ICAR-CIFRI signs Technology Transfer License Agreement of “ICAR-CIFRI ARGCURE” with Glaucus Agrochem Pvt. Ltd

7^th July, 2021, Barrackpore

The ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata signed the Technology Transfer License Agreement of “ICAR-CIFRI ARGCURE” with the Glaucus Agrochem Pvt. Ltd. today.

The Chief Guest, Dr. Joykrushna Jena, Deputy Director General (Fisheries Science), ICAR stated that the ICAR-CIFRI ARGCURE will surely provide respite from the parasitic outbreak in the inland fisheries and aquaculture. Dr. Jena also stressed on safety issues, keeping the condition of the formulation.

     

Dr. B.P. Mohanty, ADG (Inland Fisheries), ICAR accentuated that the technology developed through nano-formulation is effective in Argulus control.

Dr. Sudha Mysore, C.E.O., Agrinnovate India Ltd. also virtually participated in the event.

Dr. B.K. Das, Director, ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore and Shri Sariful Islam, Managing Director, Glaucus Agrochem Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata signed the agreement on the behalf of their respective organizations.

Dr. B.K. Das, Director, ICAR-CIFRI briefed about the revolutionary technology “ICAR-CIFRI ARGCURE” used for controlling the Argulus parasite. Dr. Das emphasized that after the three successful commercialized technologies namely - ICAR-CIFRI GI CAGE, ICAR-CIFRI PEN HDPE and ICAR-CIFRI Cagegrow Fish Feed, this is the fourth technology that is going to be commercialized by the Institute.

Shri Sariful Islam hoped that the partnership with the ICAR-CIFRI will strive and continue in future.

As per the Technology Commercialization Guidelines of the Indian Council of Agriculture Research, the commercialization of ICAR-CIFRI ARGCURE Technology has been facilitated by the Agrinnovate India Ltd. (a Government of India Enterprises).

CIFRI ARGCURE

The ICAR-CIFRI has developed an innovative product - ICAR-CIFRI ARGCURE using polymeric nanomicelle approach. The experimental results show that the technology is effective in controlling the fish parasite Argulus bengalensis at a low dose as compared to the conventional formulations.

The technology’s application results in the disruption of the hatching process of the parasite. The field evaluations depicted that it performed well in the field conditions and retained the water bodies’ parasite-free for longer time duration.

The present innovation is directed towards better performance of anti-parasitic molecules against fish parasites through nano-technological interventions and to improve food and environment safety through lowering the anti-parasite application dose.

(Source: ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata)