BISWANATH CHARIALI, Sept 10 - Tage Taki, Minister for Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Dairy Development and Fisheries of Arunachal Pradesh, along with Bidol Tayeng, secretary, Agriculture and Horticulture, and all directors of departments of Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary and Fisheries of Arunachal Pradesh visited several agri-allied entrepreneurs, facility centres, organic farms, fish breeding centres and the GoI Institute of Farm and Machinery Training and Testing Centre at Biswanath Chariali to gain first-hand knowledge and share their experiences with the budding entrepreneurs.
The delegation on September 7 visited Pabhoi Green, an organic agriculture and fishery hub of entrepreneur Neelam Dutta who also developed the centre for training and skill development. The centre was recently declared by the Government of Assam as a centre for excellence for organic agriculture and fish breeding.
The Arunachal Pradesh delegation was impressed by the activities undertaken by the entrepreneurs and interacted with them on practical aspects of fish breeding.
The entourage visited the Institute of Farm and Machinery Training and Testing Centre at Biswanath Chariali and interacted with the scientific personnel on various things being developed by the institute for ease of agriculture. The team said Arunachal Pradesh would send trainees to the institute for training on farm machinery management and operation.
The team late visited the Kanyaka Integrated Farm at Jamugurihat set up under the leadership of MLA Padma Hazarika. It is an integrated agriculture, horticulture, piggery, dairy and fishery farm spread over 2,000 bighas of land operated by a trust and supported by 400 self help groups (SHGs) and interacted with the workers and farmers.
The team also visited the Scientific Piggery farm at Dhekidol (Ghoramari) managed and owned by another entrepreneur Manoj Basumotary, who left a high paying job at SBI and became an entrepreneur in the piggery sector.
The delegation discussed aspects of pig farming in the region with the entrepreneur. The Minister said the Arunachal Pradesh government also needs to work in collaboration with budding entrepreneurs like him in piggery development through PPP mode. The Director of AHV&DD, Arunachal Pradesh also interacted on various issues in the piggery sector and invited the entrepreneur to visit Arunachal Pradesh and share his experiences with piggery farmers of the state.
