Dimapur, February 23 (MExN): The Department of Land Resources, Dimapur conducted one-day training on management of coffee plantation in the NBHM conference hall today.
Partha Ratim Choudury, Deputy Director (Extension), Coffee Board of India, Jorhat and Bijaya Barman, SMS in Plant Pathology and Deputy Director (Research), Regional Coffee Research Station, Diphu were the resource persons of the training, a press note informed.
Imparting knowledge on management of coffee plantation and coffee nursery, the resource persons gave an in depth explanation on growing coffee, it said. Since the climatic conditions and soil in Nagaland is suitable for coffee, the resource persons said that it has good potential with fine and organic quality with distinct flavour as well as large scale coffee production, it added
Earlier, Hekato N. District Project Officer, Land Resources, Dimapur in his welcome note said that coffee growing in Nagaland is still in its infancy and urged all stakeholders to nurture it together for the growth of its industry. Officials of Land Resources Department and coffee growers from Dimapur attended the training.
