The team from Nagaland during the training cum exposure visit to the Kiwi orchards and Naara-Aaba winery in Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh.
Chümoukedima, August 22 (MExN): Sustainable Development Research Centre (SDRC), Chümoukedima organised a training cum exposure visit to the Kiwi orchards and Naara-Aaba winery in Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh.
According to a press release received here, the visit held from August 17 to 10 provided Kiwi farmers from Phek district, Nagaland, with opportunity to learn about the scientific commercial Kiwi cultivation and the wine production process.
The visit commenced with a guided tour to the Naara-Aaba winery, where the team was received by Tage Rita, founder of Naara-Aaba winery. Participants were briefed on the art of wine production, from harvesting to fermentation, aging, bottling, and marketing. Participants were then led to the Kiwi orchards.
Taro Tatang and Mihin Tayu, Chairman and Secretary, of Kiwi Grower Co-operative Society Ltd. Ziro, introduced the participants to the modern techniques of commercial Kiwi cultivation, including Kiwi varieties, land preparation, nursery preparation, plantation, manuring, pruning, pest management, harvesting, grading, and marketing.
The training cum exposure visit was conducted as part of the project Establishment of Kiwi Orchard with Elite Planting Materials in the North East India (2022-23) funded by NERCoRMS-NEC, Shillong, M/DoNER, Government of India. Altogether nine farmers and three officials led by Dr Mechüselie Kehie, Chairman, SDRC were part of the programme.
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