''We need to revolutionise our agriculture to boost the state's economy. We need to revive this world's oldest trade and the people must wake up to the same,'' the minister said at a two-day workshop on 'sustainable agriculture revolution in Mizoram' which concluded today.
The workshop turned out to be a grand success, thanks to the DDK, Aizawl, which live telecast the entire programme.
Thousands of farmers all over the state were glued to their television sets to listen to the lectures and power-point presentation of agriculture experts, an official statement said.
The event concluded with a live phone-in programme during which farmers from across the state sent their queries via phones.
The workshop, organized jointly by agriculture, AH and Vety, fisheries, horticulture, minor irrigation and soil and water conservation departments and All Mizoram Farmers' Union, aims to make agriculture and allied sectors the backbone of the state's economy.
The workshop doubles as an exhibition showing projects and achievements of the participating departments.
The agriculture minister hoped that the workshop would prove instrumental for the successful implementation of the flagship NLUP programme.
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