Nagaland Agricultural Officials Train on Nursery Management

Kohima: The State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute, or SAMETI, ran a three-day course for Agricultural Technology Management Agency functionaries in Dimapur. The sessions covered nursery management and propagation for major horticultural crops from November 4 to 6.

Vice Principal of IETC Medziphema, Seyievielo Sono, delivered the keynote address at the inauguration. He stressed that nurseries provide the foundation for successful crop production. He told the attendees, "Nursery as a key to success of any crops production," and pushed them to pass new technology on to farmers to boost state productivity.

Four experts led the instruction. Dr. Ashwini Ananda from SAS, NU, Medziphema, and Dr. Aabon W. Yanthan from ICAR, Nagaland Centre, Jharnapani, served as resource persons. They were joined by Dr. Suman Soni, a post-harvest technologist at CIH, and Dr. Rokolhuü Keditsu, an associate professor at SAS, NU. The 28 participants, representing every district in Nagaland, toured the AICRP Research farm and the ICAR Research farm. They also finished practical sessions on the SAMETI campus.