State Agricultural Management & Extension Training Institute (SAMETI), Mizoram, Government of Mizoram, India

SKILL TRAINING OF RURAL YOUTH (STRY)

INTRODUCTION

“Skill Training of Rural Youth (STRY)”, aimed at imparting skill-based training to rural youth on agri-based vocational areas in compliance with National Policy on Skill Development & Entrepreneurship-2015 in agriculture & allied areas to promote employment in rural areas.

OBJECTIVES

(i) Offer modular skill training opportunities to rural youths including farmers and farm-women, based on local needs.

(ii) Create a pool of skilled manpower to perform farm and non-farm operations.

TARGET GROUP

Rural youth of the age group of between 18 years to 40 years with minimum qualification, preferably 5th standard, however, the minimum qualification is not mandatory.

During 2023-24, SAMETI, Mizoram conducted 56 (Fifty-Six) nos. of STRY.

Sl. No	District	Name of Training Institute	Sector	Skilling Area
1	Aizawl	SAMETI	Horticulture	Post-Harvest Processing and Packaging of Fruits & Vegetables
2		SAMETI	Horticulture	Post-Harvest Processing and Packaging of Fruits & Vegetables
3		SAMETI	Horticulture	Bee-Keeping
4		SAMETI	Horticulture	Bee-Keeping
5		ATMA	Horticulture	Mushroom Production Technique
6		SAMETI	Animal Husbandry	Poultry Rearing and Management
7		SAMETI	Animal Husbandry	Poultry Rearing and Management
8		MKVIB	Horticulture	Post-harvest Processing and Packaging of Fruits & Vegetables
9		SAMETI	Horticulture	Mushroom Production Technique
10		SAMETI	Horticulture	Mushroom Production Technique
11		KVK	Animal Husbandry	Goat rearing and management
12		SAMETI	Horticulture	Mushroom Production Techniques
13		SAMETI	Horticulture	Mushroom Production Techniques
14		SAMETI	Animal Husbandry	Piggery Rearing and Management
15		SAMETI	Animal Husbandry	Piggery Rearing and Management
16		SAMETI	Agriculture	Vermicomposting
17		SAMETI	Agriculture	Vermicomposting
18		SAMETI	Dairying	Clean Milk Production
19		SAMETI	Dairying	Clean Milk Production
20		SAMETI	Animal Husbandry	Piggery Rearing and Management
21		ATMA	Agriculture	Seed Production
22		ATMA	Animal Husbandry	Piggery Rearing and Management
23		KVK	Horticulture	Post-Harvest Processing and Packaging of Fruits & Vegetables
24		MKVIB	Horticulture	Bee-Keeping
25	Champhai	ATMA	Horticulture	Mushroom Production Techniques
26		ATMA	Horticulture	Bee-Keeping
27		KVK	Agriculture	Production of Bio-Fertilizers
28		KVK	Agriculture	Vermicomposting
29	Kolasib	ATMA	Animal Husbandry	Piggery Rearing and Management
30		ATMA	Animal Husbandry	Feed and Fodder Management
31		ATMA	Horticulture	IPM in Vegetable
32		CoE, Thingdawl	Horticulture	Post-harvest Processing and Packaging of Fruits & Vegetables
33		CoE, Thingdawl	Horticulture	Protected Cultivation of High Value Vegetables
34		KVK	Fisheries	Fish Rearing and Management
35		KVK	Horticulture	Post-Harvest Processing and Packaging of Fruits & Vegetables
36	Lawngtlai	ATMA	Animal Husbandry	Hatchery Management in Poultry
37	Lawngtlai	KVK	Agriculture	Soil conservation
38	Lunglei	ATMA	Agriculture	Seed Production
39		ATMA	Horticulture	IPM in Vegetables
40		ATMA	Horticulture	Mushroom Production Techniques
41		KVK	Agriculture	Organic Farming
42		KVK	Animal Husbandry	Poultry Rearing and Management
43		SAS	Agriculture	IPM in Crops
44		SAS	Agriculture	Rodent Pest Management
45		SAS	Horticulture	Mushroom Production Techniques
46	Mamit	ATMA	Fisheries	Fish rearing and management
47		ATMA	Horticulture	Mushroom Production Technique
48		ATMA	Horticulture	Production and Processing of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
49		KVK	Animal Husbandry	Poultry Rearing and Management
50		KVK	Horticulture	Mushroom Production Technique
51	Serchhip	ATMA	Agriculture	Oilseed, Maize, Oilpalm Development
52		ATMA	Fisheries	Fish Rearing and Management
53		KVK	Horticulture	Protected Cultivation of High-Value Vegetables
54	Siaha	ATMA	Agriculture	Integrated Pest Management in Crops
55		ATMA	Horticulture	High Value Floriculture
56		KVK	Horticulture	Mushroom Production Techniques

During 2022-23, SAMETI, Mizoram conducted 60 (Sixty) nos. of STRY.

