Cooperation dept discusses marketing of State’s agri produces in New Delhi

Kohima, May 24 (MExN): In an effort to identify market linkages for produces of its primary cooperatives, the Department of Cooperation had a meeting with the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) and the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd. (TRIFED) on May 22 in New Delhi.   The team of officials from Nagaland headed by Lithrongla G. Chishi IAS, Secretary Cooperation comprised of Wepe Ritse, Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Nagaland, (RCS), Dr. Aotoshi, Vice-Chairman, MARCOFED, Kathi Chishi, BoD, MARCOFED, and Victo Zhimo, MD, MARCOFED.   The team met Sanjeev Kumar Chadha (IFS), Managing Director of NAFED and had positive discussions on the possibility of coordinating in marketing the agri produces of the State, informed a press release from Bokato Hesso, Assistant Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Kohima. Chadha was also grateful for the opportunity given to NAFED to be a part of the Board of Directors of MARCOFED.   NAFED, a national level cooperative agri marketing agency with annual turnover of Rs. 544.18 crores promotes co-operative marketing of agricultural produce to benefit the farmers, the release said.