Dimapur, April 20 (MExN): The State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (SAMETI) organised a three-day training programme on ‘Apiculture and Post Harvest Management’ for ATMA functionaries at SAMETI, Medziphema from April 17 to 19. Resource persons for the training program were Bodevi Shuya, Dr. Thungben Yanthan, Team Members from Nagaland Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM).
The training course covered topics on Introduction to Bees and beekeeping, Life cycle and caste of bees, Tools & Equipments, Routine Management, Seasonal Management, Swarming and absconding, Colony Transfer and Colony Division/Uniting, Role of Bees In pollination and Post-Harvest Management.
A practical demonstration on colony division and identification on caste of bees and brood, working with brood and super chambers and routine management was conducted at NBHM, Dimapur. The participants visited the Multi Utility Centre (MUC), NBHM Dimapur as part of field visit where they were toured the museum, processing unit and the entire establishment.
Director SAMETI, Dr. I. Amenla in her valedictory speech mentioned that farming today should be taken beyond the boundaries of cultivation and explore new methods of post harvest management. She also stated that there is ample of opportunity for employment of rural youth in the Apiculture sector and as such, encouraged the trainees to play the role of extension agents effectively so as to contribute in achieving the Mission’s vision of 2030.
