Meghalaya focuses on coffee & cocoa cultivation to power ‘sustainable livelihood revolution’

Govt explores coffee and cocoa plantations - Meghalaya Monitor

Shillong, May 16: Coffee and cocoa plantations will be encouraged by the state government as a means to provide alternative livelihood to the people. The purpose is to protect catchment areas and water sources across the state. Soil & Water Conservation Minister Marcuise N Marak told reporters that he recently visited the arabica coffee plantation in a village in North Tura and Cocoa plantation in Aguragri village. The projects are being implem…

Meghalaya focuses on coffee & cocoa cultivation to power ‘sustainable livelihood revolution’

Shillong, May 16: Meghalaya Cabinet Minister Marcuise Marak has spotlighted coffee and cocoa as high-value crops that could revolutionize the state’s rural economy and provide sustainable livelihoods to farmers. During a recent visit to Dura Kalakgre village in West Garo Hills, Marak inspected coffee plantations undertaken by the Soil and Water Conservation Department under the state scheme. “I went to check how the plantation is doing. The coff…