Five day training for rural catchments concluded at CIPHET

Ludhiana, February 27:



A valedictory function was organized at the Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET) to mark the completion of five-day training on "Post Harvest Technology for Rural Catchments" for the participants from ATMA Vaishali, Bihar from February 21st to 25th.



During this period, farmers were trained in post harvest management and value addition of fruits and vegetables, low cost storage of fruits and vegetables & preparation of composite cattle feed from waste potato, food packaging for quality and safety, processing and value addition of technologies for soyabean, agro-processing techniques, cereal crops for value addition, practical of chilli processing, utilization of potato waste for cattle feed etc.



Speaking on the occasion, Head Transfer of Technology Dr Deepak Raj Rai, hoped that farmers would have got hands-on-experience in foods processing technologies. "Farmers can contact us anytime for information and technical support," he assured, adding that food processing sector is going to expand many times owing to demand coming from urban areas. Raj Kumar Singh, one of the farmer, said that they especially liked technologies of soyabean milk and cattle feed. "We would like to start some venture on returning to Bihar," he added.


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