Sl. No	District	Name of Training Institute	Sector	Skilling Area
1	Aizawl	SAMETI	Agriculture	Seed production
2	Aizawl	SAMETI	Horticulture	Post-harvest processing and packaging of fruits & vegetables
3	Aizawl	SAMETI	Horticulture	Bee-keeping
4	Aizawl	ATMA	Horticulture	Bee-keeping
5	Aizawl	KVK	Horticulture	Mushroom Production Techniques
6	Champhai	ATMA	Agriculture	Soil Conservation
7	Champhai	KVK	Agriculture	Vermi-composting
8	Kolasib	ATMA	Animal Husbandry	Piggery rearing and management
9	Kolasib	KVK	Horticulture	Nursery management
10	Lawngtlai	ATMA	Animal Husbandry	Piggery rearing and management
11	Lawngtlai	KVK	Horticulture	Bee-keeping
12	Lunglei	ATMA	Animal Husbandry	Piggery rearing and management
13	Lunglei	KVK	Horticulture	Nursery Management
14	Lunglei	SAS, Hnahthial	Animal Husbandry	Poultry rearing and management
15	Mamit	ATMA	Agriculture	Integrated pest management in crops
16	Aizawl	SAMETI	Horticulture	High-Value Floriculture
17	Aizawl	SAMETI	Horticulture	Post-Harvest Processing and Packaging of Fruits & Vegetables
18	Aizawl	SAMETI	Horticulture	Bee-Keeping
19	Aizawl	SAMETI	Animal Husbandry	Poultry Rearing and Management
20	Aizawl	SAMETI	Animal Husbandry	Poultry Rearing and Management
21	Aizawl	SAMETI	Horticulture	Bee-Keeping
22	Aizawl	SAMETI	Horticulture	Mushroom Production Techniques
23	Aizawl	SAMETI	Agriculture	Mushroom Production Techniques
24	Aizawl	ATMA	Agriculture	Vermi-composting
25	Aizawl	ATMA	Animal Husbandry	Piggery Rearing and Management
26	Aizawl	KVK	Animal Husbandry	Poultry rearing and management
27	Aizawl	MKVIB	Horticulture	Bee-keeping
28	Aizawl	MKVIB	Horticulture	Post-harvest processing and packaging of fruits & vegetables
29	Aizawl	MFPRTC	Agriculture	Grading of agricultural produce for marketing and storage
30	Aizawl	MFPRTC	Horticulture	Transportation and marketing of fruits & vegetables
31	Champhai	ATMA	Agriculture	Vermi-composting
32	Champhai	ATMA	Horticulture	Mushroom production techniques
33	Champhai	KVK	Horticulture	Bee-keeping
34	Champhai	KVK	Agriculture	Organic Farming
35	Champhai	KVK	Horticulture	Mushroom production techniques
36	Kolasib	ATMA	Horticulture	Nursery management
37	Kolasib	ATMA	Horticulture	Protected cultivation of high-value vegetables
38	Kolasib	KVK	Agriculture	Vermi-composting
39	Kolasib	KVK	Animal Husbandry	Piggery rearing and management
40	Lawngtlai	ATMA	Agriculture	Vermi-composting
41	Lawngtlai	ATMA	Horticulture	Mushroom production techniques
42	Lawngtlai	ATMA	Horticulture	Bee-keeping
43	Lawngtlai	KVK	Agriculture	Integrated Pest Management in Crops
44	Lawngtlai	KVK	Agriculture	Vermi-composting
45	Lunglei	ATMA	Horticulture	Mushroom production techniques
46	Lunglei	ATMA	Animal Husbandry	Poultry rearing and management
47	Lunglei	KVK	Agriculture	Vermi-composting
48	Lunglei	KVK	Horticulture	Protected cultivation of high-value vegetables
49	Mamit	ATMA	Agriculture	Vermi-composting
50	Mamit	ATMA	Horticulture	Bee Keeping
51	Mamit	ATMA	Agriculture	Seed Production
52	Mamit	KVK	Agriculture	Organic Farming
53	Mamit	KVK	Fisheries	Fish rearing and management
54	Mamit	KVK	Agriculture	Vermi-composting
55	Serchhip	ATMA	Animal Husbandry	Piggery rearing and management
56	Serchhip	ATMA	Dairying	Clean milk production (CMP)
57	Siaha	ATMA	Agriculture	Vermi-composting
58	Siaha	ATMA	Agriculture	Production of bio-pesticides
59	Siaha	KVK	Agriculture	Vermi-composting
60	Siaha	KVK	Horticulture	Bee-keeping

