Arunachal Pradesh
Lohit
DPR mode programme
A three-day training programme –Integrated Aquaculture through Climate Resilient Programmes for augmenting farmers income of Lohit District of Arunachal Pradesh was conducted at Tezu covering 80 farmers (in two batches of 40 each). The farmers were from Tezu, Sunpura and Wakro Block of Lohit District.
The training was held from August 18 to 21, 2021. The programme was formally inaugurated by Mr Partho Saha, General Manager/ OIC, NABARD Regional office Itanagar of Arunachal Pradesh on August 18, 2021 in virtual mode. The training programme was supported by NABARD and organised by Kalong-Kapili, the Brand Ambassador of Department of Fisheries,Government of Assam. In the DPR mode project of NABARD, the programme components contained training, demonstration of composite fish farming and demonstration of stunted yearling Fish Seed Bank for Lohit District. This is a ten month DPR mode project.
In the valedictory programme the dignitaries present were Mr S Ghosh, AGM, NABARD Regional Office Itanagar, Mr Nitya Mili DDM NABARD of Lohit District, Miss Kache, EAC of DC office, Jyotish Talukdar, Director of Kalong-Kapili, Mr B Kaman LDM of Lohit District, Mr R Rahman, Horticulture Officer, Lohit District, Mr Binay Kr Das, Dy Director of Kalong-Kapili, Mr Samaha Ngadong, president of FPO of Lohit District, and Mr Ratan Jaishi, Programme coordinator of Kalong-Kapili.
Today on this important occasion,we the Kalong-Kapili family offer our sincere gratitude to all our well wishers. This was our first programme held outside Assam.
One day Scientific Fish Farming Training Programme
Integrated Aquaculture is being popularised as an alternative livelihood for reducing opium cultivation in Lohit and neighbouring districts of Arunachal Pradesh, said Shri Partho Saha, General Manager, NABARD Regional Office, Itanagar, while attending the a programme on Scientific Fish Farming Practices at Tezu on April 07, 2022. He was present as the Chief guest.
He further emphasized that this fish farming can improve the economic and social condition of the farmers as it provided a very regular stream of income while creating wealth out of natural resources. Shri Marge Sora, DC of Lohit District, attended the programme as the Guest of Honour. He advised the farmers to accept the model through which they can get better yield. In the programme, a water testing kit was handed over to the farmers and training provided for use by the farmers themselves.
The other guests present were Shri Nitya Mili, DDM NABARD of Lohit District, Sri B Kaman, LDM and Sri N Sumnyan, DAO of Lohit District, Jyotish Talukdar and Binay kr Das, respectively Director and Dy Director of Kalong-Kapili After the inaugural programme, technical sessions were conducted by the technical team of Kalong-Kapili.
Integrated Tribal Development Programme (ITDP), Arunachal Pradesh
𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝑳𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 under Tribal Development Programme 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝑨𝑩𝑨𝑹𝑫 𝒊𝒏 𝑳𝒐𝒉𝒊𝒕 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒕 held 𝒐𝒏 17𝒕𝒉 𝑴𝒂𝒚 2022 at Tamladu ground of Medu of Wakro block.
In the Tribal Development Programme aquaculture practices have been included as a component a first of its kind in Arunachal Pradesh and Kalong-Kapili is the Implementing agency.
