ENTREPRENEUR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

FOR RIPENING CHAMBER

TRAINING REPORT

EADARA

ANDHRA PRADESH

Eadara is a on the way to mango belt to Vijayawada of Krishna district; surrounding

villages are covered by mango orchards; mango is one of the perennial fruit crop in this

area. The area under mango is 30000 acres with a projected yield of 100000- Mt per

annum.Most of the farmers belong to scheduled tribes .Farmers are exploited by middle

men during the season.

EADARA is having progressive farmers and traders. Traders are interested to carbide

free ripening process. Two ripening units are in Eadara.

The program is well attended by the Officials, Agriculture officers and Horticulture

officers.

Aggregators and traders came forward to establish ripening chambers, women farmers

attended the meeting. The program is conducted in their local language slang with the

help of local resource persons.

The program is held for the outgoing post graduates of applied nutrition subject

students belong to the villages surrounding Eadara where mango is the important

orchard crop.

The Program is exclusively conducted for the women entrepreneurs in view of their

employment opportunities in the establishment of ripening units and integrated cold

chain.

PROGRAM REPORT-EADARA

Duration : 2 day Entrepreneur Awareness program on ripening chambers for fruits Date : 10th& 11th JULY 2017 in EADARA

Sl.no Particulars Remarks

1 Detailed curriculum

enclosed

2 List of speakers with brief profile enclosed 3 List of participants enclosed 4 List of fruit traders proposed for taking up ripening chambers

participated enclosed

a.)Promoters Ripening chambers outside EADARA enclosed b.) Opinion of the prospective promoter’s where Entrepreneur

Awareness is required. Places where Entrepreneur Awareness requested in future as opined by promoters.

enclosed

5 Program benefits enclosed 6 Feedback from Participants enclosed 7 Photos taken during Entrepreneur Awareness program enclosed

EADARA- DETAILED PROGRAM DAY -1: DETAILS | DATE: 10/07/2017

From To Details Topic

8.30 AM 9.00 AM Registration & Break fast Registration

9.00 AM 9.30 AM Inauguration Particulars as under

INAUGURATION - GUESTS ON DIAS

1 Shri.C.S.Rao Ex.Member Board of Director,NHB,New Delhi Chief guest

2

Shri.AbbuMounik Director, Samagra Agri- Business Servicess Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad

Guest Speaker

3 Dr.Hussain Associate,Samagra Guest Speaker

4

Dr.T.Vijaya Lakshmi Principal, ( Siddhartha Mahila Kalasala)

Guest Speaker

5

Dr.K.N.Varalakshmi

HOD(Department of Applied Nutrition), ( Siddhartha Mahila Kalasala)

Guest Speaker

6

Dr.B.Kusuma Neela

Lecturer(Department of Applied Nutrition), ( Siddhartha Mahila Kalasala)

Guest speaker

BRIEF PROFILE OF SPEAKERS

C.S.Rao Ex.Board of Director, National Horticulture Board (NHB) Msc (Horticulture), Retail Management (EPRM) (Birla Institute of Management Technology) More than 25years experience in horticulture project preparation appraisal and Financing in State Bank of India. Undergone Training in consultancy Development Centre, New Delhi for preparation Agribusiness projects by Asian Development Bank.

C.AbbuMounik Director,Samagra Agribusiness Services Pvt.Ltd B.E(ECE) Experienced in Ripening Chambers i.e. planning and execution. Modeled with new generation vision by attending and mapping best possible methodology. He has participated in international conferences. Procedure s of obtaining permissions for submission of Application for subsidy

Dr.Hussain Associate (Trainings) Experienced in teaching to the rural farmers, conducted awareness programs in Samagra.Doctorate in Agriculture.

Dr.T.Vijaya Lakshmi Principal, ( Siddhartha Mahila Kalasala) Dr.K.N.Varalakshmi HOD(Department of Applied Nutrition) ,( Siddhartha Mahila Kalasala)

EADARA– TOPICS-PROGRAM

DAY -1: DETAILS | DATE: 10/07/2017

FROM

TO

SESSION

TOPIC

SPEAKER

10.30 AM 11.15 AM First session Introduction, Natural & Artificial

Ripening

Mr.C.S.Rao,

Member, Board of Directors, (NHB)

11.15 AM Tea

11.30 AM 12.30 PM Second Session Different ripening techniques Potential and Pre market study

Points to be considered before

going for Ripening chambers

Dr.K.N.Varalakshmi HOD

(Department of Applied

Nutrtion) 12.30 PM 1.15 PM Third Session Ripening chamber components

Insulation, Refrigeration system Humidification, Ethylene

maintenance

Dr.Hussain,Dr.R.K.murty

Associate,Samagra.

01.15 PM

02.00 PM

LUNCH BREAK

02.00 PM 2.45 PM Fourth session Permission and Clearances

required from Government,etc

Sri.C.A.Mounik

Director Samagra Agribusiness

02.45 PM 03.30 PM Fifth session Permission and Clearances

required by Bank

Shri.R.K.Murty

Associate,Samagra Agribusiness

3.30PM

4.00 PM

Tea Break

4.00 PM 5.00 PM Sixth Session

Post Harvest Technologies and open session/Importance of

ripening

Dr.Hussain, Dr.K.N.Varalakshmi

Dr.Kusuma Neela C.A.Mounik

EADARA- PROGRAM DAY -2: DETAILS | DATE: 11/07/2017

FROM

TO

SESSION

TOPIC

SPEAKER

09.00 AM

10.00 AM

Breakfast

10.00 AM 01.00 PM Visit to the Ripening Unit

Dr.Hussain,C.A.Mounik,Dr.RK.Murty

01.00 PM

02.00 PM

LUNCH BREAK

02.00 PM

03.15 PM

Third session

Operations & Maintenance of

Ripening Chamber

Pre loading of

fruits: Functions Washing

Cleaning

Arranging

in crates

Ethylene Maintenance:

Ethylene

release

Release of

carbon dioxide

Satyanarayana. Shri.Mounik,Samagra.

03.15 PM

03.30 PM

Tea Break

03.30 PM

04.45 PM

Fourth session

Project details

Project preparation,

Subsidy Norms & Obtaining bank

loan

Shri.AbbuMounik, Director, Samagra

Dr.Hussain,Satyanarayana

04.45 PM

05.15 PM

Open session

Shri. AbbuMounik, &Mr.C.S.Rao, Dr.Kusuma

R.K.Murty,Neela,Dr.Hussain,Satyanaray

05.15 PM

05.45 PM

Validation of

Enterprenuer

Awareness

Shri.Mounik, Samagra Agribusiness

Dr.Hussain

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS s.no Name Caste Mobile no Occupation

1 B.Vani Priya 9346228886 Unemployed

2 C.Durga Bhavani 9292852967 Unemployed

3 Ch.Meghala 9515859132 Unemployed

4 D.Nikhila 9246464915 Unemployed

5 D.Pooja 9030242067 Unemployed

6 E.V.N.S..Bhavani 9848610779 Unemployed

7 K.Sarika 9701536567 Unemployed

8 K.Hema Maruthi 9676888243 Unemployed

9 K.Vasanthi 9959987673 Unemployed

10 Md.Tahaseen

Sultana

8466961971 Unemployed

11 Md.Arshiya 9885227870 Unemployed

12 M.Grace Beulah 9848052919 Unemployed

13 N.Priyanka 7095237053 Unemployed

14 R.Gnana Sahithi 9293168016 Unemployed

15 S.Mahitha 9849022893 Unemployed

16 Sd.Nasheera 9966395831 Unemployed

17 M.Sreeja Reddy 9505194889 Unemployed

18 T.Maheshwari 9908469563 Unemployed

19 V.Sai Deepthi 9866762342 Unemployed

20 A.Sri Poojitha 7702566209 Unemployed

21 B.Manasa 9966460623 Unemployed

22 B.Tejaswini 9010971891 Unemployed

23 B.Jahnavi 9989686229 Unemployed

24 B.Rupa 9700332622 Unemployed

25 Ch. Prasanna 9494240624 Unemployed

26 Ch. Akhila 9032069458 Unemployed

27 D. Manasa 8184910820 Unemployed

28 D. Jayasudha 7046924892 Unemployed

29 D. Revathi 9948938264 Unemployed

30 G. Mounika Bala

Naga Rani

9248860686 Unemployed

31 G. Ramya Sri 9177262331 Unemployed

32 J. Sai Yasaswini 9394067297 Unemployed

33 K. Vasavi 9392971316 Unemployed

34 M. Sushma 9866911290

35 M.Meghana 8978142147

36 M. Ribica Rani 9550511129

37 M. Navya Sree 9440991127

38 M. Lakshmi Lahari 9849705875

39 A.Nandini 9290987642

40 P.V.K.Sravya 9848707558

41 P. Durga

Varalakshmi

8886044642

42 P. Bhavani 9963655954

43 P. Navya Sri 9949088542

Lakshmi Bhavani

44 P.L.N. Ishwarya 9703012399

45 P. Virshitha 9705672306

46 R. Triveni 9912449358

47 Sk. Farhana 9491305013

48 Sk. Reshma 9550903358

49 S. Maneesha 8985845315

50 T. Harika 8762428942

51 U.Madhuri 9515123645

52 V. Renuka 9392116147

53 G. Vinaya Sree 9550575639

54 N. Yamuna 9551238931

55 Y. Pooja 7848687821

56 B. Divya 7780566787

57 G. Athalya Ratnam 7097715334

58 B. Gayathri

59 G.D.S.S.S. Pavani 9642784227

60 I.Sunandha 9618316976

61 K. Kanaka Durga 9063675007

62 R. Rajeswari

63 Md. Marfooz 9666300980

64 M. Samyuktha 8341182710

65 N. Meghana 7075946877

66 P. Sai Prasanna 9848864134

67 S. Swetha 9908818505

68 S. Sravanthi 9441554629

69 Sk. Arshiya Mobin 9603147365

70 V. Jyoshna 8985829496

71 V. Yasaswini 9247451532

72 G. Kavya 9989456901

73 D. Swathi 9154792074

74 Sk. Reshma 9063795249

75 N. Harsha 9293406788

76 A.Naga Yamini 9490162119

77 B. Sowjanya 7842606493

78 B. Prathyusha 9652657218

79 B. Mounika 9491426106

80 Ch. Siva Kalyani 8885199880

81 Ch. Yoga Nandini 7032880017

82 G. Sravani 7396120060

83 G.Pranathi

84 G. Pallavi

85 M. Hari Chandana 9849139773

86 J. Sushma 9948409972

87 J. Sohitha 9963961136

88 K. Naga Harini 9666652059

89 K. Ramya Sri 9846030535

90 K. Teja Sri 9951226766

91 M. Bhavani 9550284799

92 N. Yamini 8500204388

93 N. Bhargavi 9246613020

94 N. Krishna Priya 9440131239

95 P.Sireesha 9676421400

96 P. Krishna Pavani 8142221046

97 T. Dhana Lakshmi 9542983992

98 T. Udaya Bhanu 9885063687

99 T. Vani 7799561913

100 N.Gowri 7330051518

101 U. Uma

Maheswari

9550284799

102 V. Swathi Durga 9515535779

103 K. Monica Shelin 7093309138

104 B. Divya 7702863525

105 R. Shuba 9948188687

106 K. Divya 9701631014

107 K.Chandrika 9014155885

108 P. Jaya Sai Shree 9440190384

109 B. Amulya 9949100799

110 T. Harika 8330947189

111 D. Bhargavi Bai 9908244904

112 K. Teresa

113 S. Divya Kranthi 7032634044

114 V. Sree Harika 9491349495

115 V. Madhuri 9154660097

116 Y. Swetha 9848499502

117 M. Ramya 9908874551

118 L. Sahasa 9291514486

119 M. Aslesha 9502989288

120 B. Keerthi

Prabhatha

7013834633

121 P. Hari Chandana 9247842080

122 T. Mouni Priya

Reddy

8801245300

123 K. Harika 7097800191

124 A.Pavani 9440510274

125 N.V.S.Prathyusha 9848837259

126 M. Himaja

127 Rumana Iffath

128 V. Sirisha

129 V. Manaswini

130 S. Kavya

131 Sk.Ramerzunnisa

132 Shama Khan

133 N. Bhavani

134 Ruchitha Jain

135 A.Redanka

136 Ch. Sindhu Laya

137 D. Niharika

138 G.Sailaja

139 I.Sirisha

140 K.Pooja

141 P.Anusha

142 P.Sanhitha

143 S.Sowmya

144 B.Karuna Kumara

145 G. Prasanna

146 A.Tejaswi

147 D.Sravani

148 Ch.Sravani

149 J.Prasanna

150 D.Hyma Vathi

151 P. Madhuri

152 B.Sathya Vathi

153 Ch. Prathyusha

154 Y. Aruna Reddy

155 G. Likitha

156 V. Bindu Madhavi

157 T. Sri Lasya Devi 9100813134

VISIT TO RIPENING CHAMBERS

Most of the outgoing graduates of applied nutrition subjects hail from the villages of

Eadara mango belt, fathers of the outgoing students are progressive adopt modern

agricultural practices. Farmers are well versed with making mango pulp since more than

four decades. Presently, they are going for construction of ripening units.

When we have enquired about the production of Mango fruit they opined that area

under Mango is plenty and marketing posing lot of difficulty. Progressive farmers

requested for marketing arrangements.

Most of the farmers are organized and well aware about chemical fertilizers, every

farmer is having his own fertilizer formula. Larger extents of the soils are rich in organic

matter and mango orchards are with luxurious.

Sri.Srininvas is having ripening unit in Vijayawada; we have taken available farmers to

the ripening unit.

Program Planning: After receiving the approvals for conducting Entrepreneur Awareness from National

Centre for Cold Chain Development (NCCD), we have contacted the local outgoing

applied nutrition colleges for their participation, Agricultural Research stations, Bank

offices, fruit Traders, Horticulture Department ,the response is overwhelming.

We contacted DPRO of the district requesting wide publicity so that more number of

people will participate. A news item about the program has come in the local

newspapers.

Local response from unemployed youth was more for attending the program. Fruit

traders, Prospective promoters, Government officers well attended Entrepreneur

Awareness Program.

PROGRAM SCOPE IN ACHIEVING THE OBJECT

The object of conducting the awareness program is to give propaganda to natural

ripening of mango with ethylene in ripening chambers, and also to discourage the use

of carbide in ripening process. To develop necessary skills that is suitable in making the

ripening unit a successful venture.

As this is the first program of its kind, unemployed learned skills suitable for running

ripening chambers. Prospective promoters promised to utilize the services of the trained

persons in due course of time.

These Entrepreneur Awareness programs are planned on written demand of farmers

and promoters, who also assured employment opportunity to the unemployed. The

prospective employers ie: Prospective traders allowed practical Entrepreneur

Awareness program in their facility and actively participated with the trainees, and clear

the doubts of trainees during the practical session.

It’s a dawn of new beginning the present generation is beginning to understand the

importance and benefits of the industry. We hope to see an upcoming change in due

course of time.

FEEDBACK FROM PROMOTERS

Experts from the department, Promoters, expressed the necessity for such

program by which sustainable livelihood can be created to the youth. This program

helps in creating awareness about the ill effects of carbide use besides raising the issue

of safe and scientific ripening chambers for fruits.

Youth who undergo this Entrepreneur Awareness program would be able to

handle the ripening chambers in scientific and systematic way. Moreover they

themselves can successfully become potential entrepreneurs by taking up ripening

chambers as agriculture allied activity. Thereby they are able to create employment and

also become job providers rather than job seekers.

This program would help prospective promoters ripening chambers to know the

scientific and systemic approach to handle their existing units. There by able to cut

down the lapses in handling and save the quality of the fruit and gain economical

benefits.

The unskilled workers from the ripening chambers would be the best benefitted

as they able to understand the scientific principle behind every operation they use to

perform earlier. Even a small skill they learnt during the program would help them to

handle the existing unit with more science and precision. This in long run would help

the unit to gain efficiency and quality output for sustainable economical benefits which

would trigger entrepreneurial activity in this direction which has direct bearing on

employment generation.

FEEDBACK FROM ACADEMICS

Principal, and other Head of the Departments suggested the students to become

entrepreneurs and to come forward to take up ripening infrastructure. Majority stated

that ripening chamber technology is first of its kind in this area; they haven’t got such

sort of proposal till today, if any ripening chamber proposal with proper paper work is

submitted to bank will be encouraged and getting sanction of loan from the Bank.

The academy people, requested for conduct of more number of such

Entrepreneur Awareness Programs in view of demand, and requested to take up

ripening chambers as many as possible in the coming mango season. They also said

that some of their outgoing students are intending to go for Ripening Chamber

construction.

FEEDBACK FROM PARTICIPANTS

The participants are very happy for the skill development and the initiative taken

by the NCCD to educate and train those regarding ripening, Government help to public

regarding ripening chambers which is not known to most of the public.

They suggested that more such Enterprenuer Awareness programs should be

conducted in tribal areas which will enable people to know about natural ripening and

help them to do natural ripening using ripening chambers with the government help.

The participants expressed that government should implement the ban on

carbide usage in ripening of fruits.

They opined that government organizations Self Help groups (SHG’s), Consumer

protection Associations should be involved in conducting campaigns in educating the

general public about harmful effects of carbide and advantages of ethylene ripening.

Many activists

attended the program and expressed that a protest against carbide ripening should

made at EADARA for which they need support from the government.

An approach must also be initiated for awareness, by printing of pamphlets and

posters in market areas for bringing awareness. The Entrepreneur Awareness program

is practical hands on experience and very helpful in understanding the operations of

ripening chamber and how the Government is active to support the cause.

FEEDBACK FROM SPEAKERS

The speakers opined that the general public should be educated that ethylene

ripening is similar to natural ripening and hence the point may be highlighted.

To encourage purchasing ethylene treated fruits incentive for ethylene treated

fruit may be sanctioned by government NHB/NHM to the penultimate consumer.

The speakers are very happy for the different category of public present which is

covering all segments of people such as.

Unemployed youth.

Traders.

Farmers.

Entrepreneurs.

Agripreneurs.

PHOTOS TAKEN DURING PROGRAMME EADARA

Entrepreneur Awareness sessions in progress-EADARA

Visit to the Ripening chamber Participants

Outgoing applied nutrition Post graduates in the Ripening Unit

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