India steps up efforts to promote shrimp farming

In a major step towards boosting the shrimp farming industry, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s Central Institute of Marine Aquaculture (ICAR-CIBA) in Chennai, India, and Agrocel Industries Ltd. in Kutch, Gujarat, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The collaboration aims to conduct contract research on the effectiveness of a natural mineral blend called “AQUALAABH” and its variants in shrimp farming. The research will be conducted at ICAR-CIBA’s Navsari Gujarat Research Center (NGRC) in Navsari, Gujarat. Agrocel Industries is a leader in India’s bromine-based marine chemical industry, specializing in minerals, specialty chemicals, and plant and animal nutrition. Its product “AQUALAABH” is derived from seawater minerals and is designed to improve the productivity and sustainability of ...