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Union Agriculture Secretary in Nagaland to review welfare schemes for farmers of NER

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Union Agriculture Secretary in Nagaland to review welfare schemes for farmers of NER.

A review meeting will be held under the chairmanship of Secretary, of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, Manoj Ahuja on November 12 at the Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH), Medziphema, Nagaland.

The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, in collaboration with the Department of Horticulture/Agriculture Government of Nagaland, will jointly review and discuss the Schemes of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

This is being implemented in North Eastern Regiiswhich are the National Mission on Edible oil – Oil Palm, National Mission of Edible Oilseeds, Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Formation and Promotion of Farmer Producers Organization (FPOs), National Bamboo Mission and National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM).

In the review meeting, different issues will be discussed in length for better implementation of the Central Sponsored Schemes and to harness the potential of horticultural crops, Oil palm expansion, Promotion of Organic Farming and opportunity ties for the establishment of Startups, Formation of the Farmers Producer Organisations Marketing and Export opportunities in the North Eastern Region.

The programme will be attended by the Additional Secretary, Agriculture Commissioner, Horticulture Commissioner, Joint Secretaries and officials concerned from the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Senior officers from all the North Eastern States along with stakeholders. This will also hold interactions to develop strategies and address the issues related to Agricultural and Horticulture development in the North East Region.

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