Minister of Agriculture and Horticulture Atul Borah with Additional Director Jacob Yanthan and other department officials from Assam and Nagaland.
Dimapur, February 6 (MExN): Nagaland Agriculture and Horticulture Departments participated in the three-day Expo-One Organic North East Conference-cum-Industry and Organic FPO Conclave which began on February 3 at Khanapara, Guwahati.
Organised by the Department of Agriculture Assam and Sikkim State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Ltd (SIMFED) and APEDA, the Nagaland departments participated to promote various organic products grown in the state, informed a press release received here on Monday.
The NE organic conclave is to promote organic farming and prospects and potentials, marketing strategies, overcoming logistics issues and industry mentorship to emerging FPOs, it said.
Highlighting on Organic Farming under Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North East Region (MOVCDNER) in Nagaland during the interaction, Jacob Yanthan, Additional Director, Department of Agriculture, informed that the State has already covered and certified 13,000 ha and formed 38 Farmers Producers Organization (FPO) under the Mission. He also informed that another 10,000 ha is in the process for certification for a total of 23,000 ha during the third phase, and about 23,000 farmers have been benefited.
Yanthan stated that the main objectives in participating the NE first Expo for organic exhibition events is to showcase and promote the products that are produced in the state of Nagaland such as cereals, pulses, species and other related organic crops. He also added that in a few years, the state will be able to produces various organic products through organic farming.
During the three-day event, the department of Agriculture and Horticulture also displayed and sold various organic products like pineapple, oranges, ginger, Naga king chilly, oilseeds, brown rice, glutinous rice , garlic, Job’s tears, millet, cardamom, kiwi, banana chips, jam chilly, etc.
The inaugural of the exhibition was grace by Atul Borah, Minister of Agriculture, Horticulture Government of Assam, the release informed.
