Nagaland’s Chief Secretary J. Alam said that G20 meet is an opportunity for Nagaland to show to the world the vast potential the State has in the agriculture and food processing, tourism and infrastructure sector.
In his special address at the B20 session held at Kohima on Wednesday, Alam asserted that Nagaland is predominantly an agrarian state with two third of the population being dependent on agri-related activities. The food grains production has increased substantially over the last few decades and it stood at more than 700,000 metric tonnes in 2022-2023, he said.
The Chief Secretary highlighted that Nagaland is home to hundreds of varieties of rice and various other millets and cereals. He said the State is focusing on leveraging the agricultural crops into opportunities for the food processing sector.
“The cereals, fruits and vegetables and other cash crops like tea and coffee have a distinct taste and flavour due to natural farming practices,” he added.
Alam also said that while Nagaland is richly endowed with mineral resources with hydrocarbon, coal and limestone and various other mineral deposits most of these resources remain untapped due to insufficient investment in mining and related infrastructure.
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Mentioning that the young population of Nagaland is well educated and skilled, he said that the State government’s endeavour is to provide the necessary opportunities for the young people to flourish to their full potential and in a small way several start-ups are taking advantage of the new opportunities thrown up by the digital economy and are moving ahead.
Further, to provide access to markets, he said, the State has over the years developed various indigenous brands such as Naga Organic, Nagaland Coffee, Naturally Nagaland, Mongken and Myki etc. with a strong connection to the grassroots and targeted at taking the local products beyond the State borders while generating income and livelihood for the people of Nagaland.
“We hope that the outcomes will foster a stronger people to people global relations, and strengthen local to global economy by connecting Made in Nagaland goods and services into the international market and Global Value Chain,” he added.
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