Wokha
1.66 lakh people. Larger than the Seychelles, Monaco, or Vatican City. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 1,66,343 (1.66 lakh)
- Area
- 1,628 km²
- Headquarters
- Wokha
₹67 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Wokha.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Wokha · PLP 2023-24
₹67 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME)
₹14 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹13 cr
Others – SHGs/JLGs/PMJDY
₹13 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹13 cr
Wokha district's 2023-24 credit plan sizes about ₹67.10 crore of priority-sector lending potential. Farming and allied activities make up the bulk at ₹28.79 crore (roughly 43% of the plan), while small businesses (MSME) are the next biggest block at ₹13.95 crore.
On the farm side, the largest single opportunity is livestock: sheep, goat and piggery lending is pegged at ₹5.05 crore, poultry at ₹2.30 crore and dairy at ₹0.74 crore — a natural fit for a district where piggery and poultry are traditional household trades. Crop lending, led by rice, is ₹12.60 crore, and plantation crops like rubber, orange, pineapple and coffee add ₹2.87 crore. Food and agro processing carries ₹1.76 crore, pointing to room for value-addition units in meat and horticulture produce. Beyond farming, housing (₹3.95 crore), education (₹3.20 crore) and SHG/PMJDY micro-credit (₹13.34 crore) round out the plan.
The plan is candid about what holds the district back. Storage, processing and marketing for fruits and vegetables are weak, and there is no complete value chain for any single crop. The report urges building commodity clusters with farmer producer organisations (FPOs) as the back-end, adding all-weather roads and steady power, expanding farm mechanisation, and getting banks to lend more actively to agriculture.
What the plan promotes
- Rice is the principal crop on most of the cultivated area; gross cropped area 50,166 ha with net sown area 33,112 ha (cropping intensity 152).
- Main plantation and horticulture crops are rubber, orange, pineapple, maize, plums, bettlenut, banana and coffee, grown commercially.
- Livestock is the largest term-loan opportunity: sheep/goat/piggery ₹5.05 cr, poultry ₹2.30 cr and dairy ₹0.74 cr; piggery and poultry are traditional household activities.
- Food and agro processing carries ₹1.76 cr of ancillary credit potential, tied to value addition of agro and meat products.
- MSME potential of ₹13.95 cr (₹11.16 cr investment credit + ₹2.78 cr working capital) is the single largest non-agriculture head.
- GoI schemes flagged for uptake: Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF), PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing (PMFE), KCC for PM-Kisan and FPO promotion.
Gaps the plan names
- The post-harvest processing, storage and marketing eco-system for horticultural crops and vegetables is considerably weak and needs coordinated intervention.
- There is not a single complete value chain for any agriculture product in the state; production needs to move to cluster mode to attract processing units.
- All-weather roads and reliable power supply are lacking and would be a major advantage for the district's economy.
- Banks need to prioritise the agriculture sector by extending more advances on priority mode in line with the goal of doubling farmers' income.
- Commodity clusters/production hubs with an FPO as back-end enabler (aggregation, value addition, marketing) are yet to be developed; FPO Incubation Centres are needed.
See the plan's recommendations
What the plan promotes
- Rice is the principal crop on most of the cultivated area; gross cropped area 50,166 ha with net sown area 33,112 ha (cropping intensity 152).
- Main plantation and horticulture crops are rubber, orange, pineapple, maize, plums, bettlenut, banana and coffee, grown commercially.
- Livestock is the largest term-loan opportunity: sheep/goat/piggery ₹5.05 cr, poultry ₹2.30 cr and dairy ₹0.74 cr; piggery and poultry are traditional household activities.
- Food and agro processing carries ₹1.76 cr of ancillary credit potential, tied to value addition of agro and meat products.
- MSME potential of ₹13.95 cr (₹11.16 cr investment credit + ₹2.78 cr working capital) is the single largest non-agriculture head.
- GoI schemes flagged for uptake: Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF), PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing (PMFE), KCC for PM-Kisan and FPO promotion.
Gaps the plan names
- The post-harvest processing, storage and marketing eco-system for horticultural crops and vegetables is considerably weak and needs coordinated intervention.
- There is not a single complete value chain for any agriculture product in the state; production needs to move to cluster mode to attract processing units.
- All-weather roads and reliable power supply are lacking and would be a major advantage for the district's economy.
- Banks need to prioritise the agriculture sector by extending more advances on priority mode in line with the goal of doubling farmers' income.
- Commodity clusters/production hubs with an FPO as back-end enabler (aggregation, value addition, marketing) are yet to be developed; FPO Incubation Centres are needed.
Value-chain gaps
Money this district loses today
Raw output sold cheap, value added elsewhere — each gap below is an opening for a local business.
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About Wokha
Wokha district (Pron:/ˈwəʊkə/) is a district of Nagaland state in India. It is the home of the Lotha Nagas. Gastronomically, it known for its variety of fermented bamboo shoots (bastenga). It holds an important place as the roosting site of the migratory Amur Falcon. Geologically, it has known oil deposits.
Source: Wikipedia — Wokha district
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