Fish production in NE to be doubled by 2020
SHILLONG, Sept 11 – The Centre is planning to double the fish production in North-eastern region and aims at increasing its per capita availability to 15 kg by 2020. “We have a daunting task of achieving
SHILLONG, Sept 11 – The Centre is planning to double the fish production in North-eastern region and aims at increasing its per capita availability to 15 kg by 2020. “We have a daunting task of achieving
ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh is mulling to prepare a master plan soon to streamline the activities of agriculture and allied sectors, Agriculture Minister Setong Sena said today. The master plan will help the farmers of the State in a manifold way to sustain their economy, the minister said after inaugurating the two-day Fish festival cum Kishan Mela, a technology outreach programme being organized by Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) at Balijan, near here on Thursday.
The rise of the farmed fish industry in recent years has been accompanied by the emergence of many infectious diseases of fish. One of the most recent and serious diseases is the marine viral disease,
Shillong: Additional Chief Secretary PBO Warjri has said that the only way Fisheries cooperatives can come up in Meghalaya is by educating the fisheries farmers on the need to harmoniously co-exist with
BALASORE: Dry fish, a popular delicacy in the State, has become a cause for concern for thousands of residents in and around Chandipur and Balaramgadi areas of Balasore district. Even as the toxic substances
For centuries, traditional agricultural systems have contributed to food and livelihood security throughout the world. Recognizing the ecological legacy in the traditional agricultural systems may help
BHUBANESWAR: As the panchayat elections are on the threshold, the Naveen Patnaik Government seems to have gone into a overdrive. Scheme after scheme; package after package, there is no end to playing to
As has become almost routine in recent years, Japan’s annual whale hunt that began this week has kicked off to swirling controversy. But this year, onlookers are not only taking issue with the whaling
Tokyo: Japan’s Meiji Holdings said on Tuesday that radioactive cesium was found in infant milk powder made by the food and dairy firm, in the latest food scare to grip the country. Shares of Meiji
The major fishing grounds for shrimp in Tuticorin coast has shrunk due to discharge of industrial effluents. Earlier on, shrimp fishing was a sustainable activity due to a balanced ecosystem, M. Johnson,
KOZHIKODE: Fresh studies carried out by Ichthyologists have revealed that two fresh water fish species endemic to the Western Ghats are on the verge of extinction. Species, Hemibagrus Punctatus and Barbodes