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NARI-KOYU, Aug 31: Eighty farmers  participated in an awareness cum training programme on Farm Innovations in Agri-Horticultural crops, organised by Pasighat-based College of Horticulture & Forestry (CHF) at Old Deka village of Lower Siang district on Friday.
MLA 36th Nari-Koyu, Lower Siang, Tojir Kadu while inaugurating the same termed agriculture and horticulture as the cornerstone of our economy and way of life. He also spotlighted the importance of millets and their benefits to both farmers and consumers.
The faculties, Dr. Premaradhya, N. Assistant Professor and PI, M4Agri project, Dr.S.M. Hussain, Head, KVK, East Siang, Dr. Rohit Shukla and Dr. S.M. Lokhande as resource persons  interacted with the farmers with respect to the nutritional health benefits of millets, scientific production practices of horticulture crops.
The programme was organised under the m4agri-Mobile based Advisory services in Arunachal Pradesh in collaboration with District Kisan Morcha, Lower Siang  which was funded by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology implemented by  Central Agricultural University, Imphal at College of Horticulture and Forestry, Pasighat in collaboration with Digital India Corporation, New Delhi.

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