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Chief Minister inaugurates Mawlyndep Community Center and BioFloc Fish Tanks

Chief Minister inaugurates Mawlyndep Community Center and BioFloc Fish Tanks

Chief Minister inaugurates Mawlyndep Community Center and BioFloc Fish Tanks

Shillong, November 21, 2021: Meghalaya Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma on Saturday inaugurated Mawlyndep Community Center and BioFloc Fish Tanks in Mawlyndep Village, Ri Bhoi District.

Speaking during the inauguration Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said that the Mawlyndep Community Center is one of the best Community centers of the state. Congratulating the people of Mawlyndep the Chief Minister said that the Center is a beautiful example of the villagers coming together. He said that Mawlyndep has a potential for Tourism and can be developed into a Tourism road circuit having many resorts, restaurants and other Tourism facilities along the stretch.

He further said that the 15 crores that has been sanctioned by the World Bank for the development for the road leading to Mawmaram will boost Tourism in the area. The Mawmaram to NEPA Junction is a project of 64 crores covering a length of 41.527 kms under MITP, expected to be completed by Nov 2024 [42 months].

The Mawlyndep Community Center is partially funded by Chief Minister’s Special Development Fund.

Inaugurating the BioFloc Fish Tanks he said that the highest consumption of meat in the state is fish, consuming about 30,000 metric tons of fish annually. “The state produces only about 50 percent of the total consumption, so there is a huge gap in the demand and supply,” he said. He added that the livelihood and the income that can be generated by using such kind of technology it will not only meet the demand but can change lives thereby improving also the economy of the State.

The Chief Minister also handed over the ODF Certificate to Mawlyndep. The village has been conferred with an ODF Plus Certificate for having been able to sustain the gains on becoming ODF that had been achieved through adequate accessibility to toilet facilities and usage and for progressing to higher standards of sanitation status by having systematic community managed waste management arrangements both at household and institutional level charaterized by optimum visual clenliness in the village surroundings.

Also present Dr W R Kharlukhi, MP, Rajya Sabha, Jason Sawkmie Mawlong, MLA, Umsning, Macdalyne Sawkmie Mawlong, MDC, Umsning besides R M Kubah, Deputy Commissioner, Ri Bhoi and other senior officals from the district.

Initiatives : Agriculture

Launch of “Restart Meghalaya Mission’ on 15th August 2020

The Mission comprise of a series of interventions to support farmers and entrepreneurs by enabling them to build growth-promoting basic infrastructure and services. Under this Mission, 1917iTEAMS – the IT Platform aimed at enabling farmers access to agricultural information, crop advisories and markets will be expanded logistically through induction of another 100 vehicles.

Creation of the Directorate of Food Processing on May 2018

With the objective of seizing opportunities in the sector and the untapped food processing potential of the state for uplifting the livelihoods of farmers and value chain actors, the Government of Meghalaya created the Directorate of Food Processing (DFP) as a one-stop agency to handle all matters relating to food processing in the state and to deal with all central government Ministries and Agencies (viz. Ministries of Agriculture, and Food Processing, SFAC, NCDC, NABARD, etc.) in all matters pertaining to the development of agricultural food processing sector.

First Ever Farmer’s Parliament held on 4th - 5th December 2018

The parliament was organised by the state department of agriculture in collaboration with Meghalaya Basin Development Authority (MBDA) and the Hill Farmers' Union (HFU). As a step toward the promotion of new technologies, HFU with the support of Meghalaya government, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence App for farmers — called Nongrep (nongrep in Khasi language means farmer) with its software partner Impetus Solutions from Hyderabad — as a social innovation project. This app will address matters of farm aggregations, soil health and disease identification, crop yield, farm produce pickups, market linkage and retail sellers app.

Launch of the Farmer’s Portal on 7th May 2018

The Meghalaya Famers’ Portal (www.megfarmers.gov.in) of the Department of Agriculture is a platform for farmers to seek any information related to agriculture. Detailed information on farmers’ insurance, agricultural storage, crops, extension activities, seeds, pesticides, farm machineries, etc. is provided. Details of fertilizers, market prices, package and practices, programmes, welfare schemes are also given.

Awards & Recognitions
  • Meghalaya has been selected for the Commendation award in 'Total foodgrains Category-III' for 2017-18. The award consists of a citation and an amount of Rs. 1 crore.
  • Meghalaya Agriculture Department and the MIE Meghalaya Team won the '7th eNabling North East (eNorth East) Award 2019-20' in the 'Agriculture & Rural Development' category for 1917 iTEAMS project which is a project in collaboration with Digital India.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi awarded Meghalaya on May 2018 the Krishi Commendation Award for the year 2015-16, in recognition of the commendable foodgrains production achieved by the State.
  • Meghalaya has been adjudged the Most Improved Small State in the category of Agriculture and received the India Today – "The State of the States” Award on 23rd November 2018.