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Happenings Hot Topic: Food Park Underutilized crops Know your food Ngakra farming Meeting with a star
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Editor viewpoint
We are in the era where pressure of food production strains every nation due to high population growth and shrinking arable land. We are no excepton. Challenge lies in everyone of us; to produce more from limited amount of resources. Answer would be challenging and often coupled with unwanted offshoots. For instance, use of fertilizer, though spikes yield, spoils the land in long run. Nearly 50 % of the world population experiences the pang of hunger; forget about malnutrition! Fundamental cause points to low productivity or inefficient utilisation of land. Besides this, loss during transportation and storage contributes significantly to dishearteningly low reach-out to people. Given the fact that improved production of agricultural crops plays a crucial role in alleviating hunger, poverty and malnutrition, immediate attention is needed to be paid. So the mantra lies in sustainable improvement in agricultural yield. Amidst this troubling situation, there exists a wide disparity between countries, states and regions in terms of agricultural productivity. Yield of cereal of India is half to that of China and almost one third of US. Such big difference could result from varieties of reason . Where is the failure? Whom to blame? Difficult to point. Our aim is to address such issues by understanding and mitigating the problems through dialogue, discussion and dissemination. One of the issues that vex the common farmers is communication gap. An intriguing research article by Shanta and Purnima (2009) in Annals of Library and Information Studies revealed that knowledge and information required by farmers in Manipur for their agricultural activities are largely unmet. Either information cant be reached or they simply cant understand. Also flow of information is often unidirectional. Whats wrong with the govt. machineries where tons of money were earmarked? Has money been drained somewhere? We believe information is the key and farmers are empowered by equipping them with information. Solving staggering needs of farmers and other stakeholders necessitates view from different angles. There is no use of abundant supply of materials (seeds, implements, manure, etc) when they dont have capacity to purchase. Here comes the role of credit. On another front, an employee in public sectors and MNCs are entitled to healthcare and other insurance policies. Who looks after when they ill? What about the farmers? Though they are doing the most noble job, they are discouraged due to lack of security. Farming is, therefore, compelled to be a secondary option. On the whole, nation suffers.
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Society of Agriculture, Food and Innovation, dreams. We hope readers can enjoy and believe that magazine will act as platform for farmers, food processors, entrepreneurs and directly reaching their voice to experts and policymakers in constructive manner and at the same time, farmers will also be benefited by getting timely, reliable and motivating views and advice. We believe, with reliable information, can emerge successful despite the turbulence and malaise.
Our aim is to address such issues by understanding and mitigating the problems through dialogue, discussion and dissemination
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Chief Editor Dayanidhi Huidrom Consulting Editor N. Bobo Meitei
AgriManipur is a quarterly magazine published by SAFI (Society for Agriculture, Food and Innovation) Imphal based NGO. We are happy to receive readers comments/ view/ criticism. [email protected] SAFI Society for Agriculture, Food and Innovation, Wankhei Konsam Leikai, Imphal
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HAPPENINGS
Governor inaugurated Agri Fair 2011
April 18, 2011. Three days CAU Agri Fair 2011 on the theme Agricultural Technoogies and Farm innovations for prosperity of the north east region was inaugurated by Manipur governor His Excelllency Gurbachan Jagat Singh at the CAU Iroishemba Imphal. Manipur Governor reiterated the importance of earning surplus income from agriculture to enhance the investing capacity. This, he said, could be effected by providing quality seeds, irrigation, power, machineries, fertilizers, affordable credits besides appropriate trade and price policies. Among the prominent dignatories present in the inaugural function includes Rajya Sabha MP, Shri Rishang keishing, Lok Sabha MP Dr. T. Meinya, agriculture Minister Ph. Parijat and Vice-Chancellor of CAU Dr. SN Puri.
Chinjak (Food) Festival To preserve, promote and produce all the traditional and indigenous foods of Manipur and the North Eastern states at large
area, due to extremely low productivity, cultivation of hybrid seeds are taken up on experimental basis. PAC 807, PAC 401 and recently Hybrid-813 are procured by the agriculture dept. Source: Poknapham
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Many question remains: Will it crumble like any other govt set up? Why govt is hunting for potential entrepreneurs? Will it provide the facilities much needed by industries?
