Excelsior Correspondent
LEH, Jan 5: A team of Sikkim State Organic Certification Agency (SSOCA) led by its Director Sudhir Giri and Technical Expert Vimal Pravash today met Deputy Chairman LAHDC Leh Tsering Angchuk and Executive Councillors at Council Secretariat here and discussed upcoming schemes, training and exchange programmers in guiding Leh towards organic and sustainable agriculture practices.
It is to mention that under the chairmanship of the then CEC, LAHDC, Leh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, a memorandum of understanding between Sikkim State Organic Certification Agency and LAHDC Leh was signed to exchange ideas, knowledge, expertise and to conduct training to convert entire Leh district into an organic region by 2025 in June 2019.
Recently, the visiting team of SSOCA gave a detailed Power Point Presentation about the duties and functioning of SSOCA under Sikkim Government as a recognized agency in providing organic certification and updated newly elected Councillors of 6th LAHDC, Leh about the role of SSOCA and its collaboration with LAHDC, Leh, and handed over C1 organic certificates to about 16 villages of Leh district being covered in the first phase of MODI scheme.
Executive Councillor for Agriculture Stanzin Chosphel, Executive Councillor for Rural Development Department Tashi Yakzee and Executive Councillor for Minority and Forest Gh Mehdi were present in the meeting. The meeting was also attended by Chief Agriculture Officer Tashi Tsetan, Sub District Agriculture Officer Leh Tashi Dolma and Agriculture Extension Officer, Leh Mohd Ramzan.
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