New board of Farmers Producers Organisation of Zunheboto was constituted at DAO conference hall, Zunheboto on April 19. (DIPR Photo)
Zunheboto, April 19 (MExN): Farmers Producers Organization (FPO), Zunheboto constituted a new team of board of directors on April 19 at DAO conference hall, Zunheboto. According to a DIPR report, the team is headed by L Holuto Ayemi as chairman with Aheto Sumi as Vice Chairman, Gideon S Yeptho as Secretary, Finance Committee headed by Kughavi Yeptho as Treasurer and Vihuto, Lashika T Sumi and Shitokhu Achumi as members. The marketing committee members include H Hokuto Sema, Hekato Yeptho and Y Husukha Sema and Nivili Chella, Helena, H Vitoyi, Kahoto Achumi and Hukavi Shohe as members.
DAO Zunheboto, Hukhato Sema briefed the gathering about the inception of FPO, which is a centrally sponsored scheme. He said that Mission Organic Value Chain Development (MOVCD) is an organic farming scheme with special focus on the Northeastern states because of its availability of rich and fertile virgin forests across the region. He added that the main aim of the scheme is to help the farmers to produce more organic and healthy products for themselves and also to produce enough to reach others with the surplus, for which the FPO acts as a bridging device to communicate with other states of the mainland India and even further.
Newly inducted chairman, L Holuto Ayemi stated that the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's welfare launched a central sector scheme entitled “Mission Organic Value Chain Development for northeastern region” with an aim to develop certified organic production in a value chain mode to link growers with consumers and to support the development of the entire value chain starting from inputs, seeds, certification, to the creation of facilities for collection, aggregation, processing, marketing and brand building initiative. He said that till date, of the 14 clusters, a total of 1,100 farmers have registered under the organization and FPO has been registered to the co-operative society which now ensures the farmers as an individual or the organisation of various possible aids. He spoke about the main aims of the organisation which was to link producers to consumers and to work on developing infrastructures for post harvest management and other necessities of the farmers.
