State-level workshop on Nagaland Food & Feed LINK 2.0 held

DIMAPUR: A State-level workshop on Nagaland Food & Feed LINK 2.0 organised by the Investment & Development Authority of Nagaland was held at Capital Convention Centre, Kohima on May 29.
According to a DIPR report, special guest, Dr. Tseilhoutuo Rhutso, MLA congratulated the IDAN, CESF, CLEAN, UNDP, and all partner institutions for bringing together a meaningful platform for dialogue, collaboration, and action. He said, the workshop represents a larger vision for the future of Nagaland, a future where villages become centres of productivity, youth become job creators, farmers become entrepreneurs, and development reaches the grassroots in a sustainable and inclusive manner.
He stated that, Nagaland is blessed with rich natural resources, hardworking communities, indigenous knowledge systems, and tremendous entrepreneurial potential. However, for decades, many of the rural economy remained disconnected from technology, finance, markets, and infrastructure. He further saiud that the challenge are not because of the absence of potential, the challenge is creating systems that unlock that potential, that is why initiatives like N2FL are important.
Rhutso said that the programme is demonstrating that development must move beyond policy discussions and reach the field level. Whether it is food processing, local feed production, coffee value addition, aquaculture, stitching hubs, or renewable energy-based enterprises, these are real interventions creating real impact for real people and these initiatives are community-driven and locally relevant.
He mentioned that the government under the leadership of the Chief Minister is committed to creating an enabling ecosystem for enterprise development, investment promotion, youth empowerment, and livelihood generation. He said that the government alone cannot achieve this transformation and need partnerships, convergence between government departments, development agencies, financial institutions, technology providers, community organizations, and private sector. Development today requires collaboration, innovation, and shared responsibility.
He also mentioned that the role of our youths and women is equally important, the young people of Nagaland are talented, creative, aspirational and must create opportunities that allow them to build livelihoods within the State instead of forcing migration due to lack of opportunities. Women-led enterprises, self-help groups, and community institutions are already proving that inclusive development is possible when the right support systems are created.
He lamented that future of Nagaland cannot depend only on government jobs and one must build an entrepreneurial economy driven by innovation, local production, value addition, and sustainable enterprises. N2FL 2.0 must therefore become more than a project. It should evolve into a long-term movement for rural economic transformation in Nagaland, he added.