INagaland iyisifunda esisenyakatho-mpumalanga yeNdiya futhi yaziwa ngokuthi 'Izwe Lemikhosi'. Ibizwa nangokuthi 'iSwitzerland yaseMpumalanga'. “I-Nagaland Potato Festival” yokuqala ngqa kulindeleke ukuthi ibe ngoMeyi 10, 2024, endaweni yase-Jakhama e-Kohima, ngenhloso yokugubha umkhiqizo wemvelo waseNagaland. Umkhosi ufuna ukukhombisa nokukhuthaza amazambane endawo aseNagaland.
Ngokuphawulekayo, Amazambane aphakathi kwezitshalo ezinkulu eNagaland, eceleni kwerayisi, ummbila, amabele, ama-pulses, imbewu kawoyela, umoba, ubhanana, uphayinaphu, iwolintshi, i-litchi, ujinja, ama-yam, ikhukhamba kanye ne-arecanut. NgoMashi 2024, iNagaland yabika ukukhiqizwa kwamazambane okungamathani angama-55.982, okuphawula ukwenyuka kusuka kumathani angama-55.911 ngoMashi 2023. Isivuno esimaphakathi ngehektha ngalinye singama-quintals angama-60.74 emapulazini amancane, ama-quintals angama-58.61 amapulazi aphakathi, kanye namapulazi angama-56.82 amakhulu amazinga okukhiqiza ahlukahlukene kuwo wonke amasayizi amapulazi ahlukene.
Lo mcimbi uzogcizelela isidingo sokwethula imikhuba yesimanje yokulima kubalimi bendawo eNagaland, lapho u-70% wabantu uhlanganyela kwezolimo. Lesi sinyathelo sihloselwe ukuthuthukisa izindlela zokulima ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukusebenza kahle. Umkhosi kulindeleke ukuthi uqinise umnotho wabalimi nezakhamuzi ngokuheha izivakashi, zendawo kanye nezivakashi, nokudala isimo semakethe esinempilo.
I-Nagaland Potato Festival izokhuthaza ubudlelwano nezinhlaka zikahulumeni, ama-NGO, nabanye ababambiqhaza ukuze babelane ngezinhlelo ezibalulekile nezinzuzo kubalimi, ukukhuthaza izinqubo zezolimo ezisimeme. Ngocwaningo lwemakethe kanye nokuxhumana, lo mkhosi uhlose ukuhlonza amaphethini esidingo, ukuhlola amathuba amasha emakethe, kanye ukusungula ukuxhumana nezimakethe kubalimi.
Umkhosi ohleliwe uhambisana nesikhathi sokuvuna amazambane, unikeza ukuqonda ngezikhathi ezimbili zokuvuna - uJanuwari emasimini e-paddy kanye no-April kuya ku-September ezindaweni ezisezintabeni. Futhi ihlose ukuthuthukisa iholo labalimi ngokuthuthukisa amabhizinisi asekelwe kwezolimo, ukusekela ukuthuthukiswa komkhiqizo ongeziwe, ukusungula ukuxhumana kwezimakethe okusimeme, kanye nokuhlinzeka ngosizo lwezezimali.
I-Nagaland Potato Festival ilindele abantu abangaba ngu-5000 futhi izoba nemidlalo yendabuko, umculo, imiklomelo yamazambane enkulu kakhulu kanye nesivuno esiphezulu, izitebhisi ezingaphezu kwekhulu ezinezinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zamazambane, imibukiso yokutshalwa kwamazambane, nokudayiswa kwamazambane aphilayo ngamanani aphansi. Umkhosi wemukela abalimi bamazambane abavela kulo lonke elaseNagaland. Abalimi be-organic nabo bayakhuthazwa ukuthi bakhangise ngemikhiqizo yabo kulo mcimbi.