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AQUA STAR INTERVIEW MAY 2021 – IDAH MACHINERY

  • In Print: May, 2021

    • AQUA STAR Team had an email interview with Mr Morning Huang, Head of Sales department, IDAH Machinery

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    AQUA STAR Interview

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    • In Print: April, 2021

    AQUA STAR caught up with Dr. Saurabh Shekhar, Managing Director, Trouw Nutrition India in an e- mail interview about Trouw Nutrition in India, vision for Aquaculture industry and many more

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    Friend of the Sea urges for regulation of Sustainable Seafood claims

    • FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI)
    • 02 FEB 2021

    Friend of the Sea, the preeminent certification standard for products and services that respect and protect the marine environment, yesterday issued a statement at the 34 th Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) that third-party certification and national accreditation should be mandatory for making claims about seafood sustainability.

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    New Dynamic Leadership Team at CLFMA OF INDIA 2020-2022

    • CII HIVE
    • 01 FEB 2021

    CLFMA of India is the apex organization and the voice of the country's dynamic livestock sector. The 54-year-old industry association is recognized as one among the highly reputed in India. CLFMA OF INDIA is well recognized by livestock farmers, Central and State Governments, government departments, Agricultural Universities, Veterinary Colleges and also National Research Institutes in India as well as outside the country.

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    FISH MART - 7 Days Virtual Exposition at CII HIVE

    • CII HIVE
    • 24 - 30 November 2020

    CII is organizing a 7 days Virtual Exposition, from 24 - 30 November 2020, at CII Hive, titled -FISH MART with International Linkage, Digital Conference, B2B Meet, Recipe Competition and Award Ceremony as major highlights of the show. AQUA STAR is magazine partner for the event.

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    EAS will organise AE2020 ONLINE!

    • Cork, Ireland
    • April 12-15, 2021

    After weighing up all the elements of risk and contingency, the EAS Board has decided that the Aquaculture Europe 2020 event planned in Cork next April cannot now go ahead. The Board has therefore decided to organise AE2020 as an ONLINE event, held over the same dates April 12-15, 2021.

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    EAS events in Cork and Madeira in 2021 – an Update

    • Cork, Ireland
    • April 12-15, 2021

    There will be no Aquaculture Europe event this year. However, EAS will organise two events in 2021. AE2020 in Cork, Ireland from April 12-15 and AE2021 in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal 6 months later from October 5-8. Here’s the latest update.

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    INDIAN CHAMBER OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (ICFA) Suggests Six Comprehensive Steps to Alleviate Agrarian Distress

    • New Delhi
    • July 08, 2020

    The stimulus package recently announced by the government distinctly aims at increasing farmer income and alleviating suffering within the rural precincts. However, considering the acute agrarian hardship being presently experienced in the villages...

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    World Bank Approves $750 Million Emergency Response Program for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in India

    • New Delhi
    • July 01, 2020

    The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a $750 million MSME Emergency Response program to support increased flow of finance into the hands of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), severely impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.

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