Collection center
Collection center
Central Processing Centre Common technical infrastructure Common facilities basic infrastructure and utilities Standard Design facilities
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Cold storage
the completion of food park. Delay in release of fund led to delay of completion and the price of the material was escalated in the process. So, new fund had to be poured which itself is the worst nightmare of MFIDC. Hurry in publicity in the excitement to capture media was also seen. Ex NABARD (Imphal centre) DGM Sonamani reported in November 2006 (Sangai Express) that 33% was almost completed and expected to complete in March 2007. Quite contradictory, in another news report , it was reported that construction started only in March 2007 and target was kept in August 2009. Again, govt promised to keep it in order by July 2011. That too failed and extended till December. Now we have to hope for the best. Our field investigation revealed many improvements have been made and there is a great hope that December dateline may be a reality.
Warehouse
mechanism may be necessary to usher the full advantage of the park. There is a need for proper synchronisation of facilities to avoid overlap or glut or underutilisation. This is particularly true for cold storage where maximum utilisation is necessary from technical and financial point as well.
Entrepreneurs mind
The greatest crux so far with regard to the Nilakuthi park is on how to incorporate/ accommodate entrepreneurs to the park and system. How many existing/ potential food processors/ entrepreneurs have fall in line ? As per our record , only 1/2 entrepreneurs have deposited money to book their space. Though the park looks attractive, few factors are likely to drag their interest. Deposit fee for the space is Rs. 5.2 lakh. Given the condition that most of the entrepreneurs, excepting a few, are at the level of cottage and micro level (not even small!), hefty sum of Rs. 5.2 lakh is difficult to bite. On the other hand those successful small/ large scale food entrepreneurs, have their own factories and shifting place may not be so comfortable. The space they purchased will be their own; that means mortgage-able. This is a good one but again not friendly to entrepreneurs. Pakka construction is a highly cost intensive exercise. So the need for loan may arise. Can a land of Rs. 5.2 lakh be collateral of Rs. 20 lakh? Normally in most cases banks demand collateral value much larger than loan amount that too land value evaluated by conservative valuers. Bank also normally demand third party security. In the essence, concept of the park in the existing format may not be lucrative for enterpreneurs. Given the size of the market , entrepreneurs may not be so interested in gambling over the risky exercise of food business. Frankly speaking, most of the entre-
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The average productivity of the horticultural crops is not even half of the national productivity.
The crops, which are neither grown commercially on large scale nor traded widely, may be termed as underutilized crops. At the best, these crops are cultivated, traded and consumed locally. The popularity of these crops varies from crop to crop and locality to locality. The merits of these underutilized crops include their easy growth, hardy in nature or ability to withstand under adverse soil and climatic conditions. Most of them are very rich sources of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats. With greater pitch of publicity and value addition, these underutilized crops have the potential for future commercialization, wider use and, possibly, in reducing malnutrition. Since the IndoBurmese region including Manipur is located at the confluence of the two tectonic plates, the region had been the Centre of Origin of a variety of angiosperm
plants and Manipur abounds in extremely rich genetic resources and is one of the richest reservoirs of genetic variability and diversity of different horticultural crops of which many are underutilized. Scope: Manipur has a geographical area of 22327 sq. Km. and it lies between 23.8 N to 25.05N latitudes and 93.03 E to 94.78 E longitude comprising nine districts. About 90% of the total area is covered by hilly terrain and the remaining 10% comprises the valley. The size of cultivated area is only 9.41% of the total geographical area and of this total cultivated area 52% is confined to the valley therefore the pressure on land in the valley is thus quite conspicuous. Under these circumstances, development of horticulture is the only option for optimizing returns through judicious utilization of land and other resources to ensure sustained remunerations. A
survey by the NABARD in collaboration with the Department of Horticulture and Soil Conservation, Manipur have identified 277064 ha as potential areas for growing different horticultural crops. Out of these potential areas only 15.5% are explored and 84.5% are still to be brought under horticultural plantations which fall on hill districts of the state. The average productivity of the horticultural crops is not even half of the national productivity. Grain farming proves unremunerative in the undulating topography of hilly tracts, which is deprived of irrigation facilities. Despite the governments endeavors to uplift the region, vast potential remains unexploited. It becomes possible to exploit the untapped potential of the region through location specific horticulture and subsequently expanding the area under horticultural crops. This production of underutilized crops can also be increased through adoption of scientific technologies.
