Itanagar, Mar 26: With Arunachal Pradesh government attaching top priority to rubber and tea cultivation by allotting Rs 10 crore and Rs 5 crore in the 2013-14 budget for the purpose, Rubber Board of India chairperson Sheela Thomas will arrive here on a three-day visit to the state.
She will attend the first awareness workshop on rubber cultivation, being organized by Trade and Commerce Department in collaboration with the Agro Gramin United (AGUN) on April 7.
"Thomas, invited by Chief Minister Nabam Tuki, would discuss the secret behind the success of high yielding rubber in Kerala and Tripura," AGUN chairman Likha Maj said.
Block cultivation is the key behind the success of the cash crop as propagated by Rubber Board with the formula of 50 per cent funding by the Board, 40 per cent by state government and 10 per cent contribution by the farmers.
Thomas during her meeting with the chief minister is likely to take up the block cultivation formula adopted in other parts of the country to ensure huge success, Maj said.