𝐻𝑜𝑛’𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑆ℎ𝑟𝑖 𝐶ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑎 𝑀𝑒𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ‘𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑇𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡’ 𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑁𝐴𝐵𝐴𝑅𝐷 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐿𝑜ℎ𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑡, 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑀 𝑁𝐴𝐵𝐴𝑅𝐷 𝑆ℎ𝑟𝑖 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑜 𝑆𝑎ℎ𝑎; 𝑀𝐿𝐴 𝑆ℎ𝑟𝑖 𝐾𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑘ℎ𝑜 𝐾𝑟𝑖; 𝐷𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑆ℎ𝑟𝑖 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑆𝑜𝑟𝑎, DDM NABARD of Lohit District Shri Nitya Mili, 𝑍𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑃𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝐺𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠
𝑁𝐴𝐵𝐴𝑅𝐷 𝐷𝐷𝑀 𝑆ℎ𝑟𝑖 𝑁𝑖𝑡𝑦𝑎 𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑖 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑡 200 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑒𝑛ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑖ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑓𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔, ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑣𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑖ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑇𝑒𝑧𝑢, 𝑊𝑎𝑘𝑟𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑢𝑛𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑎 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑜ℎ𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑡.
𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝐻𝑜𝑛’𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝐶𝑀 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑁𝐴𝐵𝐴𝑅𝐷 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑗𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝐻𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑜 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝐻𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦, 𝐾𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑖, 𝑆ℎ𝑟𝑖 𝐽𝑦𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑇𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑘𝑑𝑎𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤-ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠.
𝑁𝐴𝐵𝐴𝑅𝐷 𝐺𝑀 𝑆ℎ𝑟𝑖 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑜 𝑆𝑎ℎ𝑎 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑠𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝐻𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 ‘𝑀𝑎ℎ𝑎 𝑌𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑎’ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒-ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑𝑙𝑦. 𝐻𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑒𝑚𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑟𝑏ℎ𝑎𝑟 𝐴𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝐻𝑒 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑖𝑠ℎ-𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑦, 𝑓𝑖𝑠ℎ-𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑅𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝐻𝑎𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑁𝐴𝐵𝐴𝑅𝐷 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝐻𝐺𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑.
𝑀𝐿𝐴 𝑇𝑒𝑧𝑢 𝑆ℎ𝑟𝑖 𝐾𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑘ℎ𝑜 𝐾𝑟𝑖 𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑-ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙. 𝐷𝐶 𝐿𝑜ℎ𝑖𝑡 𝑆ℎ𝑟𝑖 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑆𝑜𝑟𝑎 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑖-𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.
𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝐾𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔-𝐾𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑖 𝑆ℎ𝑟𝑖 𝐽𝑦𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑇𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑘𝑑𝑎𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠, 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 2007 𝑏𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐵𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑖 𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐷𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝐺𝑜𝑣𝑡. 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑚.𝐷𝐴𝑂 𝑆ℎ𝑟𝑖 𝑁. 𝑆𝑢𝑚𝑛𝑦𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛.
The Kalong-Kapili family conveys sincere gratitude, thanks and love to honourable Deputy Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh for launching the programme. Kalong-Kapili family conveys sincere gratitude, thanks and love to Shri Partho Saha, General Manager cum OIC NABARD, team Regional Office and DDM Lohit for giving the opportunity to work in Arunachal Pradesh. Kalong-Kapili family conveys sincere gratitude, thanks and love to Shri Marge Sora, Deputy Commissioner for Institutional support.
And finally Kalong-Kapili conveys sincere gratitude, thanks and love to the TDF farmers for their active participation in the programme. Under Integrated Tribal Development Programme the Integrated model includes promotion of aquaculture, horticulture and kitchen garden, and this is the first of its kind project sanctioned by the state Regional Office of NABARD.
The other components of the project include women development, gender equality, community health, community organization, training and capacity building, soil conservation and water resources management.
In the project, aquaculture practices have been included as a component a first of its kind in the state. This initiative in Lohit district covering Tezu, Sunpura and Wakro blocks is going to fulfil the aspirations of youth and women who are willing to work for a better future.
