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aquaculture assets enough
aquaculture shrimp producer
employment to those around to generate 5.5 million
livelihoods nationally till
at 900000 tonne in 2022,
ancillary warehousing and
after Ecuador.
available to new shrimp
aqua park in Bhiwani built
Globally, shrimp farming is
farmers through this micro-
with a funding of INR 100
freshwater guzzling, run by cold storages. A modern 2025. Funds will be made
large companies and seen as crore will serve as a training credit scheme.
ecologically damaging. The centre, a second official said, The districts chosen for the
highly automated shrimp declining to be named. project include Rohtak,
Fatehabad and Gurugram in
industry often does not Each kilogram of shrimp
Haryana, besides Mathura,
prioritize local employment farmed generates about
and tends relocate in the 15,000 litres of effluent, often Agra and Hathras in Uttar
Pradesh. They also include
face of tough regulations. with toxic residues. This stew
Fazilka, Muktsar and Mansa
Ecological activists call it the is often released untreated
in Punjab; and Ganganagar
“hamburger connection” in into the groundwater,
and Churu in Rajasthan.
which central American contaminating the drinking
“The key to this project's
rainforests are razed to water of local communities.
success will be to ensure
culture shrimps that end up The shrimp hubs in northern
there is handholding from
in burgers. India will utilize biofloc
start to finish and export
“The difference with the developed by the Central
avenues and remunerative
shrimp hubs in these states Institute of Brackishwater
prices are ensured through
will that they will be eco- Aquaculture, which will treat
market linkages,” said CV
friendly, using technologies excreta and other wastes on
Balakrishna, a former marine
such as biofloc and will come site and convert them into
consultant with the FAO. For
up only on unproductive feed for the crustaceans.
exports, agreements are
wasteland,” said Sagar The Pradhan Mantri Mudra expected to be signed with
Mehra, joint secretary in the Yojana – where funding is Marine Products Export
fisheries department. shared on a 60:40 basis Development Authority, the
The shrimp clusters are between the Centre and first official said.
aimed at generating 50,000 states -- aims to create Source: Hindustan Times
Agricultural University

Innovates Maize Varieties

The Rajendra Prasad Central approved by the university's blight disease.
Agricultural University research council, at its three- This variety contains 9.87%
(RPCAU) has developed two day recently concluded quality protein, 0.81%
new varieties of meeting. The new crop tryptophan, and 5.52%
maize and mustard both of varieties would be lysine. The height of this
which are likely to be recommended for release as light yellow-colored plant
released shortly. The meeting per the government norms. ranges from 180-190 cm.
presided over by the RPCAU Giving details of the new Under normal conditions,
vice-chancellor P S Pandey varieties and technology this variety yields 67 quintals
also approved a new developed by the university, per hectare. Similarly, the
technology of mushroom PRO Rajyavardhan said new mustard variety
'Badi' production developed 'Shaktiman 6' is a kharif 'Rajendra Supfalam' is of
by the university. variety of hybrid maize that medium length which
Both the crop varieties and matures in 90-95 days. This matures in four months.
the new technology were variety is resistant to leaf Source: Times Of India

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