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NSDC <strong>Skill</strong> Gap Study of the North East - Nagaland<br />

9.5.5 Mokokchung - skilling interventions<br />

Horticulture<br />

• Awareness of latest farming techniques<br />

• Building market linkages<br />

• Capacity building through setting up of focussed co-operatives in area like medicinal plants<br />

(including citronella grass) and ornamental flowers.<br />

• Agri-entrepreneurial skills<br />

• Educating farmers on export potential of horticulture crops such as fruits, vegetables, flowers,<br />

medicinal and aromatic plants<br />

Fruit Processing<br />

• Making jams, jelly, pickles, juices etc.<br />

• Drying, grading, sorting and packaging<br />

• Building market linkage<br />

• Cold storage and warehousing facilities<br />

Sericulture<br />

• Knowledge about silk moth varieties, their morphometric characters, and plantation requirements<br />

• <strong>Skill</strong>s related to cocoon rearing and disease free plantation management<br />

• Building market linkage and commercial exploitation<br />

• Awareness of modern methods and techniques for design and weaving to improve marketability,<br />

Jatropha<br />

and productivity<br />

• Awareness of jatropha plantation techniques<br />

• <strong>Skill</strong>s to attract oil out of jatropha plants<br />

• Building market linkages<br />

• Entrepreneurial skills<br />

• Educating growers on the potential of jatropha<br />

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