ICAR-CCARI and TERI, Goa partner for capacity building in agriculture, fisheries, and allied sectors

 It aimed to address vulnerabilities and knowledge gaps in small-scale fish farming communities, promote climate-smart fish farming, and adopt climate-resilient technologies and infrastructure.

ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Goa, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The Energy and Resource Institute, a prominent non-profit research institute, to engage in collaborative research, extension, and capacity building in agriculture, fisheries, and allied sectors. The partnership aimed to address vulnerabilities and knowledge gaps in small-scale fish farming communities, promote climate-smart fish farming, and adopt climate-resilient technologies and infrastructure, and establish a knowledge-sharing platform along with market linkages.

Dr. Parveen Kumar, Director, ICAR-CCARI, emphasized the significance of collaboration in promoting holistic and sustainable development of coastal life by leveraging the combined expertise of both institutes.

Dr. Elroy Pereira, Associate Fellow, TERI, emphasized TERI’s commitment to provide all necessary support to the institute in facilitating research, capacity building, and extension activities in the relevant fields.

 It aimed to address vulnerabilities and knowledge