The Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) under the Tribal Sub-Plan Project (TSP) project organised a training programme on ‘Popularising the Feed-based Aquaculture in Farmer’s field’ at Betnoti block in Mayurbhanj on Thursday.
More than 50 farmers participated in the programme, which was attended by CIFA Director Dr P Jaysankar, Principal Scientist and TSP Chairman Dr BC Mohapatra and Mayurbhanj District Fisheries Officer Pradip Kumar De, among others.
Dr Jaysankar spoke on the importance of fish culture and its benefits for the farmers and the national economic development as a whole. He encouraged the farmers to visit the CIFA and learn the new technologies and methods of fish culture. Similarly, Dr Mohapatra described about how the fish culture has been supporting the livelihood of tribal people under the TSP project.