Dimapur, January 29 (MExN): Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative Ltd. (IFFCO) and Bhartya Farmers Agro Business Development Cooperative Ltd. (BFABDC), in a joint venture to educate farmers in Nagaland towards increasing their crop production through proper nutritional and soil management, conducted a practical field training on January 28, 2014. A press release issued by Media & Publicity, BFABDC informed that exercise on ‘Training on improved Agro Technologies’, especially on pineapples which is grown in around 10,500 hectares of land throughout the state was organized in Medziphema village where a sizable number of farmers participated and availed the training.
A.K. Mukherjee, State Marketing Manager (NE) and A. Bhattacharya explained the role of essential plant nutrients in increasing production as well as quality of fruits in pineapple. President of the BFABDC, P. Tripathi deliberated about the possibilities and scope of processing as well as ways and means pertaining to export of pineapples. BODs and members of BFABDC Akokla Lucy, R. Martha, K. Linyu and Nungsang Jamir were also part of the team.
The team also conducted training and field visit on Rubber plantation at Gidima village and Areca plantation in Urra (URRA) village of Dimapur district.
