Jackfruit Mission is on the way

Jackfruit Mission is on the way

On the eve of Akshya Tritiya i.e 3rd May 2022, CM of Odisha Mr Naveen Patnaik had inaugurated the Jackfruit Mission.

A 5 days {12/05/2022---16/05/2022} training programme on Jackfruit Processing was organised by Agragamee at CETAR( center of excellence for tribal agriculture and research) Mallijharan of Kashipur block of Rayagada dist. 30 women from Undivided Koraput, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur and Rayagada district participated. They were trained in 14 types of food items. Though there is a huge production of Jackfruits in these tribal areas, they are sold at distress price to profiteering traders.This training will help in Self Sufficiency of tribal women.The inaugural ceremony was attended by Shri Bhuban Mohan Patnaik,GM ( retd.) NABARD, Shri Ekadasi Nandi,(retd).senior officer of agriculture department, Shri Achyut Das, Director, Agragamee. The trainers were from Social Development Foundation, Talcher.The trainees were encouraged by Smt. Vidya Das, Joint Director, Agragamee and Shri Mahendranath, Advisor,Agragameee. The training programme was managed by (names of staff members of Agragamee). Marketing agency such as Mamata Udyog were also present for entrepreneurship development.

Glimpses of the training programme(Jackfruit mission) 🎈