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Enclosure culture – an effective tool for increasing per unit water productivity from inland open waters having tremendous potential in augmenting fish production from Indian reservoirs (3.517 million ha) and wetlands (0.5 million ha) owing to the magnitude of the resources. The Institute has standardized and demonstrated the enclosure culture technology in inland open waters which led to wide spread adoption by more than 16 states in the country in ‘Mission Mode’ through various schemes of Govt. of India and State Govts. Cages and Pens can be used for raising (in situ) fish fingerlings as well as production of table size fishes. This will reduce the dependency on land based nurseries and also improve per unit fish productivity and production from reservoirs and wetlands. However, there is lack of trained manpower to successfully implement these technologies to harness the potential and also to impart training to the stakeholders. In this connection, ICAR-CIFRI has been organizing NFDB sponsored Training of Trainers (ToT) on ‘’Enclosure Culture (Cage & Pen) towards livelihood & nutritional security” during 14-18 Jan, 2020. The training programme was inaugurated by Dr. B. K. Das, Director, ICAR-CIFR and highlighted the status, scope, potential and issues pertaining to enclosure culture in India in the context of doubling farmer’s income. He also urged the trainees to gather knowledge and to disseminate the same to the actual stake holders. i.e. farmers/fishers/entrepreneurs through skill development programmes. Dr. A. K. Das, In-Charge, E&T Cell welcomed the participants to the training programme, being attended by 25 officials of Department of Fisheries (DoF) belonging to 7 States of India including entrepreneurs and progressive farmers. Dr. Dr. U. K. Sarkar, RWF Division, Dr. B. P. Mohanty, Head, FREM Division and Dr. S. Samanta, Head (Actg), REF Division also addressed the trainees. The trainees wre explosed to Maithon reservoir, Jharkhand for on-field demonstration of cage culture in details besides pen culture in wetland, feed mill operation at the Institute including in-house lectuers on various aspects of enclosure culture. Prof T. J. Abraham and Prof Gadadar Das from WBUAFS, Kolkata imbibed the trainees during valedictory program and urged the trainees to carry forward the knowledge leaned from CIFRI in thier future course of actions at your respective States. The training programme was well co-ordinated by Dr. A. K. Das, Principal Scientist and In-charge, Extension & Training Cell, Shri. Mishal P, Shri H.S. Swain and Ms. Gunjan Karnatak, Scientists, ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore.
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