Biswanath Chariali: The Assam Agricultural Forest Development Board (AADB) today inaugurated a high-tech bamboo nursery at Seijosa in Biswanath district on the Assam-Arunachal border. With the aim of increasing ethanol production from bamboo in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the establishment of one high-tech bamboo nursery in three districts of the state namely Golaghat, Nagaon and in Biswanath for the benefit of farmers. The first of these nurseries in the state, Seijosa in Bishwanath district, was inaugurated by Biswanath MLA Pramod Barthakur today.
Inaugurating the park, MLA briefed the people how the farmers can get bamboo seedlings from the nursery and how they can benefit from this cultivation. The nursery is located on 5 hectares of land in Seijosa under the leadership of Dr Sumitra Das, DFO, Sonitpur District, Social Forestry Department and Dhimanshu Saikia, Forest Division Officer, Sonitpur District. Dr Pranabjyoti Nath, Technology Officer, RRL, who was present at the function, gave an analysis of how to take bamboo seedlings from the nursery and where to sell them.
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He added that the mature bamboo will be sold at the center set up by RRL at Balipara. Dr Kalyanjit Sarma and Debashish Sarma, experts of Assam Agriculture and Forestry Board presented a comprehensive analysis on how to protect mankind from air pollution and make themselves economically self-reliant by cultivating bamboo.
