Tarun Karthick
Sri Vijaya Puram, 16 February 2025
The Zonal Agriculture Office, in collaboration with the Industries Department beneath the A&N Administration, organized a two-day coaching program on ‘Value Addition of Fruits & Vegetables’ beneath the Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) initiative. The coaching was carried out on February 14 and 15 on the Zonal Industries Office, Diglipur, aiming to equip individuals with expertise to reinforce the shelf life and market worth of domestically grown produce.
Ms. Arti Singh, Assistant Director (Agriculture), Diglipur, highlighted the significance of vegetables and fruit in a nutritious diet, emphasizing their wealthy vitamin and mineral content material. She elaborated on how worth addition not solely reduces meals wastage but in addition enhances dietary worth, will increase farmers’ incomes, and contributes to meals safety by product diversification.
Ms. Bibi Afreen Nisha, IPO, Industries Department, inspired individuals to discover alternatives within the meals processing sector, which provides scope for funding, entrepreneurship, and employment. She additionally knowledgeable them concerning the assist out there from the Industries Department for these serious about large-scale worth addition.
As a part of the coaching, hands-on classes have been carried out on the worth addition of Carambola, Ginger, and Mango. Ms. Arshiya Rehman, Instructor, led the sensible demonstrations beneath the steering of Mr. Swapan Chandra Mallick, Pilot Plant Incharge, Industries Department, Diglipur.
The program efficiently imparted information on enhancing the industrial potential of agricultural produce, encouraging farmers and entrepreneurs to undertake worth addition strategies for financial progress.
