Commemorating the 75th year of India\u2019s independence under \u201cAzadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav\u201d, Agri & Allied department under the aegis of the ministry of DoNER & NEC organised a seminar on monetising Agri-Horti organic potentials of North East through value chain development at Agri Expo \u201cAngh House\u201d, 4th mile Dimapur, on Monday.
According to a DIPR report, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), Guwahati, Archana in the PowerPoint presentation on \u201cEntrepreneurship development through market-linked extension\u201d informed that APEDA was an autonomous body under the ministry of Commerce & Industries with New Delhi as head office and Guwahati as regional office of NEP.
She added that export items of high importance from NE region included pineapple, Assam lemon, kiwi, jackfruit, banana, passion fruit, bamboo shoots, ginger, turmeric, etc.
Archana further informed that one could register and interact with each other at https:\/\/farmerconnect.apeda.gov.in.
In her PowerPoint presentation on \u201cOpportunities & challenges for niche organic products\u201d, ICAR, Jharapani, Christy B. Sangma said organic farming was important as effect of high risk agro-chemical in general and synthetic pesticides in particular impacted food security and livelihood supporting system.
She highlighted that organic farming would benefit a pollution-free environment, reduce toxic residues, improve health, high production, reuse the cost of agricultural production, improve soil health and sustainability, save energy and reduce risk of crop failure.
Christy informed that challenges were due to supply chain issues, global competitiveness and lack of proper handling & packaging and on consumer-level, there was lack of awareness among consumers, high cost of organic food products and limited availability of organic food products.
During the technical session, resource persons\u2014 SASRD NU, Prof. L. Tongpang Lkr gave PowerPoint presentation on \u201cQuantifying value-added benefits for monetizing organic crops and market intelligence\u201d and joint director, Agriculture by Dr. I. Amenla on \u201cPost-harvest Management & interventions\u201d.
Later, input sharing was delivered by North Eastern Council (NEC) and DoNER.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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