Shillong, November 5, 2021: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Friday said that the State Government has disbursed an amount of Rs. 124 cr in the last 3.5 years to Self Help Groups (SHGs) to enhance livelihood and ensure financial stability “In the last...
The second edition of the Chief Minister’s E-Championship Challenge goes Virtual Even during these challenging times, we continue to support the aspiring entrepreneurs of the state. The second edition of the Chief Minister’s E-Championship Challenge is...
Summary of Initiatives – Entrepreneurship Launch of Meghalaya Start-Up Policy 2018: To emerge as one of leading “Startup Hubs” in India by 2023 through strategic partnerships, conducive ecosystem, investment and policy interventions, the policy has been launched...
Entrepreneurship: Awards & Recognitions The North East Food Show 2019 won the Silver Experiential Marketing Award for “Best B2B Programme of the Year” at WOW Awards Asia 2020. InitiativesAgriculture Horticulture Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Fisheries...
Entrepreneurship: Launch of the North-East Food Show on December 2019 The first edition of the North East Food Show by Meghalaya and Salon International de l’Agrolimentaire (SIAL) Group was held in December 2019. The Show aims to act as a platform for bringing...
Entrepreneurship: Launch of “Restart Meghalaya Mission’ on 15th August 2020 Under this Mission, a corpus fund of 15 Crore has been created to provide the Grant component for the Chief Minister’s Support Program that will facilitate loans to small businesses and...
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.
