A one day training on TraceNet was conducted for the staff of MSOCB which is an electronic service offered by APEDA  to the stakeholders for facilitating process certification for the  export of organic products from India which comply with the NPOP or NOP standard. The training has covered different topics that are required for certification bodies, including the process for generating Transaction Certificate and NOCs by Certification Body etc.

The field inspection to an ICS group under the facilitation of the Directorate of Horticulture, Government of Meghalaya was conducted on the 15th March 2024 as part of the capacity building to the staff of MSOCB.

The field inspection to an ICS group facilitated by the Directorate of Horticulture, Government of Meghalaya. The inspection was conducted on the 12th March 2024. The ICS group that was inspected was under the external audit from SGS Certification Body under which the group was registered.

4. Exposure visits of the NPOP team from Meghalaya State Organic Certification Body (MSOCB) to Karnataka State Organic Certification Agency (KSOCA)
Duration: 5 days
Date: 27th November 2023 to 1st December 2023

As a new CB to be established, the team from the Meghalaya State Organic Certification Body (MSOCB)visited Karnataka State Organic Certification Agency (KSOCA) for an exposure visit. The purpose of the visit is to understand the certification process, the challenges and the strategy involved therein.

6-days mock field Training programme on inspection for individual farmer, farmer groups (Internal Control System-ICS Group) and wild collection area conducted by Shri Dorairaj, Consultant Organic certification held from 13th - 18th June, 2022

10 days Online Training by Shri Dorairaj K., Consultant organic certification from 9th to 27th August 2021 Capacity building program to the staff of the Centre on the process of NPOP Certification was conducted by Shri Dorairaj K., Consultant Organic Certification. Apart from the staff of the Centre, Officers and staffs from the Department of Agriculture (Team from the State Organic Mission, Agricultural Technology and Management Agency (ATMA) and Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVKs) were also included in the training program.