Farmers Awareness cum Training Programme on "Value Addition of Agri-Horti Products"

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Date: Mar 8, 2024

Awareness cum Training Programme on “Value Addition of Agri-Horti Products” for farmers was organised on 6^th March, 2024 at Darechikgre village, West Garo Hills, Meghalaya by the Department of Agribusiness Management and Food Technology, NEHU, Tura Campus. More than 70 farmers participated in the event. They were provided hands on training by students of the department on various aspects of value addition such as processing techniques, packaging and marketing strategies. Training on preparation of orange marmalade, strawberry jam and awareness on promotion of agri- tourism was also conducted. The inaugural session was session was chaired by Prof. P. S. Shukla, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, NEHU whose inspiring ideas motivated the participants. He also highlighted the potentials of agriculture through agri-tourism, formation of FPOs and processing to increase the shelf life as well as marketing aspects of the locally available crops. Prof. Sujata Gurudev, Campus Director, NEHU, Tura Campus highlighted on livelihood promotion through agricultural and allied sectors. Prof. Deepak Bhagat, HoD, ABMFT highlighted value addition prospects and the importance of market linkages as well as linkages between academic/research stations and farmers. The welcome address was given by coordinator of the programme Dr. Gino A Sangma, Assistant Professor, Department of ABMFT, NEHU, Tura. Vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Sheena Haorongbam, Assistant Professor, Department of ABMFT, NEHU, Tura. Towards the end of training session the farmers expressed their happiness on the need base training imparted the students of Department of Agribusiness Management and Food Technology, NEHU, Tura. This was the first programme the Agriculture Extension Series. Many more need based programmes are scheduled in coming months.