CIH, Nagaland celebrates 12th Foundation Day
Central Institute of Horticulture, Nagaland celebrated its 12th Foundation Day on 27th March 2017 at its campus in Medziphema. Speaking on the occasion as Chief Guest, Prof. R C Gupta, Dean, SASRD, Nagaland University congratulated the Institute for its role in the development of horticulture in the eight states of North East.
Chief Guest Prof. R C Gupta along with Dr. Lallan Ram & staffs of CIH, Nagaland
An exposure visit cum training on ‘Production technology & processing of Aloe Vera’ was organized by Central Institute of Horticulture, DAC &FW, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India, Medziphema, Nagaland for the farmers of Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh at Manesh Agro Engineering & Technology, Kotputli, Jaipur, Rajasthan from 25th to 27th March 2018.
The Exposure trip was organized as a part of capacity building to enhance skills for income generation so as to improve livelihood through Horticulture Sector which has a high scope.
Resource Person Shri. Kailash Choudhary delivered on the concept of organic farming and improved production technology of Aloe vera. Further, cost benefit ratio, and hands on demonstration on preparation of soap making, juice were carried out by Shri Mahesh Jat. Also, various value added products from Aloe vera, Bael and Amla were shown. Field visit on cultivation of Aloe vera was also done which was followed with a visit to Jaipur city.
Altogether, 20 farmers along with 1 CIH officials attended the training programme. The programme concluded with Certificates distribution to all the participants.
