MLA, N Thongwang Konyak, DC Mon Thavaseelan K and others during the inauguration of Hoyang, Mon’s first restaurant cum coffee bar on October 12. (DIPR Photo)
Mon’s Upper region grows around 2000 Kgs of dried coffee capsule in 2021
Mon, October 13 (MExN): Hoyang, a restaurant cum coffee house/bar was inaugurated in Mon by MLA, N Thongwang Konyak on October 12.
During the inauguration, Thongwang appreciated the Land Resources Department (LRD) for helping and guiding young entrepreneurs in Mon and the district has opened its first restaurant with a coffee bar with the successful completion of the collaboration project, informed a DIPR report.
The legislator also urged the people to respect the decorum and ambience of the restaurant for the benefit of all, especially the tourists , it said.
Deputy Commissioner Mon, Thavaseelan K stated that the initiatives of LRD was not only benefiting the farmers but was also creating an ecosystem of entrepreneurs increasing the value chain of coffee in the State.
He urged upon the Department to take similar initiatives in the other parts of the district, the report said.
The District Project Officer (DPO) LRD Mon, Biren Chetri stated that as part of the "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav", commemorating India's 75th Independence, the department took the initiative to help a young local entrepreneur, Lizhu Jorlin, by providing the coffee-making machine to establish the coffee house/bar in Mon.
Jorlin was also imparted a week-long training on Barista, in Kohima.
Coffee plantation in the district started in 2016-17, with large areas in the Upper region successfully growing coffee to the tune of 2000 Kgs of dried capsule in 2021, the DPO informed.
Chetri also highlighted that the department has signed an MoU with Noble Cause Coffee Company, Capetown, South Africa for 30 years where the finished products of Coffee from Nagaland would be exported.
He also added that farmers would be technically supported and supervised to promote coffee farming, in collaboration with Coffee Board of India and Land Resources Department, Government of Nagaland, the report stated.
