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Talking on the closing ceremony of the three-day occasion, Khandu appreciated the native residents beneath the banner of All Bagra Welfare Society for conceptualizing the competition in collaboration with the state advertising and marketing board to spotlight and revive pineapple cultivation within the space.
“I have to congratulate the All Bagra Welfare Society for organizing this distinctive and novel occasion with out counting on authorities funding,” he mentioned.
Underscoring West Siang’s potential in horticulture, Khandu assured to ascertain a mini meals park within the district with meals processing models for all produces of the complete Siang belt.
It could be famous that Bagra village particularly and Pushi Bango usually cultivated pineapple in massive scale since 1950 beneath the patronage of the primary pineapple grower of the realm late Tojo Bagra.
A pineapple grower affiliation was fashioned in 1980 to discover higher advertising and marketing avenues, regulate value and push for institution of a big scale processing unit. Ultimately a canning manufacturing unit was established however couldn’t maintain.The Pineapple Competition goals to push for at the very least 2000 to 5000 hectors of pineapple, orange, lemon, banana, and so forth cultivation within the space.
