Our Correspondent Kukidolong, Aug. 24 (EMN): In what will help bridge the gap between farmers’ produce and value addition to products, a ‘micro-food production centre’ was inaugurated at New Chümoukedima (Kukidolong) on Wednesday. The shared production centre was inaugurated by V Satya Venkata Rao, Deputy Managing Director of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), Lucknow. It is initiated by The Entrepreneurs Associates (tEA) and supported by the SIDBI as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Speaking at the event, Rao said that SIDBI is committed to the promotion and development of micro-enterprises, nurturing enterprises, making them stand up, grow and transform them into a large enterprise over a period of time. To facilitate and reach out to micro-enterprises, particularly in the Northeast, SIDBI has set up its eastern zonal office, he said. ‘All things begin with small steps and what has started today has the potential to transform into any kind
Our Correspondent Kohima, July 4 (EMN): At least three million jobs are estimated to be generated in the north-eastern region of India by 2050 under the Trees for Wealth (TfW) movement, stated Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Entrepreneur Associates (EA), Neichute Doulo, on Monday. Launched in 2019, Trees for Wealth is a ambitious movement initiated by the EA with an aim of planting two million fruit trees by 2025, 200 million by 2035, and one billion by 2050. “There is a huge silent movement going on in 12 districts in Nagaland and two districts in Manipur,” he said while addressing a press conference in Kohima on Monday. In 2021-22 alone, the movement has been able to impact 1455 men and 824 women. Meanwhile, over 12,000 farmers have been trained and inducted into the movement since 2019. A total of 4.6 lakh fruit trees have been planted since the movement started and EA’s target for 2022 is to plant five lakh fruit trees, he said. A large percentage of the sapl