Work plan of SAMETI for August - September, 2022

S. N.	Title of Training/Programme`	Mode of Training	Date	Course Coordinator	Click here for application
1	STRY training on "Post Harvest Processing & Packaging of Fruits & Vegetables"	On-Campus	30^th Aug - 2^nd Sept, 2022	Ms.Vanlalramchhani Chhangte, Faculty(PHT)	Click Here
2	STRY training on "Seed Production"	On-Campus	19^th - 23^rd Sept, 2022	Dr.B.Lalrosiami Khuhly, Faculty(AEM)	Click here
3	STRY training on "Bee-Keeping"	On-Campus	26^th - 30^th Sept, 2022	Ms.Lalthansangi, Faculty(HRD)	Click here

During 2021-22, SAMETI, Mizoram conducted 25 (Twenty five) nos. of STRY.

Sl. No.	Name of District	Name of Training Institutions	Sector	Skilling Area
1	Aizawl	MFPTRC, Seling	Horticulture	Harvesting, cleaning and grading of fruits & vegetables
2	Aizawl	MFPTRC, Seling	Agriculture	Grading of agricultural produce for marketing and storage
3	Aizawl	MKIVB, Zemabawk	Horticulture	Bee-Keeping
4	Aizawl	MKIVB, Zemabawk	Horticulture	Post-harvest processing and packaging of fruits & vegetables
5	Champhai	KVK, Khawzawl	Agriculture	Soil conservation
6	Champhai	KVK, Khawzawl	Agriculture	Production of bio-control agents
7	Kolasib	KVK, Kolasib	Animal Husbandry	Rearing of improved breed and rearing of cattle and management.
8	Kolasib	KVK, Kolasib	Animal Husbandry	Feed and fodder management
9	Lawngtlai	KVK, Lawngtlai	Horticulture	Bee-Keeping
10	Lawngtlai	KVK, Lawngtlai	Dairying	Integrated dairy development
11	Lawngtlai	KVK, Lawngtlai	Horticulture	IPM in fruit crops
12	Lunglei	School Agricultural Science, Hnahthial	Agriculture	Integrated Pest Management in Crops
13	Lunglei	School Agricultural Science, Hnahthial	Agriculture	Training on oilseed, maize & oil palm development
14	Lunglei	KVK, Hnahthial	Agriculture	Production of bio-fertilizers
15	Lunglei	KVK, Hnahthial	Horticulture	Production and processing of medicinal & aromatic plants
16	Lunglei	KVK, Hnahthial	Horticulture	Mushroom Production Techniques
17	Mamit	ATMA	Agriculture	Repair and maintenance of farm equipments
18	Mamit	ATMA	Horticulture	Mushroom production techniques
19	Mamit	ATMA	Dairying	Clean Milk Production (CMP)
20	Mamit	KVK, Lengpui	Agriculture	Soil Testing
21	Mamit	KVK, Lengpui	Agriculture	Vermi-composting
22	Serchhip	KVK, N. Vanlaiphai	Agriculture	Selection, operation and maintenance of plant protection machinery
23	Serchhip	KVK, N. Vanlaiphai	Horticulture	Transportation and marketing of fruits & vegetables
24	Siaha	KVK, Siaha	Horticulture	IPM in fruit crops
25	Siaha	KVK, Siaha	Agriculture	Vermi-composting

During 2020-21, SAMETI, Mizoram conducted 25 (Twenty five) nos. of STRY.