Conservation strategy
Popularization Policy
Genetic improvement
Value addition
Market avenue
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Local Name Asi heibong Awa kege Awa phadigom Chak hawai Chaning Chantrook Charuyen Ching charot Ching heiyen Elaichi Achouba Eshing ikaithabi Eshing kambong Fakchet Fakpai Feija Haona Heibi Heibong Heiboong Heikak
Common Name
Type of Plant Tree Shrub Herb Herb Herb Herb Fungus Herb Tree Herb Herb Herb Herb Shrub Tree Herb Shrub Tree Tree Herb
uses As Fruit and medicinal plant As medicinal plant and bio-fuel As spice As Pulse and vegetable As Cereal and decorative item As Spice and vegetable As vegetable As Spice and vegetable As Fruit As spice As vegetable As Vegetable As vegetable As spice As vegetable As medicinal plant As Fruit As Fruit As Fruit As Fruit
Physic nut False corrinder Rice bean Jobs tear Shepherds purse
Jatropha curcus Eryngium foetidum Phaseolus calcaratus Coix lacryma-jobi Capsella bursa Volvareilla esculenta Ophiopogon wallichianus Antidesna acidum
Greater cardamom
Amonum subulatum Neptunia prostrate Zizania latifolia Alternanthera sessilis Polygonum posumbu Wenlandia glabrata Cymbopogon citrates Meyna laxiflora Ficus carica Garcinia anomala
Lemon grass
Fig
Water chestnut
Trapa bispinosa
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Heibi
Heikak
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Under-utilized
horticultural crops are nutritionally rich and adapted to low input agriculture. More R & D efforts in these will add substantially to food security.
The yield and quality of these Phyllanthus embilica Rhus semialata Citrus medica
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Heikru Heimang Heijaang Heining Heinoujom Heirangkhoi Heiribob Heiri khagok Heirit Heithoom
Tree Tree Tree Tree Tree Tree Tree Tree Tree Tree
As Fruit and medicinal plant As Fruit and medicinal plant As Fruit As Fruit and medicinal plant As Fruit and medicinal plant As Fruit and medicinal plant As spice As medicinal plant As Fruit As Fruit
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exhibiting potential to become commodity crops. Conclusion: Manipur is bestowed with the most congenial climatic conditions for the production of various underutilized plant. The increase in area and production of this plant can provide many fold employment opportunities in agro -based industries, packaging, storage, preservation, canning and transportation. Thus there is an urgent need to take up the improvement programme of this plant with collection, conservation, multiplication of quality planting material, standardization of agro-techniques and technology for processing and value addition.
Heining
Heinajom
References: Anonymous (2007), Annual Report on Technology Mission, Department of Horticulture and Soil conservation, Government of Manipur. Rai N., Asati B.S., Patel R.K., Patel K.K. and Yadav D.S. (2005), Underutilized horticultural crops in North Eastern Region, ENVIS Bulletin Vol. 13(1), Himalayan Ecology. Sukumar S. S., (2006), The economic plants of Manipur and their uses.
Manipur is bestowed with the most congenial climatic conditions for the production of various underutilized plant
Dear farmers, food processors, nutritionist, ...torchbearers of Manipur Do you have you story to share?
If yes, please feel free to write. Your success stories or setback centered around agriculture, food and nutrition are most welcome no matter how big or small. If required we will try to solve through our experts network. You can write in any languages. We will translate and publish.
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Moisture (%) Protein (%) Fat (%) Ash (%) Carbohydrates and fibres (%) Energy (Kcal)
Parkia roxburghii Pod Mature kernel 6.7 8.4a 10 12.1- 18.8b 1-15.5b 6.1-7.4a 52.9-71.1a 28.8 33.5 5.7 22.0
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Lamanea australis found in Imphal river Moisture (%) Ash (%) Crude fiber (%) 76.240.88 26.220.76 0.790.4 26.220.76 1.830.02 261.36
Source: Nutritional information World Journal of Dairy and Food Sciences, 6 (1): 27-34, 2011 *Assam University Journal of science and Technology: Biological and Environmental Science, Vol. 7. No. 3, 6366, 2011
Family: Rhodydophyta Habitat: Grown uner the rocks in flowing river during winter in Manipur Use: Dried, fried, roasted; as an adjunct with other dish. Gives prawn like flavour.
