An consciousness programme connected ‘Sustainable Business Opportunities successful the Fisheries Value Addition Sector’ was organised by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research – Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (ICAR-CIFT), Visakhapatnam Research Centre and Fisheries incubation centre of ICAR-CIFT successful relation with Zonal Technology Management - Agribusiness Incubation (ZTM-ABI) of ICAR-CIFT, successful Visakhapatnam, connected Friday (December 14, 2025).
The nonsubjective of the programme was to sensitise the stakeholders connected the technologies disposable for worth summation of seafood, food discarded utilisation and seaweed products and concern promotion activities. Nearly 100 persons, including fishermen, seafood processing units, entrepreneurs, start-ups, farmers, SHG members, NGOs, students, accomplishment improvement centres, representatives from State Fisheries Department, FSI, Central Institute of Fisheries Nautical and Engineering Training (CIFNET), National Institute of Fisheries Post Harvest Technology and Training (NIFPHATT), attended the consciousness programme.
G. Pawan Kumar, nationalist president, Seafood Exporters Association of India, who inaugurated the consciousness programme, spoke connected the ample scope of ready- to-eat (RTE) and ready-to-cook (RTC) products successful the planetary market.
Dr. B Madhusudana Rao, scientist-in charge, ICAR-CIFT, Visakhapatnam Research Centre presided the inaugural ceremonial and highlighted the value of worth summation for amended worth realisation per fish, some for the home and export markets.
Earlier, Dr Viji. P., elder idiosyncratic welcomed the gathering and aboriginal Dr. Jesmi Debbarma projected the ballot of thanks.

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