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00:00visited the ICAR complex today and for all the support that you have been giving to the
00:11state of Meghalaya.
00:14Sir, in this time, I would like to take a few minutes and draw your attention to the various
00:26programs that we have done by the state of Meghalaya.
00:34Sir, in the entire state of Meghalaya and in the entire northeast, agriculture, horticulture,
00:44floriculture, fruits, vegetables, for all these things, as our secretary just told you,
00:54the climate, the resources, the soil condition, the availability of water, and the way our
01:08human resources, our farmers, who are involved in farming activities, this ecosystem, this
01:18ecosystem, for the growth of agriculture, for the growth of farming, for the growth of
01:28agriculture, this is absolutely an apt and optimal situation and ecosystem or condition
01:34here in our northeast.
01:36But despite this, we have to face various challenges.
01:42And in the northeast, because of our limitations and challenges, due to which this potential,
01:50and if you see, the northeast can become the vegetable hub of the entire country.
01:58The northeast can become the hub of horticulture or fruits of the entire country.
02:05Northeast India can become the organic hub of the entire country.
02:11Bamboo, bamboo processing and bamboo products can become the hub of the entire country.
02:18Mushroom cultivation and mushroom production can become the hub of the entire country.
02:23For spices, and say different kinds of turmeric, ginger, in all these spices, black pepper,
02:30in all these things, the northeast can become the hub of the entire country.
02:37For health, for honey, the way our farmers are giving attention in the northeast, and
02:45the level at which they are working, there is a lot of potential for honey here.
02:51Sir, I would like to give you a few suggestions, which if we are able to do in the future,
02:58then I think we can bring a lot of change and development from this.
03:05Sir, there is a lot of research being done by ICER today.
03:10In many areas, high productivity, climate resilient, and a lot of research has been done on different varieties,
03:18and this has benefited our people, our farmers a lot.
03:22But, this research, how we were able to bring it to the level of the farmers,
03:31in large scale production, there are some shortcomings in this connection.
03:37Sir, my suggestion would be that state governments, and ICER, and different research institutes,
03:48in every three months or six months,
03:52how we can bring these different developments to the benefit of the farmers,
04:02Sir, this is necessary.
04:04So, in this existing setup, if the talks, coordination,
04:09if the departments, state governments, and ICER,
04:13talk time to time, regularly,
04:15I believe, Sir, that even if we don't invest a lot,
04:20and even if we don't,
04:22we will be able to get a lot of additional benefits and potential from this.
04:29I just spoke to the Secretary and the Director of ICER.
04:34And in this matter, Sir, we at Meghalaya will try our best
04:39that every three months, or at least once every six months,
04:44this can be a large scale meeting,
04:47where we can work together in different areas.
04:51Sir, it is important to pay attention to this.
04:54Sir, the second and most important thing is that
04:59I hope