An official statement said that state agriculture department officials explained to Pawar how jhumming or 'slash and burn' way of shifting cultivation was undertaken by the Mizo farmers and how the New Land Use Policy of the state government was trying to eradicate the disastrous jhumming.
The Union Minister and the team of top officials under his ministry were received at the Lengpui airport by state Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, Agriculture minister H.Liansailova, Veterinary Minister Nihar Kanti Chakma, Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture K.S. Thanga and chief secretary Van Hela Pachuau.