Farm mechanisation exposure tour flagged off
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 12 2018:
Agriculture Minister V Hangkhanlian flagged off a farm mechanisation exposure tour from Imphal to Shaktim? Plant, Rajkot, Gujarat today.
The 12 members exposure tour team led by Dr M Thoithoi, Subject Matter Specialist and Rk Doren, representative, NETC Agri Business Farm, Imphal was flagged off from the residential quarter of the Agriculture Minister at Lamphel.
The team comprises of two journalists from ISTV and The Sangai Express (Nando) and eight selected farmers from different parts of the State.
Speaking to media persons on the sideline of the flag off, Hangkhanlian conveyed that the exposure tour was jointly organized by Tirth Agro Technology Private Limited, Rajkot, Gujarat, maker of Shaktiman brand agri equipments and NETC Agri Business Farm, Imphal.
The Minister went on to inform that the exposure tour was organized with the main objective of exposing the latest know how and technological appliance/ farm mechanisation in agriculture.
He exuded confidence that the exposure tour will go a long way towards the effort to make the farmers in the team and the State as a whole explore about the appliances of modern equipments in agriculture to enhance agriculture.