Kohima, July 5 (EMN):Nagaland Contractors and Suppliers’ Union (NCSU) has advocated reviving traditional agricultural activities in order to attain food sufficiency.
NCSU, in a press release issued by its president Pele Khezhie, has stressed upon attaining food sufficiency among the people particularly in this time of Covid-19 pandemic. His remarks assume significance as all agricultural activities came to a halt following the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic.
Considering the uncertainty in finding solution to the pandemic, Khezhie has encouraged the people to go ahead with agricultural activities in order to ensure food security in the days to come.
“Covid-19 pandemic may have disheartened many people but farming has to continue in order to have food security,” Khezhie stated while undertaking paddy transplantation in his paddy field on the bank of Dzü river along Kohima-Chakhabama road on Saturday.
Khezhie maintained that the challenges and threat posed by Covid-19 pandemic has channelised many people to get back to the fertile soil to attain self-sufficiency, while also making efforts towards boosting the individual as well as state’s economy.
Keeping in line with the traditional practices of helping one another during paddy transplantation season, the family and well wishers of Dapfhütsumia Khel of Kohima village assisted Pele on Saturday to get the paddy transplantation done.
