Coconut Development Board is a statutory body established by the Government of India for the integrated development of coconut production and utilization in the country with focus on productivity increase and product diversification. The Board functions under the administrative control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. The aim of the Coconut Development Board (CDB) is to assist the coconut farmers in coconut production, processing, marketing and export of value-added coconut products. The foot-hill belts of Nagaland, specially bordering Assam having sub-tropical type of climates with adequate rainfall is ideal for coconut plantation. The survey conducted by the Coconut Development Board, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India had found about 15000 Ha. of land extending from Jalukie Area in Peren district to Tizit Valley area in Mon district suitable for Coconut plantation consisting of seven districts of the state. Adoptive trials of Coconut plantation in these areas had proved successful. The farmers had also realized the beneficial of coconut plantation which has got high market demand and high cost returns and thus the demands for coconut seedlings are increasing year after year in the state. Under Horticulture Development programme, the Department is keeping a provision for procurement of Coconut seedling, inputs for development of the following district of Dimapur, Peren, Wokha, Mokokchung, Mon, Kohima and Longleng in the foothill area adjacent to Assam. During 2017-18, CDB had sanctioned an amount of Rs. 53.575 lakhs for coconut plantation and development related schemes in seven (7) districts of Nagaland.

Mission Organic Value Chain Development For North East Region (MOVCD-NER) The Mission for Organic Value Chain Development for North-East Region (MOVCD-NER) is a Central Sector Scheme, a sub-mission under National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for implementation in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura, during the 12th plan period. In Nagaland, the Scheme was launched during 2015-16 with the Department of Agriculture as the Nodal Agency. The core objectives of the Scheme are: To develop crop commodity specific organic value chain and address gaps in organic crop production, wild crop harvesting, organic livestock management and processing, handling and marketing of organic agricultural products with necessary infrastructural, technical and financial support. To enable farmers to replace conventional farming/subsistence farming system into high value commercial organic enterprise in specific crops with end-to-end facilities for production, processing, storage and marketing. To facilitate partnerships between farmers and organic businesses [Local enterprises and / or Farmer Producer Companies (FPC)] in domestic and export markets. To develop certified organic production in a value chain mode to link growers with consumers and to support the development of entire value chain starting from inputs, seeds, certification, creation of facilities, for collection, aggregation, processing, marketing and brand building initiations. The Department of Horticulture was included into the ambit of MOVCD-NER since 2016-17 and was entrusted to form 3 Farmer Producers’ Companies/Farmer Producers’ Organization (FPCs/FPOs) for Pineapple, Large Cardamom and Ginger. Keeping the potentiality of the crops, the Districts of Dimapur/Peren was selected for Organic Pineapple covering 800 Ha area, Phek for Organic Large Cardamom covering 500 Ha area and Tuensang for Organic Ginger Covering 500 Ha, with each district comprising of 500 registered farmers. As envisaged in the guidelines for formation of FPOs given by the SFAC, two Resource Institute (RIs) were engaged to assist the Department in the formation of FPCs/FPOs i.e. Shibah Welfare, an NGO based in Dimapur for Pineapple and Large Cardamom and Eleutheros Christian Society, an NGO based at Tuensang for Ginger. The RIs were entrusted to initially form Farmers Interest Groups (FIGs) and has successfully formed 45 FIGs for Pineapple, 35 FIGs for Large Cardamom and 49 FIGs for Ginger. These FIGs will be converged crop wise and ultimately form the 3 FPCs/FPOs at the end of 3rd Year of the implementation of the Programme i.e. 2018-19. So far, the Board of Directors for the FPCs have been selected and have started functioning and the Digital Signature Certificate of the Promoters has been completed, while the registration of FPCs is under process and the application for Director Identification Numbers (DIN) for the Promoter (Board of Directors) have been submitted. The formation of FIGs and then FPCs/FPOs is parallel with the Organic Certification of these areas by the end of the 3rd Year for Service Provider for Providing Handholding training, ICS Management & Certification which accreditation, Inspection and Certification will be obtained from OneCert Asia Agri Certification (p) Ltd., Jaipur for Pineapple and Large Cardamom with Shibah Welfare as the Service Provider for Providing Handholding training, ICS Management & Certification and from for Ginger through Armon International, New Delhi with the Eleutheros Christian Society as the Service Provider. the 1st year scope certificate has already been obtained and 2nd year conversion is nearing completion. During 2017-18, an amount of Rs. 300.00 Lakhs was released to the Department by the Nodal Agency i.e. Agriculture Department for carrying out various activities under MOVCD-NER. A major achievement under MOVCD-NER is that all payments are made through DBT directly to the 1500 beneficiaries’ account and so far assistance for Quality Seed Materials and Assistance for on-farm Production unit were released and the Department has also provided Computer sets along with furniture for all the 3 FPCs/FPOs Offices. In addition, the Department had also successfully participated in the 19th IFOAM Organic World Congress at India Expo Centre and Mart, Greater Noida w.e.f. 9th to 11th Nov 2017 where the 4 Organic farmers along with 2 Departmental Officers were given exposure during the event to meet and interact with various organic buyers/sellers of other States for promotion of the State’s organic products through creation of virtuous networks to facilitate trade and information sharing. As part of the Information and Publicity component under MOVCD-NER, a book on organic package of practices for various horticultural crops is currently underway for publication and is expected to be released shortly which will help disseminate the information to the farmers regarding the successful organic cultivation of various crops.

