Department of Horticulture organized state level training on Management of Hi-tech cultivation of flowers for selected beneficiaries of the department on October 1 at directorate of horticulture conference hall.
Deputy director while highlighting on the significance of the training programme, said the training was conducted to ensure proper installation and maintenance of poly house structures provided to the beneficiaries by the department.
Joint director of horticulture Pawan Kumar in his key note address said floriculture in the state was commercialized in 2005 through intervention of HMNEH scheme (now subsumed under MIDH). Director of horticulture Watienla Jamir urged the selected beneficiaries to sincerely take up the project since only 85 beneficiaries could be selected during 2014-15 owing to fund constraints. To this, she asked them to ensure quality production of flowers for better marketability.
She said 10 years back only synthetic flowers were used in various events but now floriculture has become a commercial venture for Nagas as evident by the mushrooming of various florists shop in the state. She also asked the beneficiaries to be in constant touch with the companies for management and marketing.
In the technical Session, resource persons from M/S Zopra exports Pvt. Ltd. and M/S Meghastar Agro-Hortitech Pvt. Ltd highlighted various technical aspects on the cultivation and management practices of flowers like alstromeria, lillium, rose, orchid and gerbera under poly house.