PASIGHAT, Feb 24: A two-day regional seminar on “Perspectives of Horti-Business in Development of North Eastern Region” was inaugurated today here at the College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University.
Co-organized by NABARD Itanagar, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics Mumbai, ICAR-ATARI (Zone-VI) Guwahati and Rajiv Gandhi University, the seminar is being attended by about seventy delegates from different parts of India. Fifty delegates including professors, scientists and post graduate students will deliver their research findings in three themes during technical sessions. It is hoped that valuable recommendations will be generated from the seminar, to be proposed to the government(s) subsequently for formulating policy decisions concerning horti-business development in the region.
The inauguration was chaired by RGU VC Professor Saket Kushwaha and attended by GM, NABARD, Itanagar Dr. Gopa Kumaran Nair, Dean, CHF, CAU Pasighat Professor B.N. Hazarika, Vice-President, ISAE Dr. Ram Singh, Convener Dr. S.K. Pattanaik & Organising Secretary Dr. Lakshmi Dhar Hatai. RGU VC while giving importance on the need of organising such events in academic institutions, emphasized on enterprise combination of all the desired inputs to increase cropping intensity of horticultural crops 
in the region. He also stressed on value addition and marketing strategy of organic horticultural produce and their linkages for increasing income of farmers.
Guest of Honour and GM, NABARD spoke about diversification of agricultural crops, cropping pattern and technology adoption and role of NABARD towards various schemes in boosting farmers’ income in the Northeast. CAU PR

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