Connect with:
Wednesday / October 23. 2024

logo
mobile-logo
HomePosts Tagged "north east"
Interaction

The meet focussed on agricultural products from the eight states of the North Eastern Region and witnessed the presence of multiple national and International Brands

With the vision to promote sustainable trade and create market linkages, a mega buyer-seller meet was organised at under One District One Product initiative of Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry with the support of Ministry of Development of North East Region (MDoNER) and its PSUs, North Eastern Handicrafts and Handloom Development Corporation (NEHHDC) and North East Regional Agriculture Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC). The meet focussed on agricultural products from the eight states of the North Eastern Region and witnessed the presence of multiple national and International Brands.

Over 70 sellers, traders, farmers, aggregators from various districts of each of the NE States – Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, and Sikkim – showcased their products to the buyers at the meet in Guwahati. Products included Meghalaya’s world-famous Lakadong Turmeric with more than 7 per cent curcumin content, the GI Tagged Large Cardamom from Sikkim and Queen Pineapple from Tripura, Orthodox Assam Tea, Manipur’s Black Chakhao Rice and more. These products have been showcased to over 30 large buyers representing big brands such as Reliance and ITC, as well as upcoming start-ups in India.

The keynote address for the event was made by Lok Ranjan, Secretary, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region in the presence of officials and subject matter experts from the Agricultural and Horticultural Departments of the various state governments. B Ramanjaneyulu, Director DPIIT, Manoj Kumar Das, Managing Director, NERAMAC, and Brig R K Singh, Managing Director, NEHHDC were also present.

Through the joint efforts, the best-in-class products from the region are being matched with big brands to improve the earning potential of farmers. Focused trade discussions were also facilitated between the buyers, sellers and the State Government representatives from all the 8 NER states. Additionally, Letters of Intent (LOI) worth Rs 6 crores were signed during the event. 

The meet focussed on agricultural products from

AgroPolicy, Agrotech, Supply Chain

Discussions were held on horticulture, medicinal crops and natural farming

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar and Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), G Kishan Reddy recently hosted a virtual meeting to take stock of various schemes of the Government of India in the sector of the North Eastern Region (NER). Agriculture ministers of the North-Eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura discussed the issues and challenges they were facing in detail.

Union Minister of State for DoNER, BL Verma,. Ministers for Agriculture of all the eight North Eastern States accompanied by the Secretary, DoNER, Agriculture Secretaries from the NER states with senior officials also marked their presence.

Tomar in his speech quoted, “Our door is always open. I request all the state governments to come up with a proposal if you find any difficulty in any schemes related to the agriculture sector.” He said that about 9 lakh hectare land in the North East is well suited for oil palm production as it has the potential to benefit farmers at large. 

He also talked about horticulture and medicinal crops which are grown only in North-Eastern State. He said that Agriculture and Commerce Ministry are working together to tap such opportunities and to solve the logistic problems faced by the North Eastern States.

The minister urged the state governments to pay attention to natural farming.

Officials from Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Regions (MOVCDNER); National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP); Bamboo in North East Region and the mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) made presentations regarding various schemes.

Discussions were held on horticulture, medicinal crops

Agro Universities, AgroPolicy, Oilseeds

According to the union minister, North-Eastern States can be developed as a hub of organic farming along with natural farming

Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare virtually inaugurated the New Built Administrative Building of the ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone – 6, Guwahati, Assam.

The Union Minister applauded the unparalleled roles played by the Krishi Vigyan Kendras in providing crop diversification and good quality seeds in the country. This has accelerated the progress of the country, he added. Tomar emphasised the need to adopt natural farming practices on a larger scale. The Union Minister outlined the vision of promoting the oil palms’ farming in the North-East states.

Kailash Choudhary, Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare regarded the inauguration of the New Administrative Building of ICAR-ATARI, Guwahati as a new dimension in the various progress made by the Council. The minister highlighted the aim to enhance the use of drones and nanotechnologies in the agricultural sector. The need to include the women farmers in the Farmers’ FIRST Programme was stressed by the minister. Choudhary accentuated on linking the country’s distant farmers with the Farmers’ Producers’ Organizations.

According to the union minister, North-Eastern States

Horticulture

Development of Horticulture at East Garo Hills, Meghalaya by NEC is working on to ensure employment opportunities for the villagers

To ensure direct and indirect employment opportunities to the villagers and nearby areas, North Eastern Council (NEC), under the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) have implemented a project for Horticulture Development at Nokrek Region, East Garo Hills, Meghalaya through Department of Horticulture, Government of Meghalaya at a total cost of Rs 439.94 lakhs with State Contributing Rs 44 Lakhs out of the total project cost. The project got completed on March 4, 2020.

Development of Horticulture at East Garo Hills, Meghalaya by North Eastern Council (NEC) is working on to ensure employment opportunities for the villagers. 

The Project aims to provide direct and indirect employment to the villagers and surrounding areas. It is also believed that by implementing the multiple cropping method there would be increased in the intensity of the crops which would later yield better results by making land more fertile. The hi-tech green house and drip irrigation system will also be introduced in the area. The system will promote agriculture entrepreneurship, thereby, reducing series of middleman in marketing.

Development of Horticulture at East Garo Hills,