Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies will be a key partner in the multi-country global research project to prevent diseases on farmed shrimps and boost aquaculture in Afro-Asian countries.

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has selected KUFOS in the global joint research project for the benefits of small-scale aqua-farmers in Asia and Africa. India, UK, Bangladesh and Kenya are the four countries involved in the joint research project.

The project is implemented through the UK based Global Research Partnership (GRP), an innovative collaborative research programme in partnership with the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (BBSRC), UK and DBT in India, supported by Department for International Development (DFID), the UK.

The research project is mainly aimed at scientifically validating the preventive medicines available in the market for diseases on shrimps and developing new low-cost preventive medicinal products. The Prophylactic Health Products (PHP) which is widely being used all over the world to prevent diseases will be scientifically validated.

Besides KUFOS, Cochin University of Science and Technology and Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT) are the other partners in the project from India.

K Padmakumar, Pro-Vice Chancellor and the Principal Investigator of the project in KUFOS, said the combined research project would help to develop an effective aquatic animal health management model for Asian and African countries.

Francis Murray from Institute of Aquaculture in University of Stirling, UK is the Coordinator of the project.

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