The Arunachal Pineapple Festival’s third edition got underway in Bagra, West Siang district, with a major emphasis on growing pineapple production, enhancing marketing and exports, and giving farmers new chances for an agro-based livelihood. The state government has designated the festival, an agro-based effort that began in 2024, as an annual calendar event. The Bagra Welfare Society (BWS) and the state horticulture department work together to organize it. Speaking at the first event, Lumla MLA Tsering Lhamu stated that Bagra Circle has rich soil that is perfect for growing pineapples and that a number of government assistance programs are increasing farmers’ wages.
She promised to support certain demands made by the organizers and encouraged producers to strive toward becoming Bagra the “pineapple bowl” of the state and the nation. In his speech, Tobom Bam, director of horticulture, emphasized the festival’s agro-based focus and urged farmers to increase pineapple production along with related endeavors in order to guarantee sustainable lives. According to Nani Lajie, chairman of the Arunachal Pradesh Industrial Development and Financial Corporation Limited (APIDFCL), the state government will shortly revitalize the fruit processing facility in Nigmoi, close to Doji Jeko.
Lajie further declared that the Pushi-Bagra region is ideal for horticulture and announced plans to build a massive food park in Nigmoi. The projects are anticipated to be finished before 2029, he continued. In his speech, Aalo West legislator Topin Ete pushed farmers to grow more pineapple and other fruits, claiming that the region’s high-quality food is already being sold to nations like Saudi Arabia and Singapore. January 18 is the last day of the Arunachal Pineapple Festival Bagra 3.0.
