School of Livelihood and Rural Development
Fisheries and Aquaculture
Training & Skill Development · NEER Mission
Fisheries and Aquaculture — from water to market
Under the NEER mission (the North East Enterprise and Resource Network), SLRD runs training and skill development that turns fishers and aquaculture farmers into food-safe, market-ready enterprises. The mission is led by GAMSME and supported by SLRD and Living Roots Network Private Limited. The North East imports a large share of the fish it eats, and imported fish has repeatedly failed on formalin and heavy metals — the opportunity is a documented quality record and an organised local supply.
Demand-led market access
The buyer-first sequence, readiness clinics and Sangam finale applied to fish. Mid-day meals, defence catering and institutional kitchens are channels local producers do not yet supply.
Training and skill programmes
One to three day certified programmes, delivered in-cluster and in the local language through empanelled local professionals and partner institutions.
Quality and compliance
A four-rung ladder from farm-management audit to third-party certification, with lab testing and traceability — freshness, formalin-free and heavy-metal-free, the record that opens institutional buyers.
Enterprise formation
Fingerling banks, ice and cold chain, live haul, local feed, drying and smoking, cages and ornamentals — the enterprise lines that hold quality steady and add value.
What we train on
Skill and enterprise modules
Short, certified modules delivered at the cluster, combining pond-to-plate technical skill with the enterprise skills — costing, negotiation and compliance — that turn a producer into a business.
- Pond, tank and cage culture management
- Hatchery and fingerling / seed management
- Fish feed, nutrition and low-cost local feed
- Water quality, soil and disease management
- Harvest, post-harvest, drying and smoking
- Ice, cold chain and live fish transport
- Food safety, hygiene, formalin-free handling and traceability
- Enterprise costing, market linkage and FPO management
- Ornamental fish and value-added enterprise lines
Delivery partner
Living Roots Network Private Limited
A company with expertise in fisheries and aquaculture, Living Roots Network co-anchors the NEER mission with SLRD — bringing technical depth in hatcheries, feed, water quality, cold chain and market linkage, while SLRD mobilises communities, FPOs and field delivery and GAMSME organises the demand side.
livingrootsnetwork.com →Cycle 1 — Meghalaya, Assam and Nagaland. Cycle 2 — Tripura and Manipur. Cycle 3 — Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram.
PMMSY, PM-MKSSY, NFDB, MPEDA and allied fisheries programmes.