Central agri officials interact with State farmers

Update: 2010-09-15 00:00 GMT

GUWAHATI, April 17 - Union Agriculture Secretary SK Pattanayak and Joint Secretary (Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture) Dinesh Kumar interacted with farmers in several places, including Morigaon and Kaziranga, during their recent visit to Assam.

During their visit on April 12-13, the two central officials participated in a meeting of Coordinated Horticulture Assessment using Management using geoiNformatics (CHAMAN) project here, said an official statement issued here today. Later, they visited the Integrated Cold Chain Project at Tetelia and the Vijaya Nursery at Khetri on the outskirts of the city.

They also interacted with farmers of different farmers producers companies at Amlighat in Morigaon district. Pattanayak and Kumar also went to the Hathikuli Tea Estate in Kaziranga and also met various farmers at Nagaon.

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