Dimapur, Sept. 18 -- Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio launched the Enhancing Landscape and Ecosystem Management (ELEMENT) Nagaland Project at the chief minister's secretariat in Kohima today.

The ELEMENT Nagaland Project, funded by the World Bank-International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), will be implemented over five years in 225 villages across 16 districts in the state. The project will be implemented by the Society for Climate Resilient Agriculture in Nagaland (SoCRAN) under agriculture production commissioner cell.

The ELEMENT project focuses on four key components, which include strengthening capacities for integrated landscape management. Under this, the focus is on building capacities for integrated landsca...