ICAR-CCARI organized Rural Fisheries Work Experience programme for final year students from KUFOS, Kochi

    Rural Fisheries Work Experience Programme (RFWE) designed by the Fisheries universities focuses on the exposure to farms/fields/natural ecosystems/technologies in the field of fisheries and agriculture for the students pursuing their final year Bachelor of Fisheries Science (B.F.Sc.) programme. In this regard, ICAR-CCARI organized an eighteen days RFWE programme for four final year B.F.Sc. students (including two girl students) from Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi from 24 July to 11 August 2024. The students were exposed to wet laboratory, pond culture, hatchery sections and integrated pond culture systems, integrated farming systems (low land and upland), animal science units, mango and cashew germplasm blocks, soil and water conservation units, agro-meteorology station, agro-eco-tourism unit, rice fields, and the units of KVK, North Goa. They were given hands-on-training on fish breeding, seed production, aquascaping, ornamental fish culture, and food and feeding biology of fish. The students also learnt the breeding and seed production of five indigenous ornamental fish species. In addition to this, field exposure visits to farmer fields (crab culture, cage culture and integrated farming systems) were also arranged. The RFWE programme was coordinated by Dr. Sreekanth GB, Sr. Scientist (Fisheries resource management), Shri Trivesh Suresh Mayekar, Scientist (Fish genetics and breeding) and Mr Melbin Lal (YP 2).