BOKO: The Central Rubber Board has launched various attractive schemes, including subsidies, to encourage farmers to produce rubber in the north-eastern states, including Assam. Meanwhile, Omega Green Solutions has set up a large rubber nursery in the Jirang area of the East-West Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya along the Meghalaya border in Kamrup district. The organization has previously operated large rubber seedling nurseries in Kamrup and Goalpara districts.
22 delegates from 13 countries arrived in Meghalaya on Friday to inspect rubber seedlings grown on 40 acres of land in Umtru of Jirang assembly constituency in the newly formed Eastern West Khasi district. Representatives from 13 countries, including Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, and Côte d'Ivoire, were welcomed by the people of Meghalaya and Assam as they arrived at the rubber seedling production site on the Assam border. The team also held a meeting in a temporary auditorium near the rubber seedling production site. The meeting was conducted by M. Vasanthageson, Assistant Director, Omega Green Solutions. The delegates were impressed by the performances of Bihu, Rabha, and Mizo dances.
The meeting was attended by ANRPC (the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries) chief Lam Chun Zuin, To Heng Gwang, An Chovan, Khun Kakada, Chok Foching, Tiny Mi Melvin, Uni Harna Wati, Benyamin Rochli, Datu foreign tourists, including two doctors, Jairo Chani, Datu Zailani, Md Thal Ha, and Md Fard Jil, who participated in the event. Central Rubber Board Deputy Commissioner for Rubber Production VK Sakir, Director (Finance) Josh George, and other officials participated in the programme. The Executive Director of the Rubber Board, M. Vasanthagesan, IRS, said, "Today the programme is only a field visit, but from October 9 to 12, we had a rubber conference.”
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