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ITANAGAR: Invest India (National Investment Promotion & Facilitation Agency) in collaboration with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the DoNER ministry, North East Handlooms & Handicraft Development Corporation (NEHHDC) and North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC) on Wednesday organized a buyer-seller meet at a city hotel in Guwahati.
DoNER Secretary Lok Ranjan presented the keynote address virtually, while NEHHDC MD Brig RK Singh, Invest India NE head Dr Geetima Krishna, Advisor (BIT) NEC R Lalrodingi and NERAMAC MD Manoj Kumar Das gave brief accounts of potentials and challenges for the North-East region.
The meeting discussed about the high logistic cost, difficulties faced by farmers in obtaining organic certifications for their produce. A high-level team from Arunachal Pradesh, led by APIDFCL Chairman Wanglong Rajkumar and including Trade & Commerce Secretary Hage Tari, APIDFCL vice chairman Boken Kino and Trade and Commerce Director Sonyung, participated in the meet.
As many as eight sellers and producers from the region showcased their agri-horti and handlooms & handicraft products and actively precipitated in the meet, while 20 buyers (company buyers) from across the country also participated and interacted with the sellers, a press release informed here. During the meet, a B2G programme was also organized wherein interaction from buyers to growers regarding selling and buying of the products was held.
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