Port Blair, Feb 18: ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-CIARI), Port Blair, A&N Islands signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with M/s Meyor Nature, Garacharma, South Andaman on 18th February 2022 for the commercialization of Dweep-Carp Grower Feed technology and incubation facility of the pilot-scale fish feed mill.
Dr. Eaknath B. Chakurkar, Director, ICAR-CIARI and Mrs. Jaya Lakshmi, representatives from M/s. Meyor Nature signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organizations.
‘Dweep-Carp Grower Feed’ formulated by ICAR-CIARI can be fed to the Indian Major Carps from fingerlings to marketable size.
A pilot-scale fish feed mill was established by ICAR-CIARI with a production capacity of 80 to 100 kg per hour which is extended as an incubation facility to promote startups in fish feed production for Islands aquaculture.
The technology and incubation facility was developed by ICAR-CIARI with the financial support of NABARD, Port Blair through the Farm Sector Promotion Fund (FSPF) project.
The technology and incubation facility was developed under the guidance of Dr. Eaknath B. Chakurkar, Director, ICAR-CIARI by the scientific team of Dr. K. Saravanan, Dr. T. Sivaramakrishnan, Dr. R. Kiruba Sankar, Dr. J. Praveenraj and Dr. Sreepriya Prakasan, Scientists of ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair.
