Flagship programmes for Fisheries

Flagship programmes for Fisheries
 

News: Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, launched three national flagship programmes at Indian Council of Agricultural Research-CIBA Campus, Chennai.
 

What are the flagship programmes?

 Genetic Improvement Programme of Indian White Shrimp
o The farmed shrimp sector contributes about 70% of India's seafood exports worth Rs. 42000 crores, but it mostly depends on one exotic Specific Pathogen-Free stock of Pacific white shrimp species (Penaeus vannamei).
o To break this dependence on one species and to promote indigenous species, ICAR-CIBA has taken up the genetic improvement program of Indian white shrimp, P. indicus, as a national priority under the Make in India flagship program.

 Shrimp Crop Insurance
o ICAR-CIBA developed a Shrimp Crop Insurance product where the product charges differential premium based on location and requirements of the individual farmer from 3.7 to 7.7 % of input costs and farmer will be compensated to the tune of 80 % loss of input cost in the event of total crop loss. i.e., more than 70% crop loss.

 National Surveillance Programme for Aquatic Animal Diseases
o The programme is implemented since 2013 with a major emphasis on strengthening farmer-based disease surveillance system.
o The results of the first phase proved the reduction in revenue losses due to diseases, increased farmers’ income and exports.
o Under Phase II, the NSPAAD will be implemented across India.