Administrative Building and Staff Quarters of ICAR-KVK Namsai Inaugurated
Administrative building and staff quarters of ICAR-KVK, Namsai was inaugurated today by the Chief Guest, Chow Tewa Mein, Hon’ble MLA, Chongkham and Guest of Honour, Chow Zignu Namchoom, Hon’ble MLA Namsai in presence of Dr. B. C. Deka, Director, ICAR-ATARI, Umiam, Dr. H. Kalita, Joint Director, ICAR RC NEH Region, AP Centre, Basar, Dr. Tapasya Raghav, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Namsai, Dr. Manish Kanwat, Senior Scientist & Head, KVK Namsai and other dignitaries. In continuation of the event, the Chief Guest and Guest of Honour inaugurated the exhibition stalls and National Conference cum Krishi Unnati Mela 2018 with the focal theme “Approaches for doubling the farmers income- the road ahead for farmers prosperity”. All the dignitaries visited the exhibition stalls put up by ICAR, CAU, AAU, NEIST, SLRD, Line Departments, NGOs, FPCs and SHGs. The inaugural programme started with the welcome address by Dr. H. Kalita, the organizing secretary of the event. He briefed about the necessity and importance of the event. The Chief Guest in his inaugural address expressed his concern about the present situation of agriculture in the state and congratulated ICAR for organizing such a mega event for the overall benefit of the farmers in this region. The Guest of Honour emphasized on strengthening the marketing facilities in the region for enhancing the farmers’ income. Both of them appreciated the efforts made by ICAR, AP Centre, Basar & KVK Namsai for initiating different approaches for doubling the income by 2022. A MOU was also signed between SLRD, Shillong and KVK, Namsai for value addition, branding and marketing of different spices produced in the region. The formal vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Manish Kanwat.
More than 1200 numbers of farmers from different villages of Namsai and neighboring districts and more than 220 scientists, students, officials from various line departments, KVK, FPCs, SHGs participated in the event.
