{"id":189065,"date":"2022-04-18T01:46:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T20:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=189065"},"modified":"2022-04-18T01:46:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T20:16:46","slug":"min-urges-people-to-take-up-farming-to-make-state-self-sufficient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2022\/04\/18\/min-urges-people-to-take-up-farming-to-make-state-self-sufficient\/","title":{"rendered":"Min urges people to take up farming to make state self-sufficient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 17 Apr:<\/strong> Agriculture &amp; Horticulture Minister Tage Taki urged people to take up farming using traditional cultivation methods to make the state self-sufficient in food production.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing revellers at the concluding function of the eight-day Longte festival at Nirjuli near Itanagar on Saturday, Taki said that Arunachal Pradesh has become a &#8220;consumer state&#8221; that totally depends on outside supply.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Gone are the days when our forefathers were self-reliant by cultivating their vast lands. Now we are totally dependent on outside supply. This is a matter of great concern for every Arunachali, particularly those who have left farming.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;All stakeholders should seriously ponder to take up agriculture and horticulture by using traditional methods to not only become self-sufficient but also have surplus produce,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister said that the Arunachal government under Chief Minister Pema Khandu is promoting agriculture and horticulture, and urged all Arunachalis to take benefit of it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Indigenous Affairs Director Sokhep Kri said that various initiatives are being taken to protect, preserve, promote and popularise the rich cultural heritage, age-old traditions and folklores of the 26 major and 100 other tribes in the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 180 artistes participated in a dance event in traditional attires that continued till late evening. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 17 Apr: Agriculture &amp; Horticulture Minister Tage Taki urged people to take up farming using traditional cultivation methods to make the state self-sufficient in food production. Addressing revellers at the concluding function of the eight-day Longte festival at Nirjuli near Itanagar on Saturday, Taki said that Arunachal Pradesh has become a &#8220;consumer state&#8221; that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-189065","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}