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00:00I would like to request you, sir, that if we are able to expand this cluster program,

00:11for example, in our district, the Reboy district, where ICAR is, a lot of ginger is grown here.

00:18But to promote this ginger here, apart from our state government's mission mode program,

00:24farmers do not get any other support.

00:26Similarly, if we do not have any other cluster development programs,

00:30like ginger, black pepper, bamboo, mushroom, honey,

00:37if we do not have as many cluster development programs as possible,

00:42then I am sure, sir, that our people will get a lot of benefit from this, sir.

00:49Sir, there is an area, which you know, sir, you have also mentioned,

00:54that is, sir, of bamboo.

00:56Sir, today, if you look at the entire Northeast,

01:00then in every corner of the Northeast, today, in every state,

01:05bamboo grows and grows naturally.

01:07And we have not been able to take advantage of this.

01:10I think, sir, with my belief that if you can connect this bamboo mission

01:15with private sectors, big private sectors, sir,

01:18even though I don't want to name them, but there are many big industries, sir,

01:23if any of them come to the Northeast,

01:27on a large scale, we can do a large-scale production system of bamboo,

01:35if possible, in every state.

01:37If not possible in every state, then in some hubs,

01:40where we can make different products from bamboo,

01:44whether it is ethanol from bamboo,

01:47whether it is paper from bamboo,

01:49whether it is the products that are made from bamboo all over the world,

01:53among all these things, sir, I believe that bamboo is a sector

01:58where we can reach the entire Northeast and the people of our villages in the Northeast,

02:05our farmers, farmers, poor people, sir.

02:08If we can do this bamboo mission on a large scale, sir,

02:13I believe that we will be able to bring a lot of development and change

02:20here in the Northeast and in Meghalaya, sir.

02:25Sir, finally, I would like to say just this much on behalf of ICR,

02:31that ICR has done a lot of research today,

02:35and as the Secretary said,

02:37there is a lot of attention towards climate change and climate resilience products.

02:42Sir, I also believe that in the next 5 years, 10 years, 15 years,

02:47it is very important to pay attention to this,

02:50and not just climate resilient products,

02:53but if we see a product that will disappear in the next 5-10 years,

03:01and farmers should gradually put alternative products in it,

03:06then this research is also necessary.

03:08Today, if you see, sir, in Meghalaya, in the Garo Hills sector, in the Rayboy sector,

03:13and where there is a little humid climate,

03:15where we are, there are arachnid products.

03:17Sir, in arachnid products, there is a very dangerous disease called bird rot disease.

03:23There are Kerala institutes in it, sorry, the institutes that are in Kerala,

03:27they have helped us, but we could not stop it.

03:30And because of this, most of our arachnid plantations have disappeared, sir.

03:35And our farmers were completely unaware,

03:38and within a year or two, their entire earnings, their entire farming,

03:44their entire plantation disappeared.

03:46So, before these other products,

03:50if we take steps together, alternative support, state government, central government, ICR,

03:56if we can do all this together,

03:58then I believe, sir, that this is also something that will be very important for our farmers.

04:04Finally, sir, there are many centers of our KVKS,

04:10and almost KVK in every district,

04:12and in many places, KVK is running with ICR.

04:15Sir, my suggestion would be that we should strengthen this institution at the grassroots level, sir.

04:23And in this, if we can give more manpower, machinery, flexible funds,

04:29so that they can take decisions at the grassroots level.

04:32It is not that we have to say from Barapani, Shillong, Bengalai,

04:35that what should happen in different districts of Arunachal.

04:39That should be the decision of the KVK of Arunachal district.

04:43That should be the decision of the KVK of Malikpur,

04:46that what is there in my district and what is not.

04:48So, in this way, if we can strengthen the KVKS financially,

04:54if we can provide financial support,

04:56I believe, sir, that this will also be a very good step.

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