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NSDC Skill Gap Study of the North East - Nagaland
FIGURE 13: EMPLOYMENT PATTERN IN KOHIMA DISTRICT
Source: Census 2001, IMaCS Analysis
6.2.5 Potential sectors in district
Based on the factor advantages, following sectors have been identified in the district for skilling and
upgrading skills:
Horticulture:
Many fruits, vegetables, plantation crops and spices are grown in Kohima, due to its conducive
agro-climatic conditions.
Key fruits include oranges, pineapples, lemons, papayas, and bananas. Key spices and vegetables
include chillies, tomatoes, ginger, colocasia, tapioca, chowchow, and turmeric.
The district has specifically started undertaking cultivation of ornamental flowers, like roses,
liliums, carnations and anthuriums.
There is a Kohima Floriculture Project names as Niathu Garden. The State Department provides
Lilium bulbs in batches, so that the project gets flowers all-round the year. Flowers from here are
getting exported to Delhi also.
Green-houses for roses are also being set up in Kohima.
Sericulture:
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
Eri is the most prominent type of silk produced in Nagaland and occupies 88 per cent of the total
area under silk cultivation.
0
114,456
20,567
Main Worker Marginal
Worker
The State government is providing thrust to development of sericulture. This sector is expected to
generate employment opportunities for the locals.
175,061
Non Worker
52