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Council of Scientific & Industrial Research - Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI), Mysuru, has developed a mobile processing portion (MPU) for the Northeast portion for processing of fruits and vegetables. It was designed and developed for Northeast Centre for Technology Application & Reach (NECTAR), Shillong, an autonomous institute nether Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
Governor C.H. Vijayashankar inaugurated the portion connected Friday (March 13) successful Shillong successful the beingness of Arun Kumar Sarma, manager general, NECTAR, and Giridhar Parvatam, director, CSIR-CFTRI.
“The main nonsubjective of this MPU is to power oregon trim wastage of immense quantities of fruits and vegetables successful the Northeast and contiguous aggregate possibilities for processing of fruits and vegetables connected wheels astatine the doorway steps of mean and tiny holding farmers,” a property merchandise from CFTRI said.
Besides, MPU besides serves arsenic a viable and profitable concern accidental that tin substantially enactment farmers and producers. Skill improvement and promotion programs volition beryllium organised connected the processing of locally grown fruits and vegetables, and value-added products similar pulps, juices, beverages, canned products, dehydrated products, pickles, jams, and truthful connected tin beryllium produced. Funding and coordination of the task for businesslike implementation was done by NECTAR.
Umesh Hebbar, main idiosyncratic and head, Food Engineering Department, Aashitosh A. Inamdar, main idiosyncratic and head, Technology Transfer and Business Development Department, and Punil Kumar H.N., elder method officer, Food Engineering Department of CSIR-CFTRI, were present.
