Oranges on display at the stalls during the Chomi orange festival held in Pungro sub division, under Kiphire district on November 29. (Morung Photo)
Kiphire | November 29 : Chomi, one of the biggest villages having a household of 467 in Pungro sub division, under Kiphire district celebrated Orange Festival today. Parliamentary Secretary CAWD, T. Torechu was the chief guest.
The parliamentary secretary said it is indeed a blessing for the people of Chomi, that Orange, one of the most favoured horticultural crops found home at Chomi and asked the villagers to make this guest (Orange) a permanent member in the village. While acknowledging Torekiu who brought ten saplings of Oranges from Longjang village under Mokokchung district in 1958, the parliamentary secretary said, it is all because of the visionary person like him who took trouble in bringing this ‘alien fruit’ to the village so we could enjoy the fruit of his blessings.
The parliamentary secretary also requested the Horticultural and allied Land Resources department to provide only oranges saplings so that Chomi will produce tones and tones of oranges. Sharing his vision the chief guest said, Oranges of Chomi should not only be sold in Kiphire or Nagaland, but it should find its market in India and challenged the villagers to fulfill this and assure that he is with them in any developmental works and assure that cold storage will be constructed if the production is enough.
The parliamentary secretary also advised the villagers not to eat only the fruit which their parents have planted, but to replace it with new plants so that economy will rise and added, “Your job is to plant and produce more, as people will come to buy not to plant”. Recalling his childhood days the parliamentary secretary said, “I worked in fields, collected firewood and carried feeds which is not the case in today’s generation, so the younger generation of Chomi village can do this by planting Orange trees”.
Director Horticulture, Joseph Humtsoe while giving the key note address said traditional system of farming is still seen at the Orange orchard in Chomi village and said it should be replaced with scientific methods so that more production is there. He also informed that pruning, grafting and regenerating will be demonstrated during the programme by experts of the department so that the villagers learn more of the oranges.
The deputy commissioner Kiphire who also spoke on the occasion opined that Nagaland is blessed uniquely where high quality Horticultural crops are grown, but shared that absence of cold storage is the hindrance. He also asked the department to provide enough information so that they are equipped with modern technologies of farming.
Competition on various species like pomelo, rough lemon, lemon, naring, Farmers award, best farmer were also held where certificates along with cash was distributed.
The parliamentary secretary said it is indeed a blessing for the people of Chomi, that Orange, one of the most favoured horticultural crops found home at Chomi and asked the villagers to make this guest (Orange) a permanent member in the village. While acknowledging Torekiu who brought ten saplings of Oranges from Longjang village under Mokokchung district in 1958, the parliamentary secretary said, it is all because of the visionary person like him who took trouble in bringing this ‘alien fruit’ to the village so we could enjoy the fruit of his blessings.
The parliamentary secretary also requested the Horticultural and allied Land Resources department to provide only oranges saplings so that Chomi will produce tones and tones of oranges. Sharing his vision the chief guest said, Oranges of Chomi should not only be sold in Kiphire or Nagaland, but it should find its market in India and challenged the villagers to fulfill this and assure that he is with them in any developmental works and assure that cold storage will be constructed if the production is enough.
The parliamentary secretary also advised the villagers not to eat only the fruit which their parents have planted, but to replace it with new plants so that economy will rise and added, “Your job is to plant and produce more, as people will come to buy not to plant”. Recalling his childhood days the parliamentary secretary said, “I worked in fields, collected firewood and carried feeds which is not the case in today’s generation, so the younger generation of Chomi village can do this by planting Orange trees”.
Director Horticulture, Joseph Humtsoe while giving the key note address said traditional system of farming is still seen at the Orange orchard in Chomi village and said it should be replaced with scientific methods so that more production is there. He also informed that pruning, grafting and regenerating will be demonstrated during the programme by experts of the department so that the villagers learn more of the oranges.
The deputy commissioner Kiphire who also spoke on the occasion opined that Nagaland is blessed uniquely where high quality Horticultural crops are grown, but shared that absence of cold storage is the hindrance. He also asked the department to provide enough information so that they are equipped with modern technologies of farming.
Competition on various species like pomelo, rough lemon, lemon, naring, Farmers award, best farmer were also held where certificates along with cash was distributed.
