A pearl farmer who had undergone training at ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar, got a special mention in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mann Ki Baat programme on July 26.
Jaishankar Kumar, a Government servant-turned pearl farmer from Begusarai, Bihar had attended the pearl culture training organised by the ICAR-CIFA.
Later he went onto establish his pearl culture farm and started producing pearls in an integrated farming model with fish, duck, poultry, and vermicomposting.
He is one of the successful pearl farmers in the country and is now imparting training on pearl farming to other farmers and migrant workers who returned home due to the Covid-19 crisis.
Deputy Director General (Fisheries Science), ICAR, New Delhi, Dr JK Jena and Director (Acting), ICAR-CIFA, Dr Saroj Kumar Swain congratulated the farmer.