India bets Big on Seaweeds
After successful pilot projects, India has decided to go in for largescale cultivation of 60 varieties of seaweeds or macroalgae, which have multiple commercial applications in medicine, fertilizer, animal feed and food, being a rich source of amino acid and several micronutrients.
- Also, in the budget 2021, government proposed a multipurpose sea weed park to be established in Tamil Nadu.
Seaweeds
- Seaweeds are the non-flowering marine algae without root, stem and leaves, which play a major role in marine ecosystems.
- They derive nutrition through photosynthesis of sunlight and nutrients present in seawater and release oxygen through every part of their bodies.
- They ....
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