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Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA)
Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar 751 002
ORISSA
Fax No. : 0674 - 2465407
Phone Nos. : 0674 2465421; 2465446
E.Mail : cifa@ori.nic.in cifa@tn.nic.in
Web site: www.stpbh.soft.net/cifa

Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture

MANDATE    THRUST AREAS   ACHIEVEMENTS   TECHNOLOGIES GENERATED 

The Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture is the premier Institute for freshwater aquaculture in the country. The Institute has had its beginning in the Pond Culture Divison of Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute which was established at Cuttack, Orissa in 1949. Later, the Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute based at Barrackpore, West Bengal, in a major efforts to give emphasis to freshwater aquaculture research, initiated steps for establishing the Freshwater Aquaculture Research and Training Centre (FARTC) over 136 ha campus at Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar, Orissa. The Centre blossomed into its full capacity and became an independent institute during 1987 as Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture. The Institute has five Research Centres located at Rahara, West Bengal; Kalyani, West Bengal; Bangalore, Karnataka; Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh and Ludhiana, Punjab, besides KVK/TTC located at the Headquarters catering to the needs of farmers in the region. Being the premier Institute for research, training and education in freshwater aquaculture sector in the country, the Institute is recognized as a the Regional Lead Centre for Carp Farming under the FAO/UNDP Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA). CIFA has been conferred with the honour of 'Best ICAR Institution' for the year 1996. 

MANDATE

1. To conduct research, more specifically in nutrition, physiology, genetics, pathology, pond environmental monitoring and aquaculture engineering, for developing intensive and extensiive warm freshwater farming systems for commercially important finfish and shellfish.
2. To coduct specialised training and extension programmes in freshwater aquacultureto enable economic utilisation of the cultivated and cultivable freshwater resources of the country, and
3. To act as a nodal agency to provide scientific information and technology transfer for freshwater aquaculture development

1. Development of farming systems for different agro-climatic zones of the country
2. Refinement of existing seed production and farming technologies
3. Evaluation of new candidate species for freshwater aquaculture systems
4. Selective breeding for genetic improvement of commercially important freshwater fishes
5. Broodstock development, breeding and seed production of high value catfishes
6. Health management practices for finfish and shellfish of freshwater ecosystems
7. Seed formulations for fish and shellfish
8. Water budgeting in aquaculture

ACHIEVEMENTS 

1. Induced breeding of carps and catfishes
2. Prolonged and multiple breeding of carps
3. Cryopreservation of carp milt
4. Intensive carp seed rearing and carp culture
5. Breeding and seed production of freshwater ornamental fishes and culture
6. Breeding and seed production of giant freshwater prawn and Indian river prawn and freshwater prawn culture
7. Production of Jayanti rohu an improved variety through selective breeding
8. Wastewater treatment through aquaculture
9. Integrated fish farming
10. Freshwater pearl culture
11. Development of balanced and cost effective feeds CIFACA, CIFAMA & CIFAPRA
12. Development of CIFAX to control EUS
13. Herbal treatment of fish diseases

TECHNOLOGIES GENERATED 

1. Induced breeding and hatchery management of carps
2. Multiple carp breeding and intensive seed production
3. Cryopreservation of fish milt
4. Intensive carp polyculture
5. Breeding and culture of freshwater catfish - magur and singhi
6. Seed production and culture of freshwater prawns
7. Freshwater pearl culture
8. Aquatic biofertilization and organic farming
9. Integrated fish farming including sewage-fed fish culture
10. Formulation of fish/shellfish feeds
11. Fish disease diagnosis and their control with special reference to EUS
12. Design and construction of fish farms for carps, catfishes and prawns