Sl. No.	Name of District	Name of Training Institutions	Sector	Skilling Area
1	Aizawl	ATMA, Aizawl	Agriculture	Organic Farming
2	Aizawl	ATMA, Aizawl	Animal Husbandry	Piggery Rearing and Management
3	Aizawl	MFPTRC	Agriculture	Post-Harvest Processing and Packaging of Fruits & Vegetables
4	Aizawl	SAMETI	Agriculture	Soil Testing
5	Lunglei	ATMA, Lunglei	Horticulture	Mushroom Production Techniques
6	Lunglei	ATMA, Lunglei	Agriculture	Vermi-Composting
7	Siaha	ATMA, Siaha	Agriculture	Integrated Pest Management in Crops
8	Siaha	ATMA, Siaha	Horticulture	Mushroom Production Techniques
9	Siaha	KVK, Siaha	Horticulture	Orchard Management and Maintenance
10	Champhai	ATMA, Champhai	Horticulture	IPM in Vegetables
11	Champhai	ATMA, Champhai	Horticulture	Protected Cultivation of High Value Vegetables
12	Champhai	KVK, Khawzawl	Agriculture	Seed Production
13	Kolasib	ATMA, Kolasib	Fishery	Ornamental Fish Farming
14	Kolasib	ATMA, Kolasib	Animal Husbandry	Poultry Rearing and Management
15	Kolasib	Centre of Excellence, Thingdawl	Horticulture	Nursery Management
16	Kolasib	KVK, Kolasib	Animal Husbandry	Goat Rearing and Management
17	Kolasib	Model Organic Farm, Thingdawl	Agriculture	Vermi-Composting
18	Serchhip	ATMA, Serchhip	Agriculture	Integrated Pest Management in Crops
19	Serchhip	ATMA, Serchhip	Horticulture	Organic Production of Fruits & Vegetables
20	Serchhip	KVK, N Vanlaiphai	Horticulture	Protected Cultivation of High Value Vegetables
21	Lawngtlai	ATMA, Lawngtlai	Fishery	Fish Rearing and Management
22	Lawngtlai	ATMA, Lawngtlai	Animal Husbandry	Poultry Rearing and Management
23	Mamit	ATMA, Mamit	Horticulture	Nursery Management
24	Mamit	ATMA, Mamit	Horticulture	Mushroom Production Techniques
25	Mamit	KVK, Lengpui	Agriculture	Vermi-Composting

Unfortunately, due to Pandemic COVID-19 the following 25 nos. of STRY (2020-2021) programmes have been put on hold.

Sl.No.	District	Skilling Area	Name of Training Institutions
1	Aizawl	Repair and maintenance of farm equipments	SAMETI
2	Aizawl	Mushroom production techniques	SAMETI
3	Aizawl	Clean Milk Production (CMP)	SAMETI
4	Aizawl	Harvesting, cleaning and grading of fruits & vegetables	MFPTRC, Seling
5	Aizawl	Grading of agricultural produce for marketing and storage	MFPTRC, Seling
6	Aizawl	Bee-Keeping	MKIVB, Zemabawk
7	Aizawl	Post-harvest processing and packaging of fruits & vegetables	MKIVB, Zemabawk
8	Champhai	Soil conservation	KVK, Khawzawl
9	Champhai	Production of bio-control agents	KVK, Khawzawl
10	Kolasib	Rearing of improved breed and rearing of cattle and management.	KVK, Kolasib
11	Kolasib	Feed and fodder management	KVK, Kolasib
12	Lawngtlai	Bee-Keeping	KVK, Lawngtlai
13	Lawngtlai	Integrated dairy development	KVK, Lawngtlai
14	Lawngtlai	IPM in fruit crops	KVK, Lawngtlai
15	Lunglei	Integrated Pest Management in Crops	School Agricultural Science, Hnahthial
16	Lunglei	Training on oilseed, maize & oil palm development	School Agricultural Science, Hnahthial
17	Lunglei	Production of bio-fertilizers	KVK, Hnahthial
18	Lunglei	Production and processing of medicinal & aromatic plants	KVK, Hnahthial
19	Lunglei	Piggery rearing and management	KVK, Hnahthial
20	Mamit	Soil Testing	KVK, Lengpui
21	Mamit	Vermi-composting	KVK, Lengpui
22	Serchhip	IPM in fruit crops	KVK, N. Vanlaiphai
23	Serchhip	Vermi-composting	KVK, N. Vanlaiphai
24	Siaha	Selection, operation and maintenance of plant protection machinery	KVK, Siaha
25	Siaha	Transportation and marketing of fruits & vegetables	KVK, Siaha

During 2019-20, SAMETI, Mizoram is allotted to conduct 20 (Twenty) Training under STRY. The following are details of the Training :-

