Stakeholders Consultation Meeting organized by ICAR-CCARI, Goa
Stakeholders Consultation Meeting organized by ICAR-CCARI, Goa
The ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Goa organized a Stakeholders Consultation Meeting on enhancing effectiveness of research and seeking opinion on future directions of research on 31st July, 2021 through virtual mode under the Chairmanship of Dr. Parveen Kumar, Director, ICAR-CCARI, Goa.
Dr. Parveen Kumar highlighted the achievements of the Institute and briefed about the objectives of this stakeholders meeting such as assessing research needs of the stakeholders to finalize research agenda and to refine the existing technologies for wider dissemination in the coastal region.
Panelist, Mr. Shree Padre, Editor of Farm Magazine, Kasaragod, Kerala emphasized on the importance of value addition in horticultural crops especially at the farm level. He underlined that, for augmenting the income of the farmer, along with maximizing production there is a need to minimize the losses through processing.
Dr. Mahendra Bale, Assistant Manager, Goa Milk Union, Goa deliberated on issues like feeding and management aspects, repeat breeding in dairy animals, mineral mixture deficiency, availability of proven semen doses and early detection and treatment of mastitis.
Dr. Dinesh K, Associate Professor & Head, Dept of Aquaculture, KUFOS, Kochi, Kerala accentuated on the potential of aquaculture through aquaponics, cage farming, shellfish like shrimps and biofloc technology in coastal region.
An interaction was held with the stakeholders to assess the research needs, to identify issues faced by the farmers, fisher folk, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders from the coastal region and feedbacks were received.
A total of 60 participants involving progressive farmers, entrepreneurs, processors, representatives from KVKs of coastal districts, state government officials, Agricultural Research Stations and other stakeholders from Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal and other coastal states along with scientists of the Institute participated in this meeting.