09 April 2025, Syntung Village, East Khasi Hills – In a significant outreach effort, Shri Conrad K Sangma, Hon’ble Chief Minister, visited Syntung Village, Mawkynrew Block to engage deeply with the local communities, reaffirming his government’s commitment to...
8th April 2025: Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, today, felicitated the under 17- Football team of Myngken Christian Higher Secondary School, Ri-Bhoi District who secured the third position at the Indo-French Football Tournament 2025, which took place from the 25th to...
Shillong | April 7| Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma today chaired the first High Level Task Force meeting on Tourism, which was attended by DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Chief Minister Sikkim Prem Singh Tamang, Chief Minister Tripura Dr. Manik Saha...
Shillong, 4th April 2025: The Hon’ble Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Shri. Conrad K. Sangma today officially launched the Disaster and Relief Monitoring System (DRMS), a digital platform aimed at streamlining disaster reporting, relief processing, and fund disbursement...
Shillong | April 4, 2025| Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma, addressing the 16th Convocation at IIM Shillong on Friday, urged young graduates to approach life as a marathon — one that requires perseverance, resilience, and commitment to their passions. “This...
Shillong | April 3, 2025: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Thursday attended the Golden Jubilee Celebration of the All Meghalaya Karbi Association (AMKA) at Purduwa Kharpati in Ri Bhoi District. Speaking on the occasion, he recalled the contribution of...
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.
