GANGTOK, 05 June: A daylong training on Organic Certification
and its attendant processes was held for field functionaries of International
Panaacea Ltd here on Wednesday. The training was held in association with the Sikkim
Organic Mission of the Agriculture Department.
An IPL press release informs that Namgyal Bhutia, Joint
Director, Training & Inputs, updated the trainees on the need for wider
awareness among the farmers about organic farming and the conditions stipulated
for the certification process.
The training also focused on large cardamom cultivation with Dr.
AK Vijayan, Deputy Director, ICRI, RRI, Spices Board, Tadong, emphasizing the
role of bumble-bees in the pollination of this cash crop. He also spoke on the
different varieties of cardamom grown in Sikkim and the suitability of each to
different terrains. He also spoke on ways and means to control the spread of
the diseases which have been striking cardamom plantation in Sikkim.
MK
Pradhan, Joint Director, SOM, in turn, briefed the field functionaries on ICS
related documentation processes, data collection, trace-net entry and Internal
and External Inspections, Generation of Scope Certificate, Crop production etc.
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