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The workshop was inaugurated by Mandya Zilla Panchayat (ZP) CEO Okay.R. Nandini, who underlined the significance of infusing worth addition to agricultural merchandise by means of which rural girls can obtain financial progress.
The workshop was organised to mark International Rural Women’s Day in affiliation with the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Karnataka State Agricultural Produce Processing and Export Corporation, and the district administration.
Ms. Nandni operated a machine to extract groundnut oil to mark the inauguration and spoke on the advantages of worth addition to agricultural merchandise as a substitute of promoting them immediately out there. Farm produce ought to endure processing, packaging, and branding, she stated, and identified that this results in an increase in revenue of the farmers and the agricultural girls.
The ZP CEO stated that rural girls have been the spine of agriculture and the farm sector however empowerment can not come by means of bodily labour alone and requires adaptation to new applied sciences.
She said that agriculture may be was an enterprise that’s worthwhile and recommended that sooner or later, authorities ought to procure value-added meals merchandise immediately from girls SHGs in order to stimulate demand for the merchandise.
Ashok, Joint Director of Agriculture, Mandya, stated that the district generated round ₹2,000 crore by the use of turnover by means of agriculture, and added that this might enhance to ₹6,000 crore in case there was worth addition to the produce.
Roopashree, Deputy Director of Horticulture, spoke on apiary or beekeeping other than the demand for different merchandise for which the division would lengthen help. There have been inputs on animal husbandry and fisheries, and officers spoke on varied authorities schemes that help SHGs and farmers on this enterprise.
Published – October 16, 2025 12:25 am IST