Total free amino acids (%) 15.80.03 363.050.5 Potassium (mg/100 gm) 5 474.780.2 Sodium (mg/100 gm) 8 magnesium (mg/100 gm) Calcium (mg/100 gm)
mean standard deviation
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- Ch. Basuda
Ch. Basuda is a scientist working at ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Manipur Centre . She is actively involved in developing techniques for scaling up the production indigenous fishes and training to farmers. She can be contacted at [email protected]
Aquaculture has assumed the status of fast expanding industry in many countries in the world. India is basically a carp culture country; the indigenous and exotic carps account for bulk of production. However, interest in the culture of catfish increases rapidly in recent years due to their high market price and hardy nature. Catfishes are easily distinguished by their smooth and fewer scale bodies. It lives in fresh brackish water and marine habitats. It can also be found in marine habitat. Some of the important catfishes found in Manipur are Wallago atu (Sareng), Aorichthys sps (Ngaten), Mystus sps (Ngasep), Ompok bimacuatus (Ngaten), O. pabda, O. pabo, Clarias magur (Ngakra), Heteropneustus fossilis (Ngachik) . They are famous for their restorative properties and generally marketed in live state. Hence, these fishes are commonly known as Live fish. These Clariids are a group of fishes which, by virtue of the presence of accessories respiratory organ, can thrive well in fallow derelict swampy waters normally considered as low oxygen environment conditions. This ability of Clariids to feed and grow in the virtual absence of dissolved oxygen, coupled with fast growth, an omnivorous diet and generally high resistance to stress, make them of particular interest in aquaculture. Its importance gained momentum since 1985,
Hormone injection
monsoon and post monsoon months i.e. August-October. The young one of these fishes were collected in large number from paddy fields or water logged, low lying areas by employing indigenous fishing devices. The collected fishes were stocked and cultured with carps in ponds. Collection of seeds from wild is unreliable, time consuming and uneconomical. To overcome this constraint, induced spawning is the only option for supply of quality seeds for Clarias farming. Recently, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Manipur Centre and a few progressive farmers produced Clarias seeds for culture by artificial breeding using hormone injection such as ovaprim, ovatide, wova-FH, etc and stripping. Breeding C. magur exhibits sexual dimorphism and differentiating secondary sexual characters are shape of muscular papilla at vent re-
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working with people and social activities. I was interested in economic improvement of women, solving of the crucial problem of society like unemployment and industrialist process for improving state economy. My educational background and availability of fruits and vegetables help to select processing of fruits and vegetables as my ultimate profession.
5. AgriManipur:
As a food processor and businessman what kind of difficulties were faced/ are facing? Technical, financial and emotional?
My social & moral responsibility towards society gave me strength to my materialize my dream
3. AgriManipur: What drives you to run this business for long time when many of other industry perish?
SH: My social & moral responsibility towards society gave me strength to my materialize my dream. My girls (who are working with me) untiring support and sharing faith in me make me to face all the difficulties. One esteemed customer guided us to produced more variety of products of their taste. My family and friends supported us in all the possible way. I am thankful all of them.
SH: As we have endless opportunity, difficulty also follows. But belief in the saying Where there is a will there is a way. Being a life member of Association of Food Scientist & Technologist, India (AFSTI), Manipur Chapter, members of Association extend all possible help when ever any Technical difficulty is there. My girls, friends and family are there to support me when ever I feel helpless. I am not happy with financial institutes which makes so difficult to receive any financial help.
Friends and family always supported whenever Im in need.
4. AgriManipur: Would you give a brief picture of balance sheet of your business?
SH: We started on business with zero investment. Whatever I have in kitchen we utilised it. Whatever we received after the sale of our product was first investment. We reinvest whatever we earn and expanded our business.
