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Nagaland to extend oil palm plantation area in 8 districts

Our Correspondent Kohima, Sep. 2 (EMN): Nagaland is planning to extend oil palm plantation area along the foothills areas of the state in eight districts. Subject Matter Specialist and Programme Officer in-charge of National Mission on Edible Oils-Oil Palm (NMEO-OP), Ronchamo Kikon, said ‘the department envisages extending plantation areas in a sustainable manner along the hugely potential foothills of the state’. ‘The cultivation will be on a cluster mode. It has been divided into zone-wise. Districts like Peren, Dimapur, Chumoukedima, Niuland, and Wokha are under the first zone, while Mokokchung, Longleng, and Mon come under zone-two,’ he said during a technical session of Agriculture officers’ coordination meeting in Kohima on Friday. Speaking further on the ‘present status of oil palm cultivation in Nagaland’, the officer revealed that the state is in the process of establishing seed gardens, nursery and processing mill, and the same has been approved under NM

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