DIMAPUR, MAY 8 (MExN): Viweto Thorie, SDAO Tseminyu, Agriculture Department inaugurated the Phenwhenyu Farmers’ Club at Phenwhenyu Student’s Community Hall, Phenwhenyu village on May 6.
Presently, the Club has forty one non-defaulting members ie. to banks and is linked to State Bank of India, Tseminyu branch. They are also attached to KVK Kohima and supported by NABARD.
Lauding the objective of Phenwhenyu Farmers’ Club to bring about “development through credit”, Thorie called upon the members to maintain strict financial discipline for developing long term relationship with banks. He also shared his experiences and encouraged them to adopt new technologies in their fields for increasing production and productivity. This should be followed up by adopting suitable marketing strategies for economics of scale, he said.
The members of the Farmer’s Club have also been formed into Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) for accessing credit from banks. In this regard, they will be facilitated and monitored by Development Wing of Council of Rengma Baptist Churches (CRBC), Zumpha for credit linkage and ensuring proper end use of loan, including repayments to banks.
Presentation on calendar of activities and conduct of Base Level Orientation Programme were the other highlights of the programme. During the course of discussion, Thorie advised club members interested to take up soybean cultivation to approach his office through proper channel.
The meeting was chaired by Gwakenye Tep, Chief Co-ordinator of the Club and attended by Bendang Aier, AGM, NABARD; Puhovil, Branch Manager of NStCB, Tseminyu branch; and Arhunlo Semp, Development Secretary, CRBC, Zumpha as Resource Persons.
Joshua Cheng, VDB Secretary and J. Anosha Tep, Associate Co-ordinator of the Club welcomed the participants and presented the background leading to club’s formation respectively. The invocation was pronounced by Hyusinlo Khing, Pastor, PBC and vote of thanks by T. Kenile Cheng.
