Seminar for orange growers held as part of orange festival

From Our Correspondent

TAMENGLONG | Dec 7

As part of the ongoing 14th State Level Orange Festival 2017, a seminar was held for orange growers at Indoor Stadium Tamenglong today. As many as 285 orange growers attended the seminar.

The seminar was attended by executive member of ADC Tamenglong, Pouhotlung Panmei as chief guest. It was also attended by deputy commissioner of Tamenglong, Armstrong Pame, SDO of Tamei, Robertsem, SDO of Tamenglong, Kachamthai Pheiga Gangmei along with other dignitaries.

As the resource persons, assistant agriculture officer of Manipur Organic Mission Agency (MOMA), Horticulture and soil Conservator Department, S. Donal Singh spoke on ‘Organic farming and value chain’ while district development manager of NABARD, Tamenglong, P Boicha Meitei spoke on ‘Role of NABARD in rural development with the special reference to horticulture’.

Assistant professor of Department of Soil Science, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Herojit Singh also spoke on soil management for sustainable production of Tamenglong orange. While, associate professor, Department of Horticulture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, RK Dilip Singh, spoke on ‘Cultural practices for sustainable production of Tamenglong Orange and chief technical officer (Plant protection), KVK Thoubal, M Thoithoi Singh spoke on ‘Plant protection for sustainable production of Tamenglong orange’.

In his speech as chief guest, Pouhotlung Panmei said that he planted oranges in his farm but all his efforts went in vain as he could not control the plant disease.

He urged all the participants to listen carefully while attending the seminar and produce more oranges in the next orange festival.

Armstrong Pame and chairman of Village Authority Chairmen Council, Tousem sub-division, Ringthengning also spoke during the occasion.

In the meantime as part of the orange festival, various traditional games were conducted for men and women of Tamenglong.