Museum with 35 fodder species at ICAR

Panaji: Union minister of fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying, Parshottam Rupala visited ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute (CCARI), Old Goa on Monday and inaugurated the newly-developed fodder museum which boasts of growing 35 different fodder species suitable for the coastal region and can act as a live demonstration unit for farmers. The minister took stock of the institute’s activities, visited the dairy cattle unit, and eco-friendly wastewater treatment facility. He had an interactive session with farmers, entrepreneurs, scientists and representatives from the dairy federation. Issues related to subsidies, bank procedure,saltwater intrusion, animal diseases, etc, were raised.Chief minister Pramod Sawant highlighted the measures taken by the state government for the benefit of farmers and motivated them to take advantage of these schemes, while fisheries minister Filipe Neri Rodrigues stressed upon the need for a detailed study regarding the introduction of cage culture without affecting the tourism sector.