Horticulture Processing Unit inaugurated in Dimapur

B Paul Muktieh, Chairman and Managing Director of NEDFi inaugurating the Imchen Tea Product- Cold Mountain Organic Product in Burma Camp, Dimapur on January 27.

Dimapur, January 29 (MExN): A horticulture processing unit-Imchen Tea Product-Cold Mountain Organic Product was inaugurated in Burma Camp, Dimapur on January 27. 

The unit was established under the grant assistance of Mission Organic Value Chain Development in North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Government of India and credit assistance from North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Limited (NEDFi).

The integrated processing unit promoted by Lanuakum Imchen, a young agripreneur of the state will process multiple horticultural crops, primarily, pineapple, kiwi, large cardamom, ginger, turmeric etc, informed a press release received here. 

The unit will give the much needed market linkage support to one of the biggest organic pineapple cluster of the region situated at Molvom and Bunsang village of the state, it said. 

The M/s Cold Mountain Organic Products is expected to procure raw material from the FPCs/FPOs formed under the mission, leading to remunerative price gain for the farmers, it added.

The inaugural function were graced by B Paul Muktieh, Chairman and Managing Director of NEDFi, as chief guest, Dr R Elithung Lotha, Director, Directorate of Horticulture, Govt. of Nagaland as guest of honour; S Kivikhu Achumi, Additional Director, Department of Agriculture, Govt of Nagaland as keynote speaker, Dr Akali Sema, School of Agricultural Science and Rural Development, Nagaland University, members of Molsang Organic Farmer Producer Company and other young entrepreneurs of the state. 

Muktieh in his speech opined that North East has the inherent advantage to become the hub of organic cultivation due to its traditional cultivation practice and stressed on the need of adequate post-harvest management infrastructure to address the logistical challenge of the region, the release said. 

 He further stated the importance of close collaboration between the farmers and entrepreneurs for growth of horticultural sector of the region, it said.    

Dr. Akali Sema lauded Imchen for the success story he has created for the young entrepreneurs of the state while Kivikhu explained about the objectives of the MOVCDNER, it added. 

MOVCDNER, the release further informed, is a flagship scheme of the Ministry to promote organic farming in the region through production, post-harvest management and marketing and a total of 1300 Ha land and 13,500 nos. of farmers were covered under the mission in Nagaland.

Dr Lotha also emphasized on the Prime Minister’s vision of making NER an organic hub and informed that the state already started producing 100% certified organic products in various clusters under the mission.