Agriculture Leadership Awards 2024

• 15 Jul 2024

On 10th July, 2024, Nagaland was adjudged the best state in Horticulture in the prestigious Agriculture Leadership Awards 2024.

Key Points

• The award was given to the state for its outstanding work in introducing innovative programmes and policies for horticulture development, which has positively touched the lives of large number of farmers and the rural people in the State.
• The annual awards were instituted in 2008 for recognizing excellence and leadership roles played by individuals and organizations towards the development of Indian agriculture and bringing about rural prosperity.
• Nagaland has achieved GI registration of three horticultural crops viz., Naga Mircha, Naga Tree Tomato and Naga Sweet Cucumber.