Mizo woman bags farmer of year award
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Aizawl:
Lalrinpuii
, a resident of the Saikhamakawn neighbourhood on the southern outskirts of Aizawl city, was awarded the prestigious
Aspee LM Patel Farmer of the Year Award
2022 in the Woman Farmer Category — An Enterprising Woman Farmer in Vegetable Cultivation from the North East Region, state horticulture department officials said on Monday.
The officials said the award was handed over to Lalrinpuii in Mumbai on Friday by Lok Sabha member Shashank Mani Tripathi at an event where she was accompanied by a horticulture official.
Lalrinpuii began
off-season tomato farming
since 2018 after being imparted training by experts of the state horticulture department and has since become a successful farmer by bagging awards such as Best State Farmer Award 2020-21, Best Horticulture Farmer Award (Aizawl district) 2022 and the District Millionaire Farmer of India Award 2023.
The Aspee Agricultural Research and Development Foundation, Mumbai, sent a team of experts to conduct her expertise and success four times before selecting her for the award. The foundation, which institutes the annual award every year, has given this award for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic.
Awards in different categories have been given to farmers in Karanataka, Gujarat, Mizoram and Assam, the officials said.
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