ICC has been spear heading a special drive for Agricultural & Industrial development of the North Eastern Region. On the wake of realizing the importance of export development of organic food sector from Assam, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India has mandated ICC to organize a Capacity Building Program on Organic District Hub under the Development of Each Districts as an Export Hub on Exploration, Optimization, Marketing linkages of various Organic Food Products from the state of Assam.

Objectives of the Capacity Building Program:

• To prepare the road map to make districts of Assam as Organic Export Hub in South East Asia.
• To identify and find solutions to the difficulties in the process of Exporting Goods.
• Initiatives taken by the Government of Assam to promote export of Organic food process.
• To discuss about the marketing linkages needed for organic farming and its huge export potentialities for the state of Assam.
• To make the participants aware about the latest technological developments in organic farming & Processing.
• To identify the challenges faced in Organic Certification and the need for it.
• To understand the infrastructure need- Cold storage, Transportation, Processing Facility, Retail Market for the proposed hub.
• To encourage Food Processing industries to realize this huge potential & invest in North east.
• The mentioned Capacity Building Program will also touch upon the key areas of Value Addition, Certification, Market Opportunities and Exports.