A three-day training programme on ‘Food Processing and Value Addition of Different Horticultural Crops’ for Farmers Producer Company (FPC)- board of directors, chief executive officers and farmers concluded at ICAR-KVK Churachandpur on Friday.
The training programme launched on Wednesday was organised by Clover Organic Private Limited in collaboration with ICAR- KVK Churachandpur with the sponsorship of Manipur Organic Mission Agency (MOMA) under the Central Scheme Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region.
During the training program, KVK scientist S Roma Devi led the team in giving practical trainings on the preparation of ready to serve items such as squash, pickle, jam, candy, cheese and paste from horticultural crops like pineapple, passion fruit, amla, king chilli, guava and ginger.
Project manager Pritam Singh of Clover Organic Pvt. Ltd also gave a presentation on the prospects of organic farming and processed food products.
As many as 37 officials of six different FPCs (Khuga Valley Organic FPC, Manmasi Organic FPC, Zawlbuk Organic FPC, Green Hills Organic FPC, Gilgal Organic FPC and Than Than FPC) participated in the training programme.
They also expressed their gratitude to the organisers for the well-intended training programme and satisfaction for getting insightful learning experience. They further expressed their keen interest to prepare and produce their own processed product to generate income for their FPCs.
