Mhathung Yanthan, Binchilo Thong, Ben Yanthan and others at the review meeting on October 17 in Kohima.
Our Correspondent
Kohima | October 17
The Department of Agriculture today held its State Level Review meeting at Hotel Japfu, Kohima.Expressing concern over huge challenges faced by the farmer community in the state due to climate change and lifestyle of the people, Nagaland's agriculture Advisor Mhathung Yanthan urged all the officers to be responsible and re-dedicated in order to deliver goods to the people and improve farming practices.
He also encouraged them to infused modern technology which is applicable and change the farming and cropping system.
Yanthan said that in food production, it need to have a food supply and food security ensured as it is not sufficient to only produces food for the requirements but also need to produces surplus food to generate cash income.
Without cash income farmers could not do farming' he added.
Yanthan also urged to make agriculture attractive by focusing on farmers as a business and enterprise to help the farmers and also to create better marketing Linkages facilities and channels.
Yanthan also mentioned that a new Common Agriculture Policy is in progress that will set a new standards for the environment and make agriculture more sustainable to help the farmers and for that he reminded all the officers and staffs to put collaborative efforts and value ideas to face the challenges ahead.
Further, Yanthan also stressed on the need to have a collaborative effort in all the schemes that has been implemented in the state to bring change in the agriculture farming sectors.
Tells field officers, staff to be in respective station
R. Binchilo Thong, Agriculture Production Commissioner also apprised all the SDAOs and DAOs to execute their duties and bring out the solution to the local problems in their respective areas.
Thong also reminded the concerned to report the affected areas in view of climate change in terms of productivity to the Research Institute like SARS,ICAR etc.
Further, Thong encouraged all the field officers and staff to be available in the respective station to the onset of this Rabi season, so that all the necessary advisory should be disseminated to the farmers on time.
Additional director C.Peter Yanthan in his keynote address said that this review meeting is to retrospect the works and performances in the field, also to examine the progress and identify any challenges or barriers that are inhibiting the execution of the performances.
The meeting was chaired by Agriculture director M.Ben Yanthan.
