June 2017

ICAR-CIFA is a premier research Institute on freshwater aquaculture in the country under the aegis of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi. With the mission of ‘Excellence […]

Post-harvest technology and value addition has not yet received much attention in freshwater aquaculture sector. The subject has a major role to save wastage of eatable commodities of low grade […]

Though mechanization and automation for many of fish farming activities are already in place in other  countries, many of such systems may not be cost effective to be used in […]

Due to the increased health consciousness and increased purchasing power of the consumers, preference for organic fish has been increased in recent years. Though few studies on the organic fish […]

Multi-tropic refers to the incorporation of species form different trophic or nutritional levels in the same system. This is one potential distinction form the age-old practice of aquatic polyculture, which […]

Global warming and associated climate change has now become a reality and therefore concerted efforts are needed to develop suitable mitigation strategies for any adverse impacts. Expected higher water temperature […]

At present, very little information is available on the actual loss of crop due to occurrence of the various diseases in the country. Therefore, surveillance of the disease in the […]

Aquaculture systems range from very extensive, semi-intensive and highly intensive to hyper-intensive. Aquaculture systems range from traditional earthen pond to an intensive bio-secure indoor system monitored with high-tech equipment. Based […]