A number of officials from the State Fisheries Department and several small and marginal farmers in the State will be trained on ‘Five Keys to Safer Aquaculture Products to Protect Public Health’ by experts from the WHO and the FAO.
The training will be given during a three-day 3rd pilot session of ‘Five Keys to Safer Aquaculture Products to Protect Public Health’, organised by the WHO in collaboration with the ICAR-CIFA, which began here on Monday.
The session, inaugurated by Fisheries Department Secretary Bishnupada Sethi, will give impetus on five keys, developed by the WHO in collaboration with FAO, such as practicing good personal hygiene, cleaning pond site, maintaining water quality, keeping fish healthy and equipments, containers clean. The outcome of session would result in awareness about hygienic aquaculture practices among aqua-farmers.
The expert team would visit aquaculture farmers in Puri and Khurda districts to witness existing aquaculture practices, said ICAR-CIFA Director Dr P Jayasankar. The session is attended by experts from the WHO, FAO, Fisheries Department, members from NGO, SHGs, Extension Officers, social scientists and officers from the Export Council of India.