Post harvest training for Katol farmers begins at CIPHET

Ludhiana, September 24:



A total of 13 participants are taking part in the five-day training programme on 'Post Harvest Technologies for Rural Catchments' for farmers from Katol, Maharashtra, inaugurated today at the Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET). The training is sponsored by the Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Katol, Mahrashtra.



Inaugurating the training programme, CIPHET Head Transfer of Technology Division, informed the participants about various research initiatives taken by the institute. He informed that institute had done intensive research on technologies of groundnut milk, soyabean processing, pulse milling etc, which could especially benefit the farmers from Maharashtra as these crops are largely grown there.



Asking farmers to take keen interest in training programme, he said that by processing the same produce grown in the fields, farmers could multiply their profits. "This would also provide affordable and better quality products to consumers," he asserted. Senior Scientist Dr Sangeeta Chopra informed the participants about scheduled trainings and lectures to be followed in the programme.



"We would be especially excited to know about soyabean processing," said, Nilesh Namdevaro, a soyabean grower from Katol, adding that without value addition they could not increase their income. Five training programme would include millet processing, value added products from beet root crops, vegetable puree production, agro-processing technologies from All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on PHT, value addition technology for soyabean and EC Room, ginger and garlic dehyderation, marketing of agriculture produce. Besides, lecture on production of green chilli powder and puree, preparation of cattle food pellets from potato waste, minimal processing and Modified Atmosphere Packaging of vegetables etc.
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