Apple Harvest 2019
Attendees to the inauguration of the Rural Marketing Haat [sic] at Angangba village on July the 25th if 2019 witnessed a sales exposition of 3,000 kilograms of the fruits of a motley of 17 cultivars:
Yet, apples as we know them are not endemic to Nagaland. This feat in naturalization owes to a decade-long nisus by the Better Life Foundation which trained the aborigines in scientific methodology, marketed the produce, and invested capital in the form of seeds, soil-building and pest-management, technological development, landscaping, labour, etc.
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| Attendees to the Sales Exhibition during the inauguration of the Rural Marketing Haat (July 25, 2019) |
The fruits of this labour, in addition to being sweet, were untarnished in appearance---no disfigured
fruits nor scars, and thus no apples of the lowest ‘D’ grade, which are generally consigned, in
decreasing order of quality, to juicing, jam-making, drying, or concentration. All produce was
categorized as A, B, or C, yet with so little qualitative distinction to note that they were bought
and sold mixed.
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| Saturaday, 2 May 2019 |
Collective participation, however, was like an Apple of Sodom---a disappointment---for only four of the extant fifteen villages under the Longkhim subdivision of Tuensang participated, viz., Phir-Ahi, Chungtor, Angangba, and Lirise, while the rest restricted consumption to their respective locales.
Notwithstanding, a collectivist proclivity has here finally insinuated itself into a culture of individualism so the other villages may be expected to follow suit in the face of imminent prosperity.
Notwithstanding, a collectivist proclivity has here finally insinuated itself into a culture of individualism so the other villages may be expected to follow suit in the face of imminent prosperity.
The sales exposition was to serve as a preliminary to the formalization of co-operatives, which are in good standing in India owing to its democratic connotations, a rich history intertwined with an equally rich culture, and a proven track-record of longevity, stability, humanism and profits.
Gallery
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| Apple as on 29th May 2019, Phir-ahi Village |
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| 11 June 2019 |
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| 1 July 2019 |
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| 1 July 2019 |
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| 2 July 2019 |
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