CIFRI Awards
Ornamental fish keeping is one of the best options for self employment and livelihood improvement in the rural areas. ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore took an initiative to develop an ornamental units in tribal villages of Odisha, with the primary aim is to empower tribal women and to make them self-employed by providing alternative source of income. Under this vision, awareness cum demonstration programs were organized at Risia Nilagiri village in Balasore district and Chunakuli, Damana village in Bhubaneswar, Odisha for the tribal women under Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) on 26 th and 27 th February 2021. Dr. B. K. Das, Director, ICAR-CIFRI highlighted the importance and opportunity of the ornamental fish culture and how the rural women will get alternative income and increase their earning basket from the sector. The Director, ICAR-CIFRI distributed the 50 ornamental fish unit in both the villages as 35 units were distributed in Rishia, Nilagiri village on 26.02.2021 and 15 units in Chunakuli, Damana village on 27.02.2021 to the tribal beneficiaries in the presence of the members of Rotary club of Bhubaneswar Royal Odisha and Rotary Club of Bhubaneswar Ekamra Khetra. The Ornamental fish unit includes 350 litre capacity FRP tank, aerator, heater, aquatic plant, medicines, feeds, covering nets, extension wire and ornamental fish. The ornamental fish units were installed and demonstrated in the villages. The women from both the villages were trained on ornamental fish keeping and breeding to strengthen the theoretical and practical skill for ornamental fish culture at ICAR-CIFRI Barrackpore prior to the establishment of the unit. The programme was jointly organized by ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore , Rotary club of Ekamra Khetra and Rotary Club of Bhubaneswar Royal, Odisha by following the COVID19 guidelines of Govt. of India under SCSP programme and Skill development programme of Rotary International. The program was coordinated by Mr. M.H. Ramteke, Dr. P. K. Parida, Dr. Lianthuamluaia, and Mr. H.S. Swain under the supervision of Dr. B.K. Das, Director ICAR- CIFRI.
