Three days training programme on on “Flower Cultivation to Improve Livelihood of Tribal Farmers”.
The training on “Flower Cultivation to Improve Livelihood of Tribal Farmers” was organized for the benefit of tribal farmers from the aspirational district Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya during February 04-06, 2019 at Division of Horticulture, ICAR Research Complex for NEH region, Umiam. The training was jointly organized by ICAR- Directorate of Floricultural Research, Pune and Division of Horticulture, ICAR Research Complex for NEH region, Umiam under the flagship programme tribal sub plan (TSP), Government of India. About 59 farmers from Byrwa, Umran, Umsuing, Palwi, Umroi and Mawlai villages, Dist- Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya were participated. Farmers were exposed to various aspects of flower cultivation like nursery preparation, new varieties of flower crops, crop cultivation practices, crop protection, dry flower making, postharvest management of flower crops were covered during the training. In addition, hands on training were given to farmers at Research Farm, Division of Horticulture, ICAR Research Complex for NEH region, Umiam. A total of 15 lectures and practical were delivered by various experts in the training. During the valedictory programme, the Director, ICAR Research Complex for NEH region, Umiam released a Technical Manual on ‘Cultivation of flower crops to improve livelihood of farmers’ and distributed 59 knapsack sprayers to trainees. The programme was coordinated by Dr. H. Rymbai, Dr. H.D. Talang, Dr. Tarak Nath Saha, Dr. Ganesh B. Kadam and Dr. A.K. Jha