Sl. No	Name of District	Name of Training Institutions	Sector	Skilling Area
1	Aizawl	SAMETI	Agriculture	Integrated Pest Management in Crops
2	Aizawl	MFPRTC, Seling	Agriculture	Grading of Agricultural Produce for Marketing and Storage
3	Kolasib	MOF, Thingdawl	Agriculture	Vermi-Composting
4	Kolasib	MDTC, Bualpui	Agriculture	Vermi-Composting
5	Lawngtlai	ATMA, Lawngtlai	Agriculture	Soil Conservation
6	Lunglei	ATMA, Lunglei	Agriculture	Agricultural Apprenticeship training under Mechanization Technology
7	Lunglei	ATMA, Lunglei	Agriculture	Production of Bio-Pesticides
8	Lunglei	ITC, Hnahthial	Agriculture	Integrated Pest Management in Crops
9	Serchhip	ATMA, Serchhip	Agriculture	Organic Farming
10	Aizawl	SAMETI	Horticulture	Mushroom Production Techniques
11	Aizawl	SAMETI	Horticulture	Production and Processing of MAP
12	Aizawl	ATMA, Aizawl	Horticulture	Post Harvest Processing and Packaging of Fruits and Vegetables
13	Aizawl	MDTC, MKVIB	Horticulture	Bee Keeping
14	Champhai	ATMA, Champhai	Horticulture	Bee Keeping
15	Kolasib	ATMA, Kolasib	Horticulture	Installation and Maintenance of Micro-Irrigation Systems
16	Aizawl	ATMA, Aizawl	Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries	Ornamental Fish Farming
17	Lawngtlai	ATMA, Lawngtlai	Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries	Piggery Rearing and Management
18	Mamit	ATMA, Mamit	Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries	Fish Rearing and Management
19	Serchhip	ATMA, Serchhip	Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries	Poultry Rearing and Management
20	Siaha	ATMA, Siaha	Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries	Clean Milk Production

SKILL TRAINING OF RURAL YOUTH

During 2018-19, SAMETI, Mizoram is allotted to conduct 18 (Eighteen) Training under STRY. The following are details of the Training :-

Sl.No.	Skilling Code		Skilling Areas	Name of District	Name of Training Institute
1	Agriculture	4	Soil testing	Aizawl	SAMETI, Mizoram
2		10	Installation and Maintenance of Food Processing Machinery	Aizawl	Mizoram Food processing Training & Research Centre, Seling
3		13	Grading of Agricultural produce for marketing and Storage	Aizawl	SAMETI, Mizoram
4		20	Vermi-Composting	Mamit	KVK, Mamit
5		1	Agricultural Apprenticeship Training under Mechanization Technology	Kolasib	ATMA, Kolasib
6	B) Horticulture	1	Mushroom Production Techniques	Serchhip	KVK, Serchhip
7		2	Bee-Keeping	Aizawl	Mizoram KVI Board
8		5	Installation and Maintenance of micro-irrigation systems	Aizawl	KVK, Aizawl
9		2	Bee-keeping	Siaha	ATMA, Siaha
10		2	Bee-keeping	Aizawl	Mizoram KVI Board
11		1	Mushroom production techniques	Siaha	ATMA, Siaha
12			Mushroom production techniques	Champhai	ATMA, Champhai
13		6	Post Harvest Processing and Packaging of fruits and Vegetables	Aizawl	Mizoram KVI Board
14		6	Post Harvest Processing and Packaging of fruits and Vegetables	Champhai	ATMA, Champhai
15	B) Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries	2	Clean Milk Production (CMP)	Aizawl	KVK, Aizawl
16		7	Piggery rearing and Management	Lunglei	ITC, Hnahthial
17		8	Poultry rearing and Management	Kolasib	KVK, Kolasib
18		7	Piggery rearing and management	Kolasib	ATMA, Kolasib

A Sensitization Programme of STRY was conducted by SAMETI, Mizoram on 11^th September, 2018 at SAMETI Training Hall, Aizawl for all the identified Training Institutes. Representatives of all the Institutes (except KVK, Kolasib) could turn up and attended the Sensitization Programme. The Programme was chaired by Mr. R.K.Nithanga, Director, SAMETI. Power point presentation STRY was presented by Dr.Baby Zaithanpuii Hmar, Faculty(PHT), SAMETI & Nodal Officer for STRY. The presentation was followed by discussion on how to efficiently and effectively implement the STRY Programmes in the State.