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NSDC Skill Gap Study of the North East - Nagaland
Policy thrust
• The State Government launched the Nagaland Bio Resource Mission (NBRM) in July 2007 with
a view to encourage farmers for the cultivation of indigenous medicinal and aromatic plants on a
commercial basis. Cluster cultivation is being encouraged at the district and village level by
individual farmers, SHGs & NGO with active involvement of NBRM in technical back up and
financial assistance.
• The Nagaland Horticulture Department has also decided to focus more on adopting medicinal and
Initiatives
aromatic plants as alternative crops.
The Government has set up herbal gardens in Nagaland for promotion and conservation of medicinal
plants. So far, herbal gardens have been opened at Dimapur, Wokha, Mon, Mokokchung and Kohima.
The State has also started exploring its floriculture potential. Nagaland holds the record for world‟s tallest
rhododendron. Given below is the overview of some of the successful floriculture ventures in Nagaland.
Floriculture project at Satsuphen, Wokha: The entrepreneurs, Kaka and Brothers have been
successfully harvesting their liliums and lilium of the Longsa Flower Growers‟ Association.
Mokokchung low cost lilium project at Chuchuyimpang: The SHG lilium project at the Hospital
Colony, showed an example of plants grown in different phases so that harvesting could be organized
all year round.
Model Floriculture Centre for Roses and Carnations at Yisemyong: Covering an area of about 38
acres, the Centre is producing world-class quality roses.
Kohima Floriculture Project named NiathuGarden: The State Department provides Lilium bulbs
in batches, so that the project gets flowers all-round the year. Exporting flowers to Delhi.
Floriculture project at Chumukedima, Dimapur: It has around 40,000 Anthurium plants having
eleven varieties. Exporting flowers to Delhi.
Sovima: Blossom Florist, Akruzo Putstire, is the biggest Anthurium grower in the State
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