ATM Wokha officials with participants during the training held at Wokha village and Elumyo village on December 17 and 18.
Wokha, December 21 (MExN): Agriculture Technology Management, Wokha block conducted training on home scale preservation and value addition on ginger candy, ginger ale and king chilli pickle and cultivation of oyster mushroom at Wokha village and Elumyo village on December 17 and 18 respectively.
The resource person were Thungjano (home science) KVK, Wokha, Lily Tungoe (ATM) Wokha block.
Thungjano stressed on the importance of standard packaging which adds value to the product. She encouraged the farmers to get registration from food safety and standard authority India (FSSAI) in order to have a wide market for their products. Hands on demonstration were provided to the farmers.
Lily Tungoe talked to the farmers into taking up mushroom cultivation to boost their income during lean agriculture activities period during winter. Field Day visit on winter vegetable crops was also conducted at Longsachung village.
Altogether 23 farmers from different SHGs group attended the trainings along with two KVK Wokha officials and three ATMA functionaries.
