Meghalaya CM Sangma visits state's Pineapple festival in Delhi, emphasises on increasing supply
Jul 14, 2024
New Delhi [India], July 14 : Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Sunday visited the state's pineapple festival held in Delhi and said that the programme was organised as the supply is less than demand in metro cities, thus causing loss to state farmers.
CM Sangma added that Pineapple's production of Meghalaya is aroung 40000-45000 metric tonnes.
"We started this pineapple festival last year. More than 50,000 farmers cultivate pineapple in Meghalaya. Our production is around 40000-45000 metric tonnes. Yet our farmers are not able to sell their products, and because of that most of the production is wasted. However, in Delhi and other metro cities, the supply of pineapple is less as compared to the demand. So, we thought of aligning our supply with their demand through a festival. It will be a good way to connect our farmers and entrepreneurs with the people. We commenced the Pineapple Festival with this intention," the Meghayala CM said.
Earlier, Union Minister for the Development of the North East Region Jyotiraditya Scindia launched the North East Region Agri Commodity E-Connect (NERACE) designed to benefit the farmers of the region and help position it as a hub of high-value horticultural products in the international market.
The NERACE app is intended to support agricultural and horticultural products such as spices, fruits, vegetables, pulses, cereals, and minor forest products.
In a post on X, Scindia wrote, "Digital India for North-East farmers! Delighted to launch NE-RACE App - an online global platform for North East Farmers, which will play a pivotal role in positioning the Northeast as a hub of high-value horticultural products. It will make the farmers of the region not just the producers but also as a reliable partner in the international agri value chain."
Scindia also met the Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma and discussed future plans for making Meghalaya more prosperous towards growth. The discussion was focused towards creating Viksit Purvottar (developed Northeast), a vision under PM Modi's Vikshit Bharat resolution.
