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Overview of Commodity Interest Groups (CIGs) in North Eastern States

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Title Overview of Commodity Interest Groups (CIGs) in North Eastern States
 
Creator Neog, Pradip K
Bortamuly, D
Das, P
Khuhly, BL
 
Description The group and farmer led extension approaches like formation of CIGs and Farm Schools at village levels are gaining momentum under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme "Support to State Extension Programmes for Extension Reforms" which is being implemented in the country since 2005-06 including the North Eastern states. A Commodity Interest Group is a self managed, independent group of farmers with a shared goal and interest. This study gives an overview of CIGs operating in the North East and also investigates the perceived constraints faced by the block level extension functionaries while facilitating CIGs. A questionnaire was prepared and responses received from Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram Manipur, Sikkim and Meghalaya. The study reveals that majority (30.6%) of CIGs are involved in 'Vegetable production' followed by 'Cultivation of Spices & Condiments' (14.0%), `Cultivation of rice' (11.1%), 'Piggery' (8.9%), `Cash crops,' (7.1%), `Poultry' (6.7%), 'Cultivation of pulses & oilseeds' (6.5%), 'Fishery' (4.3%), 'Sericulture' (3.8%), `Floriculture' (2.4%) and 'Cultivation of banana' (1.6%). The potentialities from the agro-ecological and socio-cultural perspective in NE states are enormous for commercial venture of spices & condiments and medicinal plants. There is a need and scope of forming Federation of Vegetable CIGs in NE states as most of CIGs in this region are engaged in vegetable production.
 
Publisher National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE)
 
Date 2019-05-11
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JAEM/article/view/89730
 
Source Journal of Agricultural Extension Management; Vol. 15 No. 2 (2014); 101-108
0976-3120
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JAEM/article/view/89730/36613
 
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