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Sweet murphy kulfi; gummies; and chips are acceptable to tickle the sensation buds of consumers successful the State and beyond.
In a milestone for cultivation innovation and women-led entrepreneurship, the Kudumbashree ngo has launched six value-added products made from saccharine murphy cultivated by tribal women farmers successful Attappady. These value-added products, person been developed utilizing astir 12 technologies transferred from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI) arsenic portion of the ‘Punarjeevana Madhuram’ task and are being launched internationally.
Three types of saccharine murphy flour; wellness mix; and crockery are the different 3 products being manufactured arsenic portion of the project. The value-added products were developed from fortified orange- and purple-fleshed saccharine murphy varieties. These volition scope the marketplace done the Kudumbashree’s premium agri nutrient marque – K-INAM.
‘Punarjeevana’ was launched successful 2024 by the Kudumbashree and the ICAR-CTCRI to make sustainable workplace livelihood opportunities, amended nutrition, and make saccharine murphy worth chains among tribal communities successful Attappady and women entrepreneurs.
At present, antithetic varieties of saccharine murphy are cultivated connected implicit 100 acres of onshore astatine Attappady. Around 80 women farmers are assured of livelihoods done this scheme. Planting worldly of hybrid varieties of saccharine murphy that springiness a bully output and different inputs needed for farming are straight distributed to the farmers. Modern field-level grooming and accomplishment improvement were besides ensured.
Instead of selling the nutrient arsenic rootlike successful section markets, value-addition is done utilizing exertion done the Kudumbashree-Technology Advancement Programme (K-TAP).
Minister for Local Self-government K.M. Shaji inaugurated the Punarjeevana Madhuram connected Friday. “Kudumbashree products are capable to vie successful planetary markets. It is notable that these are produced by mean women,” the Minister said.
The adjacent signifier of Kudumbashree, which had started with the purpose of poorness alleviation, was a modulation towards prosperity. Punarjeevana Madhuram would assistance execute that aim, helium said.
Kudumbashree enforcement manager V. Vigneshwari presented the Minister with K-INAM branded products. ICAR-CTCRI manager G. Byju; Land Revenue Commissioner H. Dineshan who was the main guest; ICAR-CTCRI main idiosyncratic M.S. Sajeev; and S. Shanavas, State Programme Officer, Kudumbashree’s Farm Livelihood vertical, were present.
The Minister visited the CTCRI’s incubation centre astatine Sreekaryam connected the occasion.
