Participants and resource persons during the organic tea farming training programme at Akumen village on May 12.
Dimapur, May 13 (MExN): Ayulcr Tea Private Limited and Tea Board of India conducted organic tea farming, quality control and certification training on May 12 at Akumen village under Mokokchung district.
According to a press release received on Friday, the event was hosted by Dr Yanger followed by a welcome speech from the village council.
Resource person for the training Kamal Mazumdar, who is the Development Officer, Tea Board of India, spoke about the quality of organic tea over quantity in traditional tea farming, which not only has high demand in market but also has health benefits. He enlightened the tea growers about using locally available resources to make fertilisers and pesticides to control the disease and advised against using expensive unhealthy chemicals. He also said under Ayulcr Tea Company, Tea board of India is ready to venture into projects and help the Naga tea growers, while inviting interested farmers to register for a weeklong free training programme on organic farming at the Jorhat Agri College.
As per the release, Limanungsang Jamir, Managing Director of Ayulcr Tea Company encouraged the tea growers to continue expanding their farming area and control the use of chemicals. He also declared that the working of factory setup at Akumen village has begun.
More than 60 individual tea growers from Akumen, Tsuremmen, and surrounding regions attended the training programme, the release stated.
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