6. AgriManipur: What kind of supports are needed for the welfare of small scale entrepreneurs?
SH: For the welfare of small Scale entrepreneurs, financial institutes should come forward to support us those who are genuinely working and has future in it. Government should provide more of technical service to these industries. Basic needs like electricity and water should be provided uninterrupted. Some incentive
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and welfare scheme for the workers to meet their family needs are also imperative. 7. AgriManipur: What problems are being faced by small scale food processors in general ? SH: Till now no large problem are faced except fluctuations of price due to frequent bandhs & blockades. 8. AgriManipur: What in your opinion is the future of food
processing and its business in the state? SH: With improvement in its quality, packaging and diversification of products according to market demand, there is a huge scope to accelerate the business and move beyond the state. 9. AgriManipur: As you know
their livelihood. This may affect the society. Do you have any suggestion to reverse this trend? SH: Earning by short cut method always disturb the integrity of a person. It gives more of ill effect to the society rather than helping them. I am creating an environment to earn by working hard. Being in production, I am not only helping to meet personnel requirement but also the economy of a society; creating a sustainable society, for today and for ever.
todays youth are less bothered about entrepreneurship or hard earned profession but instead choose short cut route to earn
AgriManipur: Thank you very much. Hope you have great future and enlighten our generation.
CoooooNECT
Hope this will connect you with useful information you are longing for. This information hub intends to help you in advancing your enterprises/ business making use of it.
Development of Commercial Horticulture through Production and Post-Harvest Management of horticulture crops Capital Investment Subsidy Scheme for construction/expansion/modernization of Cold Storages/ Storages of Horticulture Produce Technology Development and Transfer for Promotion of Horticulture Market Information Service Scheme for Horticulture Crops Horticulture Promotion Service
Most of the the shemes gives back-ended capital subsidy upto 20% - 33% Contact address Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India 85, Institutional Area, Sector - 18 Gurgaon - 122015 (Haryana) http://www.nhb.gov.in Email: [email protected]
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North East Regional Office Chhibber House 4th Floor, Dispur Post Office Guwahati, 781005 Tele/Fax : 0361-2599141, 2340695
E-mail : [email protected]
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by the size and nature of the business. 24 x 7 electric supply will certainly help the food industries. Packaging facility is the need of the hour. Packaging machines including PET Blowing machines at the park will certainly help the investors. It will not only lower the cost but will ease the business by narrowing down physical distance which is now facing by food processors. Quality control lab can assist in taking preventive measures from impending dangers and will also able to enhance the reputation of the products. Concluding remarks Nilakuthi Food Park will be a landmark point in the state from industrial perspective. But this should not only be in physical sense. Action is what is required. Investors
and buyers alike were puzzling how to come to Manipur and take advantage of state food resources. This may no longer be the story. This will be a gateway for future investors and buyers in the state. There are bigger challenges ahead. Maintenance is more taxing that just erecting buildings. To avoid future collapse, operational mechanism needs to be worked out well in advance. Success is important. Nation will not only praise; Manipuri denizens will be injected with we can do attitude. Is it not that we all need?
Few Facts
Schemes for Food Parks under 10th five yea plan was reformulated as Mega Food Parks Scheme (MFPS) for 11th five year plan. 15 MFPS have been approved. MFPS aims to raise the processing of perishable (fruits nd vegetables) from existing 6% to 20% and to increase the global food trade from 1.5 % to 3%. Rs. 1000 crore Patanjali Food and Herbal park , claimed to be biggest in the world, is starting soon. It is located at Haridwar, UP and promoted by yoga guru Baba Ramdev. Entire North East has only one Mega food Park, North East Food Park. The Central Processing Centre (CPC) of the Mega Food Park will be housed in 58.41 acres of land located at Nathkuchi Village near the Tihu town ship of Nalbari District in Assam. The site is only 90 Kms from Guwahati City .
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HAPPENINGS
Do you know?
Root of arum is used for colds and swelling (inflammation) of the throat. It is also used to promote sweating and to loosen chest congestion. However its safety is an area of concern. Some varieties are poisonous.
