooperation between both the parties and would be a mile stone in the area of production of disease-free quality planting material Citrus in India

ICAR – Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur licensed and transferred its technology of ‘Containerised Nursery Propagation Technique to Produce Disease-Free Citrus Planting Material’ to M/s Shivar Nursery, Hatla, Taluka Katol, District Nagpur by signing a MoU. Dilip Ghosh, Director, ICAR-CCRI, Nagpur and Prashant Wankhede, Managing Director, Shivar Nursery signed the MoU on the behalf of their respective organisations. This partnership is aimed to facilitate a close cooperation between both the parties and would be a mile stone in the area of production of disease-free quality planting material Citrus in India.

Ghosh informed that the technology of has been standardised by the Institute and is gaining popularity across Maharashtra and in other States as well. ICAR-CCRI is promoting the nursery production through PPP mode and till date has licensed this technology with nine (9) private nurseries across the country, considering the demand of various commercial citrus cultivars in India.

To facilitate a close cooperation between both