Research
Title : | Livelihood security and entrepreneurship development through on-farm mass cultivation and utilization of Wolffia globosa for fish feeding and characterization of bioactive compounds for functional product development |
Area of Research : | Agricultural Sciences |
Focus Area : | Aquaculture Biotechnology |
Principal Investigator : | "Dr. Arun Bhai Patel, College of Fisheries, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Lembucherra, Tripura; Mr. Darsu Chakma, Directorate of Biotechnology, Govt. of Tripura" |
Co-PI: | "Dr. Himanshu Priyadarshi, College of Fisheries, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Lembucherra, Tripura; Dr. Anil Upadhyay, College of Fisheries, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Lembucherra, Tripura; Dr. Sampa Baidya, College of Fisheries, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Lembucherra, Tripura; Mr. Anjan Sengupta, Directorate of Biotechnology, Govt. of Tripura; Dr. Sumit Sarkar, Directorate of Biotechnology, Govt. of Tripura; Mrs. Minakshi Sarkar, Directorate of Biotechnology, Govt. of Tripura; Dr. Bhargavi Priyadarsihini, College of Fisheries, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Lembucherra, Tripura; Dr. Dibyendu Kamilya, College of Fisheries, Central |
Contact info : | arun.b.patel@gmail.com; darsuchakmadbt@gmail.com; priyadarshimanshu@gmail.com; upadhyay.ess.cof@cau.ac.in; sampa.baidya@gmail.com; senbid@gmail.com; sarkarsumit07phy@gmail.com; sarkarminakshi2009@gmail.com; mocherla.bhargavi@gmail.com; dibyendu.kamilya@gmail.com |
Timeline Start Year : | 2021 |
Timeline End Year : | 2025 |
Total Budget (INR): | 1,64,.5,304 |
Details
Executive Summary : | The north-eastern region is greatly deficit in production of both local fish production and conventional feed ingredients making aquaculture development highly imperative but practically difficult. We intend to undertake large scale demonstration of cost- effective on-farm cultivation and utilization of Wolffia globosa as a feed resource for carps in collaboration with Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of Tripura. We presume that the cost- effective local production of a proven renewable feed resource of high turnover rates would greatly facilitate local fish production, augment productivity and enhance farmers’ income. Further, it would also open up a completely new avenue to the farmers for improving their livelihood security. Simultaneously, we also propose to extract, characterize and quantify select bioactive compounds for future applications and/or product development for use in aquaculture for growth, stress amelioration and physiological status improvements. |
Equipments : | NA |
Achievements : | Govt. of Tripura completed 03 nos. of training program covering 43 nos. of beneficiaries from the selected Bio-villages and demonstration of wolffia globossa cultivation among the beneficiaries followed by distribution of wolffia with the support of College of Fishery. Further, it has been monitoring the installed pond liner for wolffia production and other technical inputs. |
Outcome/Output: | 2 |
Organizations involved
Implementing Agency : | College of Fisheries, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Manipur Funding Agency :Department of Science and Technology (DBT) | Source: E-promis and Information received by Investigator | |