Aimed at boosting India’s aquaculture sector, the National Surveillance Program for Aquatic Animal Diseases (NSPAAD) project has introduced a ‘Report Fish Diseases’ mobile application to track and monitor fish diseases across the country.
The mobile application aims to provide fish farmers with a convenient and efficient platform to report diseases on their farms. Its intuitive and user-friendly interface allows easy access to fish farmers.
The app offers a simple disease reporting format, where farmers can easily report disease outbreaks by providing essential information such as location, species affected, symptoms observed and images. This data is crucial for rapid response and accurate diagnosis, a press release states.
Geolocation, a technology allowing the precise location of the agricultural operation and facilitating a rapid response from the authorities. Recipients get real-time updates on the status of their reported cases, ensuring transparency and accountability in the disease management process.
The app also serves as an information hub, providing farmers with valuable resources on disease prevention, treatment and best aquaculture practices.
Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT) is one of the partners of the NSPAAD project of which ICAR-NBFGR is the lead institute, under which the “Report Fish Disease” application is developed to provide instructions to aquaculturists on the appropriate use and relevance of the mobile application for sustainable aquaculture.
The newly developed application is expected to provide a complete package to ensure the diagnosis, prevention, control and treatment of aquatic animal diseases, thereby providing solutions to encourage aquaculture farmers. By harnessing the power of technology, the application is expected to transform disease management in aquaculture and ultimately improve the sustainability and productivity of this critical sector through early disease detection, informed decision making on data, capacity building and efficient resource allocation.
By making disease reporting more accessible and efficient, the app promises to improve the livelihoods of fish farmers, safeguard the country’s food security and contribute to the sustainable growth of the aquaculture industry.
