New Delhi: A two-day stakeholder workshop meeting to review the progress of Phase-III of the Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) concluded here on Saturday.
MOVCDNER is a central scheme that aims to develop end-to-end organic value chains in the North East.
On July 13, progress made under the scheme was reviewed with focus on how to liquidate the committed liability of Phase III and road map for implementation of Phase IV of the scheme starting 2023-24.
States were requested to suggest the activities and plans which could be taken up associated with availability of funds under MOVCDNER Scheme.
Rakesh Ranjan, Additional Secretary (INM), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare chaired the meeting on July 14, in the presence of Dr. Yogita Rana, JS (INM) and Angshuman Dey, JS (MDONER).
The representatives of the eight NE states (Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Assam, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Tripura), NEDFi and officers from the Ministry of Agriculture and FW and MoRD participated in the workshop.
Ranjan emphasised the importance of service providers to facilitate market linkages and create brand value of organic products. He also highlighted the focus of the government in NE and exhorted the states to ensure the complete utilisation of funds earmarked for NE states, focus on export of organic products to ensure maximum benefit to the farmers of the NE region.
MOVCDNER scheme launched during 2015-16 has helped in bringing 1.73 lakh ha under organic farming benefiting 1.89 lakh farmers.
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