Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India and ICAR – Central Institute for Research on Cattle, Meerut have observed the Pashu Pardarshani & Krishi Mela (Animal Exhibition and Agriculture Fair) which was inaugurated by lighting the lamp today on 06th April 2023 by chief guest Hon’ble Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, Government of India in the presence of special guest Hon'ble Shri. ParshottamRupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying, Hon'ble Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India,

The main objective of Pashu Pardarshani & Krishi Mela is to promote and exhibit the agricultural, animal husbandry, fisheries practices. The exhibition serves as a platform for participation by many exhibitors from 15 organizations for supporting fisheries including others and highlighted the latest technologies i.e RAS Biofloc, fish food, fish seed, other information on fisheries schemes etc., tools, and techniques used in fishing, farming, livestock rearing, and animal health management. The exhibition was organized to create awareness among fishermen, farmers, breeders, and other stakeholders about new and innovative approaches to farming, fisheries and animal husbandry, to educate the general public about the importance of fisheries, agriculture and animal husbandry in the country's economy and its overall development.

Program of Pashu Pardarshani & Krishi Mela was organized on 06th April 2023 at Numaish Ground, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh and shall end on 07th April 2023. Not only the farmers from Muzaffarnagar but farmers from nearby districts and from other states have registered successfully and participated in the program. Pashu Pardarshani & Krishi Mela is a program reflecting the far-reaching policy and strategy of the government leading to the direct interaction with fishermen, farmers, breeders, and other stakeholders to educate among themselves about the importance of these critical sectors, supporting and informing the latest trends, technologies, and innovations in the field.

A welcome speech was given by Hon'ble Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, at the beginning of an events towards the guest and farmers for making an effort to attend the event.

Hon'ble Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, Hon’ble Shri. Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying, and other dignitaries were welcomed by the department of fisheries, animal husbandry & dairying officials along with farmers and other stakeholders at Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.

Animals like cow, buffalo, horse, goat, sheep have participated exhibit their catwalk during the fair and took part in many other competitions during the program. Apart from Uttar Pradesh, animals from other states including Haryana, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi have also participated in this competition, more than 150 stall were setup consisting of the exhibition of agricultural, fisheries and dairy machineries. Agriculture and dairy entrepreneurship development, ICAR, Agriculture/Veterinary Universities, Agriculture science centers have also participated in the program. Demonstration of technologies developed by start-ups and agro-industry agencies, demonstration of animals belonging to important livestock species like cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat etc. have been shown during the exhibition. Farmer scientific dialogue, technical sessions and seminars were also organized.

 The following Dignitaries were present on the occasion  i) Hon'ble Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, ii) Hon’ble Shri Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, iii) Hon'ble Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, iv) Hon'ble Shri Dharampal Singh, Minister of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of Uttar Pradesh, v) Hon’ble Shri Kapil Dev Agarwal, Minister of Vocational Education & Skill Development, Government of Uttar Pradesh, vi) Hon’ble Shri Jai Parkash Dalal. Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Fisheries and Law & Legislative, Government of Haryana, vii) MLA’s, Ex MLA’s, viii) Leaders of Kshetra Panchayat, district leaders and other officials.

Further, Hon’ble Shri Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying praised thst the exhibition  was truly remarkable and exhibited the best of the innovative ideas and techniques to support our fish farmers, fishermen and their communities. He also mentioned that this exhibition was a remarkable opportunity to learn more about the challenges being faced by farmers and the solutions being developed to address them. Further he also mentioned about Kisan Credit Card (KCC) to be utilized effectively by fishers and fish farmers including other stakeholders

Hon'ble Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping addressed regarding socio economic development highlighting the process of improving the economic, social well-being of farmers and their communities etc. as their livelihood are closely linked to the sector.  He mentioned about the major indicators such as infrastructure development, access to finance, technology adoption, capacity building of farmers, easy and flexible market access to farmers and their communities lead to effective socioeconomic development. It  requires the participation and collaboration of various stakeholders, including government, private sector organizations, civil society groups, and international development agencies for the improvement in the livelihood of farmers and economic development of the communities, he said.

Hon’ble Shri Kapil Dev Agarwal, Minister of Vocational Education & Skill Development, Government of Uttar Pradesh thanked all dignitaries and other participants for their presence and contribution to an event.

