SHILLONG, DEC 20: The people were treated to array of oranges as they got the opportunity of buying and also partaking of the best Mandarin oranges during the ongoing orange festival organised by the Synjuk Development SHG, Nongsteng and Riti Academy of Visual Arts with the support of the state horticulture department and Meghalaya Institute of Entrepreneurship.
SHGs dealing with the production and sale of the oranges from far-flung villages of the state participated in the orange festival which they saw an opportunity to showcase and also sell their produce.
The festival drew hundreds of orange lovers as oranges of different size and quality were available in the festival.
Riti Academy of Visual Arts chairman, Raphael Warjri said that Khasi Mandarin is the best oranges and this festival provides an opportunity to orange producers to directly sell their products to buyers without any interference from the middleman
Warjri said that the export of oranges to other parts of the county is minimal and only few traders from Assam buy the local oranges from the local producers even as though unofficially large quantity of oranges is exported to neighbouring country Bangladesh.
Warjri stressed the need to open a systematized market in the state where producers can sell their oranges to the customers.
Earlier addressing the inaugural function of the festival, State agriculture director KM Brahma asked the orange producers to utilise the opportunity of festival and exhibit their best products to the customers. He stated that the department of agriculture is taking every possible step to help the orange producers of the state.
As many as forty stalls were put up in the orange festival which is annual event in the state.- By Our Reporter
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