Opens Papad-making unit; Provides Papad-making and Dough-mixing machines, water filtration units
Mysuru :
CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru, has selected Puttegowdanahalli, an agrarian village about 25 kms from Mysuru, for empowerment under the Rural Development programme.
Initially, doctoral students interacted with local people and devised a strategy for intervention with the participation of Self-Help Group (SHG), Farmers group and Teachers of Govt. Higher Primary School and Anganwadi of the village.
Awareness on new super-food crops such as Quinoa and Chia was held initially and useful agrarian practices were shared by students and scientists with farmers for growing these crops successfully.
Practically, there was no organised post-harvest processing in the village. A few housewives were making papads at their home and selling it locally. This gave CFTRI an opportunity and the institute established a papad manufacturing unit.
Training was arranged to two of the SHG members in the institute. A leg-operated papad- making machine (CFTRI design) and dough-mixing machine were bought from machinery suppliers.
The team conducted a survey of village and suitable place was identified for establishing the unit.
A brief function was arranged on Mar. 22, at Puttegowdanahundi, in which the machines were handed over to the SHGs by Prof. Ram Rajasekharan, Director of CSIR-CFTRI.
The entire village consisting of farmers, Members of SHG, Teachers, Caretaker of Anganwadi, students, and village representatives were present.
Also, water filtration units, developed by CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, were handed over to representatives. The school was provided with laptops and an adulteration test kit to create awareness on food safety.
An Adulteration Test Kit was given to School for creating awareness in children on food safety. Later, CFTRI team gave a demonstration on how to use the kit to the students and teachers of the school.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / April 07th, 2016