Deputy commissioner (DC) Dimapur, Rajesh Soundararajan visited dragon fruit farm at Shitovi village and budding integrated farm at Vidima village on September 4.
According to a DIPR report, during his visit to the dragon fruit farm owned by project director DRDA Mon, Temjen, Rajesh said that dragon fruit cultivation had very high potential in Nagaland due to the conducive climatic conditions. He appreciated the owner for showing the way forward to farmers about organic dragon fruit cultivation which he said had high nutritional and medicinal values.
District horticulture officer Dimapur, Temsu Longkumer explained to the DC about horticultural aspects and how to grow dragon fruits.
At Vidima, Rajesh visited a budding integrated farm owned by Renbemo Murry, MBA, son of Dr. John Murry where a number of horticulture crops including Papaya (red lady) bananas, soyabeans were cultivated on a large scale besides piggery and fisheries.
The owner informed that hybrid lichi, guavas and Ramputan would be planted by October this year.
During an informal interaction with DC Dimapur, Dr. John Murry highlighted on the need for nurturing farming groups in plant management and commercialisation through nursery.
He said that school and college students should be given an opening by deputing them in the farms to carry out farming practically.