Skill Development Training on Millets Value Addition

7th-12th October 2023, Suryapet

ICAR-NAARM organised a six-day Skill Development Training Programme on “Value-added Products with Millets” for scheduled caste women under SC Sub Plan at SAIRD KVK, Gaddipally, Suryapet district, Telangana, from 07th-12th October 2023 on the eve of celebrating International Year of Millets 2023.

Dr. M. Balakrishnan, Principal Scientist & Chairman SCSP, ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad, addressed the trainees and elucidated the main aim of the programme and encouraged the participants to be an entrepreneur by establishing small-scale value-added millets unit.

Shri. B. Lavakumar, Senior Scientist & Head (I/c), KVK, Gaddipally, elucidate the various programmes undertaken by the KVK for the development of Scheduled Castes.  He also elucidates the health benefits of millet and the present market demand for millet products.

The trainees also visited millet processing units as a part of the programme. Trainees displayed their prepared products like ragi biscuits, ragi cake, jowar biscuits, jowar murukulu etc. in the valedictory session.

A total of 25 scheduled caste Women of Suryapet district participated in the training programme.

(Source: ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad)