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GUWAHATI: Assam Agriculture Minister Atul Bora said, under the Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North-Eastern Region (MOVCD), Agriculture Department of Assam will make Majuli district an organic hub in Assam.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon to develop NE region as hub of commercial organic farming and under the visionary of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the state is entering a new era of growth and development in different sectors, including Agri Horti Sector, said Bora. He said this while addressing at the inauguration of the first expo on Organic North East 2023 organized by SIMFED (Sikkim State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Ltd.) in collaboration with Agriculture Department of Assam began on Friday from February 3 to February 5 at Veterinary College Playground, Khanapara.
The minister further added that, a number of initiatives undertaken by the State government intend to augment the rural infrastructure with special focus on export oriented Agri Horti Sector. Considering that the NE region continues to focus on traditional agricultural methods that are vested upon to be natural farming is therefore found to be ideal for production of organic farming.
Expo Organic North East 2023's vision is to raise national and global awareness of the Northeastern region as a hotbed of organic and natural products. The event is intended to raise awareness of the potential of organic farming in the north-eastern region. The International Conference and Exhibition for the organic sector focused on the Northeast will be held at the expo to share information on organic agriculture, new innovations, potential use of digitization, and new technologies.
A total of 19 states from across India have participated in the first edition of the Organic Expo North East which includes Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Sikkim, New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Harayana, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telengana, Odisha and Maharashtra. A total of 120 stalls and 20 pavilions are participating in the Organic Expo North East.
Md. Iqbal Chowdhary, Director of Agriculture, Government Jammu and Kashmir, Dr Gagnesh Sharma, Director, National Centre for Organic and Natural Farming, Dr A.K Yadav, Advisor, MOVCD- NER, INM Division, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, GOI, Prabin Hazarika, Chairman Assam Seeds Corporation Limited, Manoj Baruah, Chairman Assam Seeds Corporation Limited, Anant Lal Gyani, Director of Agriculture, Assam and other officials of the department were also present.
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