A delegation of 11 progressive farmers from Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, led by a team of scientists and technical officers of ICAR-National Research Centre on Mithun, Jharnapani, are participating in three-day “Krishi Unnati Mela” being held at the Pusa campus in the national capital from March 19-21, 2016.
The prime minister, Narendra Modi inaugurated the national fair today to provide information on new farm schemes and technologies to help farmers double their incomes within the next few years. The participating farmers would be immensely benefited from the live demonstration of agriculture and horticultural crops, animal husbandry, innovative technologies and farm mechanisation being exhibited by both public and private companies in over 500 stalls.
NRC on Mithun also put up a stall displaying the technologies developed in the institute for the scientific rearing of mithun and leather products made up of mithun skin.