Medziphema, March 12 (MExN): State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (SAMETI), Medziphema organised a six-day Skill Training of Rural Youth (STRY) programme on ‘Floriculture’ from March 6 to 11 in association with National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad.
A total of 17 rural youths were trained, and certificates and training manuals were distributed to the participants, Director SAMETI & Principal IETC, Medziphema stated in a press release.
During the inaugural programme, Deputy Project Director SAMETI and Nodal Officer STRY, Tiajungla Longchar gave an overview of STRY and welcomed the participants.
In her speech, Dr Watimongla Jamir, Director SAMETI & Principal IETC, Medziphema encouraged the participants to come out of their comfort zones and look for entrepreneurial opportunities. She said that she was expectant of success stories from the trainees with the skill learned during the training program.
The training covered topics on production and marketing of ornamental plants with special reference to Nagaland, general management of low-cost green house, Low-cost shade net house and Basic concept and principles of flower arrangement. Hands-on practical sessions on media preparation, uses of garden tools, Identification of ornamental plants, Propagation of flowers by cutting, Flower arrangement, Bouquet preparation were conducted. Trainees were taken for a field visit to Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH), Medziphema, to see the functioning of different green houses.
Resources persons for the training were Jungshienla Jamir, Specialist in Floriculture & Landscaping, JRF (Citrus Project), DBT and Arvind Singh, Consultant from Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH), Medziphema.
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