A Marketing Conclave of business service providers was organized by the Meghalaya Basin Management Agency, under the Meghalaya Livelihood and Access to Markets Project (Megha-LAMP), at the RRTC (Rural Resource & Training Centre) Umran on the 2nd of September, 2017. The aim of the conclave was to bridge the gap between various market actors – the market committee, the traders, aggregators, farmers, value chain group members and supporting institution. A key objective of the Conclave was to promote networking and partnership between the various actors along the value chain.

A Marketing Conclave of business service providers was organized by the Meghalaya Basin Management Agency, under the Meghalaya Livelihood and Access to Markets Project (Megha-LAMP), at the RRTC (Rural Resource & Training Centre) Umran on the 2nd of September, 2017. The aim of the conclave was to bridge the gap between various market actors – the market committee, the traders, aggregators, farmers, value chain group members and supporting institution. A key objective of the Conclave was to promote networking and partnership between the various actors along the value chain.

As part of improving access to markets for producers in the state, under the Meghalaya Livelihoods and Access to Markets Project (Megha-LAMP), a 1km road was constructed at Kyrphei village, under Mawsynram C&RD Block to link the farmlands to existing roads. This is expected to ease transportation of farm produce to nearby markets and enhance outflow of goods from the area leading to overall improvement in income for local farmers.

In the year 2014, when NGT banned rat hole mining in Meghalaya, deeming it as ‘illegal’ and ‘unscientific’, the livelihood of several people who were directly involved in the practice were