Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh today said that the ‘Jackfruit Mission’, which is in the final year of implementation in the state needs to be extended considering the benefits it has brought to farmers.
Speaking at a ‘Jack Start 2023’ event organised by the Directorate of Food Processing at the State Convention Centre, Lyngdoh said Meghalaya has more than a million jackfruit trees across the state and the jackfruit trees are available in many parts of Meghalaya which grow in the backyard without much care and attention.
She said that there is a high potential for new entrepreneurs to start a profitable business in processing jackfruits and urged officers of the Agriculture and Horticulture Department to continue to engage actively with the producers group and to give them support to ensure to mark their products efficiently, to follow the standards of food safety because this is what the international market is looking for.
Meghalaya Farmers’ (Empowerment) Commission Chairman KN Kumar spoke on the promotion of processing of jackfruit in the state while M.L Suiam, Officer in Special Duty, Directorate of Food Processing gave a brief presentation on Mission Jackfruit.
Various stalls selling different kinds of jackfruit products were also put up during the one-day event.
