Low chilling apple varieties introduced in Ukhrul district of Manipur, Meghalaya

NERCRMS, North Eastern Council , GoI, Shillong in collaboration with CSIR-IHBT has taken part in the capacity building prog

Low chilling apple varieties were introduced in the Ukhrul district of Manipur and West Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, on a pilot basis, by North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Society (NERCRMS), North Eastern Council (NEC), GoI, Shillong in collaboration with Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (CSIR-IHBT), Palampur under Ministry of Science & Technology, GoI in the year 2018-19.

Apple plantation is a seasonal activity and the season is between October– March. NEC had organised the training programme at a cost of Rs.63.63 Lakhs in consultation with CSIR-IHBT between October 2018 – March 2019. The two batches of training programmes were organised for the communities and staff of Ukhrul (Manipur) and West Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) District Support Teams (DSTs). 

Five officers/staff and 30 farmers were trained in two batches (from Ukhrul District, Manipur and West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya). 4,000 saplings were distributed to the beneficiaries in Ukhrul, Manipur and West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.