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Climate change: A challenge to crop production in the NE
Morung Express | Dimapur, March 23 (MExN):
North East India faces many challenges owing to the effects of climate change, according to AK Singh, Managing Director for the National Horticulture Board, Ministry of Agriculture. The challenges also include pressures to feed a growing demand from both the domestic and international market, without affecting the environment.
In a statement to the media, Singh stated that the North East has an “important role to play in unlocking the sector’s huge potential.” “Growers produce enormous variety of horticultural crops, the majority of which have to be harvested, processed (albeit small quantity) and delivered in time to meet the exacting standards of processors, retailers and consumers,” he added.
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