24 August 2023, Karnal
The ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research Institute, Karnal organized one day Online “Training and Capacity Development for Wheat and Barley Based FPOs” on 24 August 2023 in collaboration with NPMA (National Project Management Agency ) under Central sector scheme for formation and promotion of Farmers Producer Organization (FPOs).
Dr Gyanendra Singh, Director, ICAR-IIWBR mentioned that the institute has signed MoU with FPOs to promote 10 wheat varieties. The program will give an opportunity to the participating FPOs to horizontally spread the wheat and barley technologies.
Dr Sewa Ram, PI Quality mentioned that instead of white flour, we need to make products from whole wheat flour or blended flours. The institute demonstrated that quality and yield are not inversely related. The institute has cutting edge technologies to test grain quality with small samples.
Dr Omvir Singh, PI, Barley mentioned that barley is a health food and needs promotion through FPOs. Huskless barley varieties can play an important role in improving health and excellent product development.
Dr Randhir Singh, PI, Social Science mentioned that it is time to process raw material and make products to move forward.
The participants desired that Hands-on training is needed to establish a processing unit. They had keen interest in procuring quality seed to develop products from wheat and barley. They wanted product specific training in the institute. Establishing a seed village in FPO villages will solve issues related to raw material.
About 215 FPOs joined the program online from all the major wheat growing states.
(Source: The ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research Institute, Karnal)
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