Banana festival lined up
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 01 2018:
With the objective of promoting the growers and also to bring the buyers and sellers closer, a three day long Banana festival will be organised at Longmai (Noney) Common ground from November 6 to 9.This was stated by Gailanchung Kamei, secretary of the organising committee during a press conference held today at Manipur Press Club, Imphal.
The scheduled Banana festival will be the first of its kind in the State.
He said, most of the banana products are organic and are of G-9 class and which growers in Noney and Tamenglong districts have been producing under schemes provided by the Government.
The growers however have been facing difficulties in marketing their products.
The objective of the scheduled Banana festival to promote production and marketing.
The organising committee has also completed all necessary procedures to tag PGS organic certifications to the bananas which are going to be displayed during the festival with the help of Green Foundation.
The proposed festival will certainly establish a platform for both buyers and suppliers and the organising committee in view of the ensuing Ningol Chakkouba festival.
The bananas will be made available to the customers at reasonable prices.