India, Feb. 6 -- A 10-day training program on extraction and value addition of non-conventional banana fiber for Naga farmers was inaugurated on February 4 at Nagaland University's Medziphema campus. The program, organized by the Department of Agricultural Engineering in collaboration with the Science & Technology Intervention in North Eastern Region (STINER), School of Agricultural Sciences, and funded by ICAR-National Institute of Natural Fiber Engineering and Technology (NINFET), Kolkata, aims to equip farmers with innovative agricultural practices and promote eco-friendly rural livelihoods.

Dipak Sinha, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Medziphema campus, emphasized the importance of adopting sustainable technologies in agriculture to uplift ru...