{"id":41383,"date":"2021-05-20T18:03:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T12:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agricultureinformation.com\/?p=41383"},"modified":"2021-06-18T17:26:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T11:56:03","slug":"dr-amit-mandal-on-what-is-biofloc-technology-how-it-helps-to-to-enhance-aquaculture-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agricultureinformation.com\/postings\/dr-amit-mandal-on-what-is-biofloc-technology-how-it-helps-to-to-enhance-aquaculture-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Amit Mandal on &#8220;What is  Biofloc Technology:  How it helps to enhance aquaculture productivity &#8220;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41384 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.agricultureinformation.com\/postings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/amith.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"142\" height=\"165\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Amit Mandal is an\u00a0Assistant Professor (Fisheries) at\u00a0College of Fisheries, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University in\u00a0Ludhiana, Punjab.\u00a0 His interests are\u00a0Aquaculture Technologies and Fish Culture Practices\u00a0To know more view\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3hAzTzc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3hAzTzc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BioflocTechnology (BFT) is considered as new &#8220;blue revolution&#8221; since nutrients can be continuously recycled and reused in the culture medium by the minimal or zero water exchange system. Ministry of Fisheries, Govt. of India has taken the targets under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) to increase fish production to 22 million metric tons by 2024-25 from 13.75 million metric tons in 2018-19, to enhance aquaculture productivity to 5 tons per hectare from the current national average of 3 tons and to augment domestic fish consumption from 5 kg to 12 kg per capita. Ministry of Fisheries is promoting biofloc technology throughout the country through financial assistance under PMMSY. Therefore, biofloc based aquaculture is essentially required in the modern world to develop resilience against climate change and achieve high production targets, with only 10-15% land and water requirements as compared to traditional culture practices. So, the biofloc technology will be able to increase food security, gain high economical returns and will help to generate employment opportunities for rural youth and women by developing the aquapreneurs in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Amit Mandal is an\u00a0Assistant Professor (Fisheries) at\u00a0College of Fisheries, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University in\u00a0Ludhiana, Punjab.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agricultureinformation.com\/postings\/dr-amit-mandal-on-what-is-biofloc-technology-how-it-helps-to-to-enhance-aquaculture-productivity\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading &gt;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dr. Amit Mandal on &#8220;What is  Biofloc Technology:  How it helps to enhance aquaculture productivity &#8220;<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":267731,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2544],"tags":[889],"class_list":["post-41383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-completed","tag-aquaculture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - 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