About Project
Fish is an irreplaceable source of micronutrients in diets in many developing countries, where large numbers of vulnerable people belong to 'fish dependent' populations. Previous WorldFish research has demonstrated that small indigenous species (SIS) of fish can be a particularly rich sources of key micronutrients, including calcium, zinc, and vitamins A and B12, and make a crucial contribution towards reaching recommended dietary micronutrient intakes, including for women and children. However, the availability of these species is declining in many locations, where habitat degradation, overexploitation of inland fisheries, and other environmental stresses have made once abundant and affordable SIS increasingly scarce and expensive. Farming SIS would help to enhance the availability of these foods and make them more accessible to low-income consumers, but the lack of hatchery breeding techniques for mass production of SIS seed is a key barrier to scaling of nutrition-sensitive aquaculture to its full potential. WorldFish is implementing a GIZ-funded project titled “Taking nutrition-sensitive carp-SIS polyculture technology to scale” to address this key bottleneck through applied research on mass production of SIS seed in Assam and Odisha states of India.
The project has 4 components: (1) Assess factors influencing the adoption of carp-SIS polyculture technology under by previous projects. (2) Develop protocols for the mass production and transport of seed of up to five nutrient-rich SIS; (3) Validate business models for reproduction and distribution of SIS species in partnership with private seed supply enterprises; and (4) Technical training and outreach to ensure integration into public and private investments for further scaling
Impact Pathway
(1): Nutritional outcomes and technical, social and economic factors influencing the adoption, dis-adoption, diffusion, and adaptation of carp-SIS polyculture technology promoted by previous WorldFish projects in Bangladesh and Assam and Odisha State in India are analyzed and understood.;
(2):Technical protocols for the sustainable mass production of seed and transport of 3-5 key nutrient rich SIS developed.;
(3): Inclusive business and entrepreneurial models for commercial production and distribution of 3-5 nutrient rich SIS species established and functional in at least 30 private actors in the fish seed supply chain for piloting to service smallholder farmers.;
(4): Public and private sector and development partners enhanced their capacities for further scaling in India, and in other FISH CRP focal countries such as Bangladesh and Cambodia
Publications
- Unlocking the technology for mola (Amblypharyngodon mola) mass production hastens nutrition-sensitive aquaculture in India
- Cracking the code of hatchery-based mass production of mola (Amblypharyngodon mola) seed for nutrition-sensitive aquaculture
- Dataset of biological community structure in Deepor Beel using eDNA approach–A RAMSAR wetland of Assam, India
- Can sympathetic induction be a convenient technique for breeding Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton, 1822)?
- Guidelines for setting up breeding experiments for small indigenous species (SIS)
- Selection of small indigenous fish for breeding trials in the states of Assam and Odisha in India
- Current state of knowledge on induced breeding of nutrient-rich small indigenous fish species
- Preserving cultural heritage: Community fishing among the Rabha community in Assam
- Assessing the performance of hatchery-produced mola (Amblypharyngodon mola) seed in homestead carp polyculture ponds
- Induced breeding of small indigenous fish species (SIS): An overview of some trial options (English, Assamese, Bangla and Odia)
- Induced breeding of mola carplet (Amblypharyngodon mola) for mass seed production: A practical guideline
- Induced breeding of mola carplet (Amblypharyngodon mola) for mass seed production: A practical guideline (Assamese)
- Induced breeding of mola carplet (Amblypharyngodon mola) for mass seed production: A practical guideline (Bangla)
- Induced breeding of mola carplet (Amblypharyngodon mola) for mass seed production: A practical guideline (Odia)
- Stocking of hatchery produced mola seed Amblypharyngodon mola): A guideline for farmers
- Stocking of hatchery produced mola seed Amblypharyngodon mola): A guideline for farmers (Assamese)
- Stocking of hatchery produced mola seed Amblypharyngodon mola): A guideline for farmers (Bangla)
- Stocking of hatchery produced mola seed Amblypharyngodon mola): A guideline for farmers (Odia)
- Proceeding of virtual inception workshop on project “Taking Nutrition Sensitive Carp SIS Polyculture Technology to Scale
- Hatchery produced mola (Mahurali) seed release programme, Odisha, India
- Hatchery produced mola seed release program Assam, India
- Capacity building and knowledge exchange workshop on mass seed production of small indigenous fish, Odisha, India
- Capacity building workshop on mass seed production of small indigenous fish species, Assam, India
- Cross-learning exposure visit from Cambodia to India, Odisha and Assam, India
- Farmers’ training program on induced breeding of small indigenous fish, Assam, India
- Farmers’ training program on induced breeding of small indigenous fish, Odisha, India
- Hatchery-based mass production of mola (Amblypharyngodon mola) seed to scale nutrition-sensitive aquaculture
- Paddy cum fish integrated farming to sustainable aquatic food production: a climate-smart approach for low lying areas in Assam, India
- Induced breeding and mass seed production of pool barb (Puntius sophore) – A nutrient-dense small indigenous fish species in Assam
- Mass seed production and rearing of small indigenous fish mola carplet (Amblypharyngodon mola) to promote nutrition-sensitive aquaculture