ICAR institutes like CIFRI, NBFGR provided the information about the models which have been exhibited during the program and distributed the leaflets to get the detailed information about the technology. The officials from various institutes have participated i.e Shri Vinod Prajapati from Saharanpur shown Growing Oyester for pearl farming and other participants/institutes have organized the stalls namely.

National Fisheries Development Board, Hyderabad (Smt.A.V. Madhuri, Senior Executive Tech, Mr. Nataraj, Monitoring Asst) from Telangana plays a vital role in enhancing sustainable and responsible fish production and productivity by effectively promoting modern technology and utilizing the untapped potential resources in a coordinated, integrated and holistic manner.

Department of Fisheries, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh (Director of Fisheries) from Uttar Pradesh plays an important role in accelerating the sustainable development of fisheries, poverty reduction, food and nutritional security and inclusive economic growth through increase in fisheries production and community participation through technically driven aquaculture,

NIFPHATT (Shri. Kamlraj.K.) from Kerala: NIFPHATT envisages the best post-harvest fish utilization and consumption with the least post-harvest losses and delivery of the best quality fish and fish products.

ICAR-NBFGR, Lucknow (Mr. Amit Bisht Singh) from Uttar Pradesh plays vital role in assessment and conservation of fish genetic resources for intellectual property protection, sustainable utilization and posterity. Also, in collection, cataloguing and documentation of fish genetic resources using operational strategies of partnership and cutting-edge technologies.

 R. S Polymers (Mr.Siddharth Mehta) from New Delhi: focusing on the fish cultivation to accelerate sustainable development of aquaculture sector

PVR Aqua. (Mr.Rajnish Kumar) from Uttar Pradesh: focusing in providing the commercial fishing assistance consisting of fish farming, fish marketing, fish products and fish processing.

Aqua Doctor Solutions (Dr.Barman) from Uttar Pradesh: involved in activities like commercial fishing, fish hatchery, biofloc fish, aquaponics, RAS farming etc.

Everest Blowers Private Limited (Mr. Amit Senger) from New Delhi: providing the innovative engineering solutions in entire range of pressure & vacuum systems by having state of art technology, optimized designs, R&D, manufacturing low pressure compressors.

Everest Turbo (Mr. Deepak Toonwal) from New Delhi: provides innovative solutions to Aquaculture Farms, Water & Wastewater Treatment Plants, Effluent Treatment Plants & Pneumatic Conveying Systems with the products such as Centrifugal Technology Blowers like Side Channel Blowers/Regenerative Blower, Aluminium Die Cast Centrifugal Blowers, High Speed Centrifugal Blowers & Air Knife Systems and Turbo Blowers.

Sunflex India (Mr. Mohd Ali) from New Delhi: involved in manufacturing and supplying of fish farming tank material specially Biofloc Fish Farming tank.

Coastal Aquaculture Research Institute Pvt Ltd (Mr. Sudhakar) from Tamil Nadu: supporting fisheries and agriculture industry research and proving services/ products such as water testing equipments, fish foods etc.

Optify Industrial Solutions Pvt Ltd Start up India (Mr. Piyush Patil) from Maharashtra: focusing on food processing for dryers like in powders and pallet foods, biomass etc.

Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (Shri. D.N. Jha) from Uttar Pradesh: involved as a knowledge-based management for enhanced fishery, supporting sustainable fisheries from inland open fwaters for environmental integrity, livelihood and nutritional security.

In all around 30,000 farmers participated including fish farmers, fish entrepreneurs, veterinary officers, extension workers, agro-industry personnel (animal science), agro-professionals, scientists etc. in Pashu Pardarshani & Krishi Mela 2023 at Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. Also, AI was discussed and promoted. The seminars and conferences held during the program has helped in getting the information among the participants and citizens regarding processing of animal product, testing method for adulteration, maintenance and health management of cattle, methods of making urea molasses block etc.

Pashu Pardarshani & Krishi Mela shall go long way and will have a significant impact on various aspects including innovation and adopting technology transfer, business and economic development, education and awareness, policy and decision making, conservation and biodiversity etc. for all fish farmers, fishermen, fisheries scientist and other fisheries stakeholders. Students from schools and colleges had also participated and were extremely happy after getting the knowledge and information which again will create a positive impact on the life of fish farmers for their economic upliftment by increasing efficiency in their fishing and farming practices.

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