Launching
Activities
Rural Mart
A new ray of hope has been seen at Wakro block of Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh. A Rural Mart was recently inaugurated by Shri Partho Saha, General Manager of NABARD of Arunachal Pradesh and he was accompanied by Shri Nitya Mili, DDM of Lohit District,NABARD, Sri Tamo Riba EAC,Wakro, Tsering Doka, BDO,Wakro, Sri. Dhrubojyoti Das, Development Assistant, NABARD, Sri Binay Kumar Das, Deputy Director, Kalong-Kapili and Amulya Deka, Executive member, Kalong Kapili at Wakro Block of Lohit District of Arunachal Pradesh. In the Rural Mart handicrafts and handloom products will be sold along with an array of horticulture products. This is the first Rural Mart which was sanctioned By NABARD, implemented by Kalong-Kapili and run by Tashatlong SHG, first of its kind in Wakro area near Parashuram Kunda, one of the famous pilgrims sites of the Northeast. The main objective to establish the Rural Mart is that last year NABARD had sanctioned one Tribal Development Programme in the district and the product will be sold in the facility.
The General Manager and the team also visited some ‘wadi’s under the Tribal Development Project. When fully implemented it will trigger economic and social mobility among a large number of people.
Rural Haat
On December 14th Chief General Manager, NABARD, Devasis Padhi laid the foundation stone of a Rural Haat (market shed) at Medo, Wakro today, in presence of General Manager, NABARD, Partho Saha. The project will be implemented by Kalong-Kapili NGO which is funded by NABARD, Arunachal Pradesh Regional Office (Itanagar)
Speaking on the occasion, the CGM, NABARD stated that Rural Haat is extremely essential to mitigate the marketing hardship faced by the local farmers, vegetable growers and women SHGs to sell their agri & horticulture produce. He cited the example of demand of fresh vegetables in the cities and the farmers need to focus on this and try to tap such market demand.
Also, the GM, NABARD urged for full utilization of the Haat after its completion and to make the project a sustainable one and advised the PIA for early completion of the project and to make it operational for the farmers. DDM NABARD, Nitya Mili stated that the location for the Rural Haat is at a very suitable place at Medo by the side of Chowkham-Parsuram Kund road. It will greatly benefit the farmers of the locality in marketing and selling their produce and will boost the sales of local produce as well as provide convenience to the customers for getting fresh organic vegetables.
Along with it Dy Director Kalong-Kapili, Binoy Das also thanked NABARD for sanctioning the project for the welfare of the farmers of Wakro and assured that the Rural Haat will be very beneficial for the farmers of the area.
SHG members and farmers of Wakro block were also present during the foundation laying ceremony. Later, the CGM and GM also visited the Rural Mart sanctioned to SHGs at Wakro and Tengapani. They were very impressed to see the local culture, handloom textiles and handicrafts made by the artisans of the region.
Lower Siang
Integrated Tribal Development Programme (ITDP), Arunachal Pradesh
An integrated tribal development project was launched at Nari Block in Lower Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh, with the generous support of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and Kalong-Kapili is the project implementing agency.
This project involves more than just resource allocation. It offers a singular chance for the participants to advance their understanding of cutting-edge agricultural techniques, which will ultimately produce higher returns. It strives to enhance their general quality of life, opening the door to a bright future for their families.
Binay Kumar Das, Deputy Director of Kalong-Kapili, the prestigious Project Implementing Agency, gave an overview of the history of the company and how it developed from a modest NGO to its present position as the “Brand Ambassador for Aquaculture” in Assam.
This five-year, phased initiative will assist 200 farmers in cultivating 200 acres of land, generating prospects for sustainable livelihoods. The chosen products, including areca nuts, Assam lemons, turmeric, and produce from the kitchen garden, as well as the related industries of fish farming, pig farming, and goat raising, have been carefully picked to guarantee a consistent income stream and long-term employment for the local farmers.
The dignitaries were present in the programme are Sri Kento Rina, MLA, 36 no Nari Koyo Constituency, Arunachal Pradesh, Sri Partho Saha, GM, NABARD, R.O., Itanagar, Sri Marge Sora, MD Cum State Nodal Office (NHM), Sri Ong Pulak Mounglang, AGM, NABARD, R.O., Itanagar, Sri Kembom Nyodu, ADC, Nari
