Agriculture minister Banteidor Lyngdoh has informed that the government will launch the Ginger Mission at the agriculture training centre at Upper Shillong tomorrow.
The Ginger Mission worth Rs 10 crore in the financial year 2022-23, was recently announced by the government.
As many as 69 village clusters have been identified to implement the Ginger Mission in Meghalaya.
The Meghalaya Basin Management Agency (MBMA) and the Directorate of Horticulture will collectively monitor the implementation of the mission.
In the first phase i.e year 2022-23, the target to be covered under the mission is 216 MT comprising local variety ginger 70 per cent and Mahima, Varada variety 30 per cent.
The Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) would be onboard wherein their resources would be trained and deployed per ginger cluster for necessary land-holding to the cooperatives and farmers concerning planting material distribution, quality testing, plant protection measures, and other support.
The modalities of their role would be conveyed through training, along with training on the Package of Practices (PoPs) to ensure that the ATMA representative trains the farmer and a high-yielding seed bank of ginger born out of the best PoP is available with the State.
