Secretary to Government of Nagaland, Y Kikheto Sema said the state Department of Land Resources in sync with other line departments would be taking up massive coffee plantation drive in every district as the state has been declared geographically and topographically suitable for coffee by the Coffee Board.
Nagaland in collaboration with the Coffee Board of India will be undertaking coffee plantation in 50000 hectares of land by 2030. Secretary to Government of Nagaland, Y Kikheto Sema said the state Department of Land Resources in sync with other line departments would be taking up massive coffee plantation drive in every district as the state has been declared geographically and topographically suitable for coffee by the Coffee Board. Kikheto was holding a joint meeting of the Department with the officials of Coffee Board under Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry led by Joint Secretary A. P. Anantha Kumar at Land Resources Directorate here. He requested the Board officials to enhance the allocation of coffee seeds for the state and also to provide technical support as well training of officials. Expressing the department’s resolve to encourage local farmers to give up jhum cultivation and involve in coffee plantation, he said jhum cultivation does not provide much dividend but coffee plantation will help in uplift of rural economy and also improve the living standard of rural people.
Source: PTI