ANANTNAG: NABARD has launched a 30-day Skill Development Programme (SDP) for 30 females from the Kokernag sub-division of District Anantnag.
The programme was inaugurated by Deputy General Manager NABARD, Surinder Singh in the presence of District Development Manager NABARD Rouf Zargar.
The training will focus on processing the fallen apples and vegetables towards value addition such as juice, jelly, jam and pickle making.
Inaugurating the programme, DGM NABARD said that there is tremendous scope for apple and vegetable processing in Kashmir keeping in view the availability of raw materials and rural females need to be provided training in this sector thus enabling them to set up small units based at their homes or through SHG mode.
The programme is supported by NABARD and implemented through the NGO Human Welfare Foundation by engaging master trainers and involving food processing experts from the Horticulture and Agriculture Department.
The training will equip these females with the necessary skills required for creating food processing units at the village level and their produce can easily be marketed through the FPOs promoted by NABARD in the area, informed District Development Manager NABARD Rouf Zargar.
He informed that the training shall comprise theory and practical part, and the same shall be held at the Processing Farm of Horticulture Department Achabal.
Sub Divisional Officers from the Agriculture and Horticulture Department, and Project Coordinators of the Human Welfare Foundation NGO were also present on the occasion.
