As a part of the input distribution for livelihood improvement of poor farmers under the National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP), ICAR, ICAR research complex for NEH region, Nagaland centre distributed 1000 Vanaraja birds for backyard poultry farming in Naginimora, Mon district on October 29.
The distribution was made by a visiting team from ICAR constituting joint director and PI-NAIP Dr. Bidyut C. Deka, scientist (Soil Science) and team leader-NAIP, Dr. Dibyendu Chatterjee and technical officer N.C. Borah.
Besides distribution, the farmers were enlightened with the scientific caring and future strategy for becoming a successful poultry rarer. Altogether 48 farmers gathered for the occasion.
In another occasion, four-day training programme on dyeing of locally manufactured garments was organized by ICAR in collaboration with the deparetment of clothing and textile, AAU, Jorhat.
Six members of a self help group of Lampong Sheanghah village, Mon district who has already been trained in weaving during the last year attended this programmme to learn the latest techniques of weaving and dyeing of garments. This programme was also funded by NAIP project.
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