SHAPHARI SCHEME – UPSC Daily Important Topic | 12 October 2021

SHAPHARI SCHEME

Commerce Ministry wants to build confidence in quality, antibiotic-free shrimp products from India for the global market.

• The Marine Product Exports Development Authority (MPEDA) has developed a certification scheme for aquaculture products called “shaphari”.
• Shaphari – a sanskrit word that means the superior quality of fishery products.
• The Shaphari scheme is based on the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organizations technical guidelines.
• Have two components – certifying hatcheries for the quality of their seeds and approving shrimp forms that adopt the requirite good practices.
• Certification of hatcheries will help formers identify good quality seed producers.
• Those who clear multiple audits of their operations shall be granted certificate for a period of two years.
• The entire certification process will be online to minimize human errors.