Source: www.webmd.com
bachandra and Agriculture Joint Director O Nobo as chief guest, guest of honour and president respectively. Through internet, the IASF would provide expert advice regarding farming activities and associated problems.The system supports languages like Manipuri, Assamese, Mizo, Bangali, Khasi etc. The system would also provide a platform for knowledge sharing by ex-
perts, students and farmers through discussion forums. Experts can also send alerts and useful information to farmers from time to time. The IASF was installed with monetary from the Ministry of Communication and IT, and necessary data and information would be uploaded by the Centre for Development of Advance Computing. Source : Sangai Express
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Fertilized eggs
C. magur fingerlings
meal mixed with rice bran, low grade meat, etc. Fish offal, slaughter house waste also accepted. Growth is commensurate with feeding. On an average the conversion rate with recommended feed is 1.5-2.0. Under favourble condition clarias is expected to attain weight upto 130g in six months of growing period. Production potentials of C. magur in Manipur have been amply assessed by a series of field demonstration in different local conditions. In monoculture production were ranging from 1,000kg to 7500kg ha in 4-12 months. A mixed culture demonstration of clarias with Anabas and Heteropneustes at a stocking rate of 25,000/ha in a derelict swampy pond of 0.04 without supplementary feeding and fertilization. From aquacultural point of view, Manipur is endowed with vast water resources that can be use for Clarias production. Given the fact that ngakra is a highly valued fish relishing among most communities in Manipur, their mass and cost effective production is the need of the hour. Large scale breeding had been quite a big challenge among famers and scientists. The present effort is a move in this direction. Mass production will not only help the farmers achieving good economic return but will also encourage economic independence and ensure nutritional security for the state.
Source: www.kidsfishing.org
tray. Before fertilization milt (spermatozoa) extract medium is activated by addition of fresh water, sperms become active and motility of sperms can be confirmed in microscope. Sperm preparation thus obtained will be sufficient to fertilize the ova stripped from 2 females. Sperm extract is sprinkled over the ova and gametes are mixed gently using with a bird feathers and allowed to 2 to 3 minutes for fertilization and washed with fresh and clean water. After repeated washing with fresh water fertilized eggs are transferred to hatching trays for incubation. After transferring the fertilized eggs to the flow through incubating system, a feeble flow of water was provided to maintain good water quality. The water temperature between 27 and 28C was maintained for development and hatching.
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Nursery rearing: Clarias fries requires very shallow water level 23 ft, because at deeper water they could not swim to surface for gulping air hence died. C. magur is better suited to these shallow waters. In addition to their suitability for culture in derelict waters those catfish can also be cultured in proper well-managed shallow ponds. Pre-stocking nursery pond preparation included the removal of aquatic weeds and predatory fish followed by liming and fertilizations with organic manures and inorganic fertilizer. Recommended stocking density of Clarias is 50,000/ha. However, in Thailand the stocking density of Clarias is very high 60-100 fingerlings/m2 (6-10 lakhs/ha). C. magur easily trained to feed on artificial feed such as fish
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encourage attention to agricultural food production and to stimulate national, bilateral, multilateral and non-governmental efforts to this end; encourage economic and technical cooperation among developing countries; encourage the participation of rural people, particularly women and the least privileged categories, in decisions and activities influencing their living conditions; heighten public awareness of the problem of hunger in the world; promote the transfer of technologies to the developing world; and strengthen international and national solidarity in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition and poverty and draw attention to achievements in food and agricultural development.
THEMES 2010 - United against Hunger 2009 - Achieving Food Security in Times of Crisis 2008 - World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy 2007 - The Right to Food 2006 - Investing in agriculture for food security 2005 - Agriculture and intercultural dialogue 2004 - Biodiversity for Food Security 2003 - Working together for an International Alliance Against Hunger 2002 - Water: source of Food Security 2001 - Fight Hunger to Reduce Poverty 2000 - A Millennium Free from Hunger 1999 - Youth Against Hunger 1998 - Women Feed the World 1997 - Investing in Food Security 1996 - Fighting Hunger and Malnutrition 1995 - Food for All 1994 - Water for Life 1993 - Harvesting Nature's Diversity 1986 - Fishermen and Fishing Communities 1985 - Rural Poverty 1992 - Food and Nutrition 1984 - Women in Agriculture 1991 - Trees for Life 1983 - Food Security 1990 - Food for the Future 1982 - Food Comes First 1989 - Food and the Environment 1981 - Food Comes First 1988 - Rural Youth
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