Assam stall in the 2nd NE Agri Expo, Dimapur
View of Assam stall in the on going five day 2nd N E Agri Expo held Dimapur from December 15. The Minister for Development of the Northeastern Region (DoNER) BK Handique inaugurated the Assam stall at NE Agri Expo held at Dimapur on December 15.
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DIBRUGARH: Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal gave Clarion call to the youths to devote in the field of agriculture and work for building a robust economic foundation for Assam.Opening the 5th AssamInternational Agri-Horticultural Show at Chowkidinghee playground on Friday, he said there is a close relation between production and economic rejuvenation. He said initiatives like Chief Minister Samagra Gramya Unnayan Yojana has been taken up to double the farm income and build solid economic foundation for farmers and raise their dignity in society.The chief minister also raised his concern on the threat posed by climate change to the future of mankind and opined...
GUWAHATI: The 5th Assam International Agri-Horticultural Show- 2018 is holding from Friday at Chowkidingee Playground in Dibrugarh. Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal is opening thr four days event at a function in the morning. The programmes includes Competition on Potted Plants, Cut Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables; Farmers Training; Competition on Floral Arrangement and Processed Foods Products; International Seminar on Make in North East Agricultural and Allied Sector; Drawing Competition; Workshop on Floral Design and Cultural Programmes. Canada, Italy, Bhutan, Nepal, Uganda, Bangladesh, Taiwan, Netherlands, Sweden, Malaysia and Thailand are expected to...
Noted Agricultural Scientist Dr Mukul Chandra Kalita received Gold Medal for excellent paper presentation in the 27th Academy of Plant Science India meet held at Sri Mata Vaishnu Devi University ,Katra, Jammu & Kashmir during 2-4 Nov 2017.
Assam is set to implement a slew of steps to boost bee keeping. The announcement came up from the department of horticulture and Food Processing ( DHFP) when its commissioner visited the World Food India on Sunday. The state government would extend all possible support to the farmers concerned for expansion of beekeeping in Assam . In this context, Pawandeep Singh Kohli, Director, Salt Range Foods Pvt. Ltd met the Director of Horticulture and Food Processing, Assam at World Food India, 2017 and expressed their commitment to promote Bee Keeping among the farmers of Assam. Salt Range Foods Pvt Ltd is a leading exporter and supplier of Honey sourced from some of...
The two day long Tractor Mela, organised by Agriculture Department in Biswanath concluded on Monday with encouraging response. Many tractors demonstrated and displayed for interaction with beneficiaries, applied for Tractor Unit under Chief Minister Samagra Gramya Unnayan Yojana (CMSGUY) in the fair opened by MLA Pramod Borthakur. In his inaugural address on Sunday, Borthakur highlighted the importance of CMSGUY and appeals the farmers to come forward to take the advantage of this mega mission. Mowsam Hazarika, Assistant Director of Agriculture attended the Mela as Observer and addressed the gathering . In his address, Hazarika said that need of mechanisation in agricultural sector is very...
Assam joined the World Food Day on Monday commemorating the founding of Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) in 1945. In this context, an awareness programme was organised at Khanapara, by the ‘Krishi Mitra’ , a non government organisation, where several farmers and agricultural experts participated. Participating in the programme, Dr Kishore Barthakur, an nutritional expert appealed to the masses to fight against hunger and menace of flood wastes. Dr. Ruby Gogoi, Project Coordinator , Organic Farming highlighted in the programme about different schemes, which will help to meet up thechallenges of retaining farmers on the Farm. Mowsam Hazarika , Assistant Director of...
The agriculture department steps up measures to firmly deal with the army worms which wreak huge havocs in many parts of the state. In a letter to District Agricultural Officers and other officials, the department said that army worms or swarming caterpillars have manifested in different areas of the State. Steps like deployment of spraying squads in affected areas have been directed. It said that sufficient plant protection chemicals like quinnolphos , chloropyriphos and malathon powder have been made available to all the affected districts. The directorate has already set up a control room headed by A Karmakar, Joint Director, to liaise with district officials in this...
The meeting of Public Accounts Committee ( PAC) of Assam Legislative Assembly took place under the Chairmanship of Rajdeep Guala, MLA with the Department of Agriculture, Dima Hasao on Wednesday at the Circuit House in Haflong . The other visiting members of PAC are : Ramendra Narayan Kalita, Hafiz Bashir Ahmad,Topon Kumar Gogoi and Utpol Dutta. The meeting started with the introduction of department officers with the PAC team members followed by oath taking of the officers of the department. It was followed by the Power Point presentation on different activities undertaken by the Agriculture Department, Dima Hasao under both state and central sector...
A health camp was organised by "Cottonian82" , an organisation of the alumni of Cotton College of 1982 batch, in association with KGMT Hospital, under Kuntal Goswami Memorial Trust, Mother Teresa Road, Guwahati, at Mayong on 20th August, 2017 for flood affected people. The camp get response from around 300 villagers from Mayong and nearby villages. Specialist from different field gave counselling to the villagers along with free medicines. Doctors rendering their services in the camp are: Dr Nivedita Goswami, Paediatricians ; Dr Bandana Baruah, Paediatrician ; Dr Nabanita Deka, Gynecologist ; Dr Pranab Das, Surgery and Dr Manashi K Bhagawati, Eye...
Bee keeping is going to be s household practice in Assam to tap the potential available in the state. This was what a simple message spreading across the state on the World Honey Bee Day. The message emerged from an awareness meeting organised by the ' Rural Development Society ( RDS ) at Panjabari on Friday. Participating in the programme assistant director of agriculture Mowsam Hazarika said that, beekeeping has been useful in pollination of crops which can provide thr farming fraternity an extra source of good income. Bee keeping, if properly, alone will fetch huge and sustainable income for a family. Hazarika outlined several benefits of honey such as-...
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