Training program on “Protein-Enriched: Cereal and Millet-Based Value-Added Products”

20th October 2023,

ICAR–Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana organised a three-day training program on “Protein-Enriched: Cereal and Millet Based Value-Added Products” from 18th to 20th October 2023 under the Scheduled Caste Sub Plan scheme of the Government of India.

The programme was aimed to strengthen Scheduled Caste poor families and nurture them to initiate activities in the field of cereals, and millet processing with special emphasis on value-added food products.

Dr. R K Vishwakarma, Incharge Director, ICAR-CIPHET, accentuated that the processing facilities of ICAR-CIPHET can be utilized by interested participants to initiate entrepreneurial activities; and attain experience for entering into the processing field.

Dr. Manju Bala, Head, FG&OP Division motivated the participants to form FPO/groups and start processing in the area of millet processing and value addition. A training manual on the subject was also released and distributed to the participants for knowledge sharing.

The skill development program provided hands-on training on the processing of food grains such as milling of millets, and cereals, pasta making, bakery products from millets (biscuits and muffins from finger millet), and extruded and popped products from coarse cereals like pearl millet and sorghum.

A total of fifty Scheduled caste women participants from various districts of Punjab participated in the program.

(Source: ICAR–Central Institute of Post–Harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana)