North Garo Hills Farmers Learn About Value Addition Techniques For Fruits And Spices

Resubelpara, Aug 24: With the intention to impart data on worth addition of horti-agri merchandise, the District Horticulture Workplace, Resubelpara, North Garo Hills held a seminar on worth addition of fruits and spices for the entrepreneurs and farmers of the district at IBDC, Sambrak, North Garo Hills (NGH) on Friday.

Addressing the gathering because the chief visitor in the course of the programme, Dr Bontina G Momin, BDO Kharkutta C&RD, famous that the area has a great deal of contemporary regionally accessible agri- horti produces and worth addition of such produces would speed up progress and create earnings sustainability because the demand of worth added merchandise are excessive.

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Most fruits and spices of their authentic nature have a brief shelf life however worth added merchandise have prolonged shelf life thereby enabling their availability even throughout off season.

Dr Bontina Momin urged the gathering to assist and encourage each other in selling the enterprise of worth addition of fruits and spices.

Emphasising on worth addition, ADH, DHO Salma Momin stated promoting of contemporary produce straight from the farm doesn’t at all times helps a farmer fetch an excellent worth however worth addition of fruits and spices not solely enhances their high quality however present market worth and higher pricing.

The programme which was held underneath Mission for Built-in Improvement of Horticulture (MIDH), a centrally sponsored scheme focuses on empowering farmers and entrepreneurs for doubling of earnings by horticultural merchandise by incorporating worth addition, knowledgeable Salma Momin.

Farmers and entrepreneurs in the course of the day lengthy seminar had been imparted expertise on worth addition of spices akin to ginger, turmeric, black pepper, cardamom and fruits like jackfruit, banana and so on; reworking these gadgets into pickle, sweet, jelly-jam, juices and powder.