Advocacy prog on Van Dhan Vikash Kendra held
Source: Chronicle News Service
Bishnupur, June 21 2024:
A district level advocacy programme on "Van Dhan Vikash Kendra, Manipur", under Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Yojna - TRIFED 2024 was organised by Bishnupur Forest Division at Moirang Multipurpose Higher Secondary School multipurpose hall, on Friday.
The programme was attended by Bishnupur DC Lourembam Bikram, divisional forest officer Waikhom Romabai and KVK Bishnupur subject matter specialist Pebam Bidyananda as chief guest, president and guest of honour respectively.
Speaking at the event, L Bikram informed that Van Dhan Vikas Kendra initiative is an important scheme implemented to intervene at the grassroots level to provide a sustainable income to the people depending on forest for livelihood, particularly the forest dwellers, by forming self-help groups and providing skill development trainings on value addition to the forest produce.
If the income generated is sustainable, it will reduce forest exploitation and help in prioritising saving forest, he said and elaborated on the use of biodegradable waste for making compost so as to replace chemical fertilizer with bio fertilizers.