Kohima, 29 October: State officials te APC and Mission Director, FOCUS-Nagaland, Y. Kikheto Sema, IAS para led korikena International Potato Center (CIP) logote Pusa, New Delhi te 9th October 2021 te lok korikena ( Nagaland te Low-Cost Potato Seed Production System nemite) 19 dinbechite, Asia Regional Director of CIP Dr. Samarendu Mohanty based in Manila, Philippines, Dr. Sampriti Baruah, Project Coordinator for India, Philippines aro Vietnam aro Dr. Mohinder Singh, Senior Consultant toh Nagaland te 28th October 2021 te lok korise. Aja te tai khan, Agri Expo Dimapur te Agriculture and Horticulture Department laga tissue culture laboratories aro infrastructure facilities te lok korise.
29th October 2021 te, CIP team para ekta joint meeting APC & MD FOCUS-Nagaland aro Departments of Agriculture and Horticulture laga senor officers logote loise. Kikheto Sema para state te kharif aror abi seasons samai alu/potato bejon laga demands besi ase koise. Tai para be state te besi phak farmer khan quality alu bejon toh mainland India para lobole napari aro etu para grocery dukan para nabekha alu toh keni aro etu para poor yield dae koise. Kikheto para Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio aro Minister for Agriculture, G. Kaito Aye toh farming community nemite phal avenues bonabole echa/eager ase koise aro educated youths ke agriculture te attract koribole nemite notun aro innovative farming technologies anibole nemite.
Etu te tai para FOCUS-Nagaland te monn dangor korise, potato seed production nemite project te fund karni IFAD (International Fund for Agriculture Development of the United Nations) te plan/propose koribole. Etu para khali farmer laga income ola ekala nahoi kena State laga educated youths majote employment bonabo koise.
Tai para be IFAD para project te sponsor koribole monn ase koise aro ek par approved howa bechite, State Horticulture Nursery te Dept. of Horticulture pithor te thaki thaka tissue culture laboratory toh upgrade koribo koise. Main tissue culture laboratory toh thaki thaka infrastructure osor at State Agricultural Research Station (SARS), Yisemyong under Mokokchung district te bonabole plan ase koise.
Dr. Mohanty para State Government para initiatives low ate appreciate korise aro project para, CIP para novel low cost technology (Apical Rooted Cutting) suru koribo koise. Etu toh State te potato seed value chain bonabole aro productivity phal koribole aro ami khan laga farmers ke sosta daam para high quality potato bejon supply koribole nemite koise. Aro etu opor te nighboring states te be export koribole paribo koise. Tai para be Nagaland te favourable agro-climatic condition ase koise, komti hoilebe ek sal te tui par laka season ase koise. Etu para Nagaland toh tusara States te be quality potato seed supply koribo nemite ekta seed production hub hobole najola opai ase koise.
Afternoon te CIP team toh SARS, Yisemyong nemite jaise.
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