A Horticulture Model Village was launched at Khonoma village on 15 September 2023 by Smti. Salhoutuonuo Kruse, Minister of Horticulture and Women Resource Development, GoN, in the presence of Smti. Akumla Chuba, IAS, Secretary to the Goverment of Nagaland, Dept of Horticulture and Shri. Meyasashi, HoD & Mission Director (MIDH), Dept of Horticulture.

RASHTRIYA KRISHI VIKAS YOJANA (RKVY) Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) was launched during 2007-08 by Government of India. The objective of the programme is to extent support in achieving 4 % annual growth rate in agriculture sector by Government of India during the 11th Five Year Plan. RKVY is being implemented by 8 departments and 3 missions of Agri and allied sectors. The programme aims at achieving and sustaining desired annual growth during the 12 plan period, by ensuring holistic development of agriculture and allied sectors. The main objectives of the scheme are: To incentivize the states so as to increase public investment in agriculture and allied sectors. To provide flexibility and autonomy to states in the process of planning and executing agriculture and allied sector schemes. To ensure the preparation of agriculture plans for the districts and the states based on agro-climatic conditions, availability of technology and natural resources. To ensure that the local needs /crops/priorities are better reflected in the agricultural plans of the states. To achieve the goal of reducing the yield gaps in important crop, through focused interventions. To maximize returns to the farmers in agriculture and allied sectors. To bring about quantifiable changes in the production and productivity of various components of agriculture and allied sectors by addressing them in a holistic manner. The Department of Agriculture is the Nodal Department since inception of RKVY in the State. The Agriculture growth rate achieved during the last 11th Five Year Plan was 6.14% which was achievement above the National average of 2.69%. This has been recognized by the GOI in the form of Krishi Karman Award. The target of agriculture growth rate for 12th Five Year Plan is 6.50%. Moreover, the State has set the Vision 2025 for ensuring “Food for All”. The following programs are being taken up under RKVY by the department: Integrated Cereal Development Programme Cash Crop Development Seed Production Programme Balance & Integrated use of Fertilizer & INM Integrated Pest Management Organic Programme Farm Mechanization Integrated farming & Fallow Management Sugarcane Development Marketing Promotion (Storage) Power Tiller Path Agril. Tools & Implements Surface run off Management & Land Shaping Strengthening of IETC & SAMETI (Hostel Building) Farm Development Women in Agriculture Beneficiary: Farmers Benefits: Material, Loan, Subsidy How To Apply RKVY Guideline 2017-18 to 2019-20

Mushroom Development Centre under SHN was established in the year 1999 with the objective of spawn production and technology refinement and also to give training to the farmers for cultivation of different mushrooms. Activities performed during 2017-18 -Trials and demonstration on cultivation of a new mushroom Carnicoby (Yellow mushroom) has been conducted successfully. -Trainings to different colleges and universities for their RAWE programme/Project/Internship have been conducted so far.A total of 54 students have been imparted training on different aspect of mushroom production. -Participated in Agri Trade Expo, Hornbill exhibition cum sale of our products like fresh mushroom, dry mushroom and ready-made cylinder bags. -Production and supply of spawn to growers.