Assam organic farmers bag best award in World Expo in Mumbai Exhibition Centre

Our Correspondent

MANGALDAI: The young agro-entrepreneurs of Assam who already have showed their excellent performance in producing organic agro and horticultural products thereby bringing a green revolution in the rural areas, has bagged the best prize in the world Agro Food & Beverage Processing Expo -2018 organized in Mumbai Exhibition Centre, Goregaon in Mumbai recently under Paramporagata Krishi Vikash Yojana (PKVY) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare, Govt of India. The stall sponsored by the Directorate of Agriculture, Assam and facilitated by Regional Council RS Event tech in the category of Agri-Business Opportunity displayed organic local agro products like King Chilly (Bhoot Jalakia), Assam Lemon, Black Rice, Magic Rice (Komal Chawul) and Joha rice among others.

This information was shared to The Sentinel by Dhrubajyoti Saikia, a young progressive farmer of Ramgaon village of Darrang who was among the eight ideal farmers to represent the State along with their organic farm products.

The State farmers also earned a handsome profit by selling their products relatively at a much higher price, farmer Saikia added. “We sold one Bhoot Jalakia and one Assam Lemon each at a price of Rs 20,” he said. The other delighted members of the farmers group besides Dhruba Jyoti Saikia which has brought pride to the State are, Kamaleswar Boro and Abdul Mannan (Both from Udalguri), Pankaj Hazarika (Sonitpur), Bijit Rajkhowa ( Nagaon), Prahlad Baisnav Hazarika (Golaghat), Anjal Limbu (Golaghat) and Madan Basumatary (Chirang).

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