Manual on Entrepreneur-Ready Technologies of CMFRI

CMFRI presented five entrepreneur- ready technologies in the “Innovation 4 Industry Meet” organized by Zonal Technology Management Centre, Business Planning & Development Unit (ZTMCBPDU), South Zone, CIFT and National Fisheries Development Board held at Visakhapatnam on 8th September 2010 and in the ‘Rural Technology Mela’ organized by National Institute of rural Development at Hyderabad during 2nd to 5th February, 2011. A detailed presentation and exposition including prospective business proposals on the five technologies namely‘Green Mussel extract (GMe)’, ‘Varna (the marine ornamental fish feed)’, ‘Broodstock development, captive breeding and larval production of 17 species of marine ornamental fishes’, ‘Larval production of Cobia fish’ and ‘A device for breeding and culturing marine fish in open sea through cage farming’ were made in the meets. ‘Open sea cage farming in HDPE cage’ and ‘Low cost cage farming in GI cage’ were show-cased in the recently held ICAR-CII Industry Meet organized at NAAS Complex, New Delhi on 23rd May, 2011. The presentation and the exhibition in these meets got the attention of many prospective industrialists/ entrepreneurs which resulted in signing up of a few business proposals

Overcoming India’s Food Security Challenges: The Role of Intellectual Property Management and Technology Transfer Capacity Building

The growth of the Indian economy after Independence has had little impact on the food security of the country. The paper analyses the development of advanced crop varieties through the use of agricultural technologies (hereinafter agbiotech ) within the technology transfer system, a framework which comprises of the interactions of intellectual property rights law and agricultural research and development in India. Through this, the author argues that agricultural innovation in India is failing due to the absence of connections within the technology transfer system and advocates for the creation of a national program aimed at advancing IP and tech-transfer capacity in agbiotech

Fisheries technology management at Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR): An IPR perspective

Technology management in intellectual property rights (IPR) is a procedure, which incorporates technology production, promotion and their commercialization. Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous organization, and is the apex body for coordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture in the entire country. With the aim of utilizing the vast research and development facilities and knowledge available with its institutions, ICAR has started a technology management and business incubation drive, intended for the Indian agricultural sector to promote agribusiness. This apex body has established a three-tier IP management system, which is presently giving a scope of demonstrated results by securing its research assets with different IP tools like patents, trademarks and designs; and commercializing its research outcomes. Six ICAR fisheries research institutes filed 84 patent applications, out of which 55 were filed during the last 5 years. Seven patents were conceded to 3 of these establishments, which fall under the IPC classifications A, B, C and E. Eight trademarks were additionally enlisted at the Indian Trademark Registry for diverse fish based products. To commercialize the fisheries research outcomes, including 142 technologies, 207 partnerships were developed by various institutes with 135 national and international organizations. IP protected technology commercialization is on its higher side with 21.12%, achieved within a short time span. These endeavors of technology management at ICAR, coupled with an effective technology protection and commercialization of the vast and diversified ICAR knowledge base, gave a renewed boost and a decent way for the Indian fisheries research and a new agribusiness paradigm

Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) in Capture Fisheries: A Case Study in Vypeen Island of Ernakulam District

Fisheries sector is considered as one of the productive sectors of Kerala and it contributes about 3% to the economy of the state (DoF Kerala, 2011) The population of fisher folk in Kerala is estimated at about 10.85 lakhs of which 6.10 lakhs is involved in marine fishing activity. The total number of fishermen family is around 1.10 lakh with a population density of 2748/fishing village. The fishers engaged in marine fisheries dwell in small houses spread over the coastal areas. The coastal line of the Arabian Sea sprawling on the western part of the state is 590 km in length spread over nine coastal districts with 222 fishing village and 187 landing centres (Marine Fisheries Census, 2010). The total marine fish production in the state is 6.08 lakh t valued at 3803 crores at primary level and 5520 crore at retail level (CMFRI, 2011). The general living conditions and the economic status of the fisher folk in the state is considered not up to the living standards of the general populace of the state with a literacy rate of 72.50%. These fishermen possess rich indigenous technical knowledge and expertise in fishing activities which they transfer from generations to generations

Farmer led innovations: Retrospect and prospects

Agricultural development in any country is innovation driven. At the end of the development process, innovation makes the difference in farmers’ adoption decision. Indian farmers have also been in the process of continuously improving available technologies and innovating new ideas for more efficient and cost-effective farming, which has resulted in numerous innovations over the generations. It helped not only to improve farming practices but also to ensure better livelihood options. Despite its relevance and importance, it has neither been documented nor recognized. Even if the documentation has been done, the Intellectual Property Rights on the innovations made by the farmers has often been ignored. The innovations have neither been properly institutionalized for their horizontal and vertical expansion nor properly disseminated. Though, initiatives by government and non-government bodies to identify and document the farmer led innovations have taken place in recent past but in a limited scale only. It is therefore necessary to provide sufficient and suitable institutional support to the farmers for the promotion of farmer led innovations and to document, validate and scale up of these innovations. The institutional arrangements for networking of stakeholders need to be devised to translate the challenges faced in the institutionalization of farmer led innovations into opportunities. The present article is an attempt to document the importance of farmer led innovations, role of institutions in promoting it, reasons for slow pace of spread and strategies for scaling up the farmer led innovations with special emphasis on Indian conditions

Agribusiness Incubation Transforming Indian Agriculture, A Business Incubation Approach of NAIP-BPDs in NARS

Given the critical role of agriculture to the local economy and the centrality of smallholder farmers in agriculture, encouraging entrepreneurship in agriculture with focus on smallholder farmers would help the sector cope with the rapidly changing global environment. But for such transformation to happen in the sector, there needs enabling conditions that help nurture an entrepreneurial ecosystem which can help in making farmers take risks and operate agribusiness start-ups but can also enable other stakeholders of the sector to play a bigger and eff ective role that will enhance the development of the sector. The chapter focuses on the need for this transformation from within, the expected challenges and the way forward

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Seeding Success through Innovation & Technology: Role of Innovations in Transforming Indian Agriculture

Agriculture remains the most important sector for India, vital for ensuring its food and nutritional security. From an economic perspective, the sector provides livelihood means to over 58 percent of the nation’s population, while contributing 14 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by providing bulk of the wage goods required by non-agriculture sectors, and most of the raw materials for the industries. The Green Revolution and the transformation it brought about to this sector helped in easing poverty, and proved that agricultural development has a direct role in improving the livelihood of the people and the society. However, despite its importance, various indicators from the sector show that all is not well. Across the world, the challenges facing the sector are immense: declining natural resources, smaller landholdings and lesser area for cultivation, erratic monsoons, climate change crisis, energy crisis, loss of biodiversity, weak extension machinery, rising input costs, inadequate storage infrastructure, high post-harvest losses, and lack of access to markets. There is also an urgent need to promote the competitiveness of this sector and gearing up our agricultural systems including technological aspects so as to meet the pressures of consumer demand and international markets

CMFRI Annual Report 2009-2010

Innovation is the key to sustainability and enhanced productivity in any production system