10,000 slips of Lemongrass provided
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, October 13 2022:
Under the CSIR Aroma Mission Project, North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST) on Wednesday provided 10,000 slips of high yielding variety of Lemongrass (Jor-Lab-L-8) to one Kh Siile Anthony of Senapati district for nursery establishment and commercial cultivation in the district.
In a release, NEIST senior principal scientist Dr Huidrom Birkummar Singh informed that five units of essential oil distillation units have been installed in Manipur under the CSIR Aroma Mission project and some land have been brought under lemongrass and citronella cultivation.
Moreover, training programmes on cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants have been given to more than 400 farmers, he added.