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'Farmers must develop business sense to prosper'

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published Published on Oct 11, 2010   modified Modified on Oct 11, 2010

The farmers need to come out of their traditional mindset and develop business acumen to reap the benefits of food processing that has a lot to offer to the country, says joint secretary, ministry of food processing industries, Government of India, Ajit Kumar.

Kumar was in the city to inaugurate one-day orientation training programme on food processing for farmers at then Banaras Hindu University on Sunday.

Saying that commercial orientation and awareness about food processing in farmers could change the face of the Indian agriculture, the senior bureaucrat also emphasised it could also stop damage to nearly 26 to 35 per cent of all food products worth Rs 50,000 crore that get lost every year in the country. "The farmers must understand what and for whom they are producing if they want to get the benefits of their hard work and production. For this, they do not need any special education but a little value addition in their product with proper storage, grading and cleaning. It can make all the difference," he informed.

Rector, BHU, BD Singh while presiding over the inaugural session stressed on the need to link farmers with food processing by organising training programmes for creating awareness. "The farmers were the pillars of Green Revolution. Now, the time has come to prepare them for upcoming demands in the form of packaged and frozen food that are rising in the country," he said.

It may be mentioned here that the Centre of Food Science and Technology (CFST), Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS), BHU, in association with the Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology (IICPT), Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu), had jointly organised the orientation training programme. The two centres have also organised one-day workshop on career prospects in food processing at the university on Monday (October 11).

Earlier, director, IAS, BHU, SR Singh said the farmers should come forward to learn the art of converting their product to a value-added product through food processing. "They must learn to develop it as a product that has market value rather that producing things for mere consumption. Similarly, there is a strong need to build a proper system that supports the conservation, production and consumption of these products. Also, capacity building measures such as strengthening of transportation, storage and marketing of products should be also stressed to reap the benefits," he said.

Director, IICPT, K Alagusundaram highlighted the importance of food processing that could turn farmers into entrepreneurs. A number of senior faculty members, including coordinator, CFST, BHU, Alok Jha and a progressive farmer from the region, Sant Ram Pandey, apart from a number of other farmers and students were also present.


The Times of India, 10 October, 2010, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Farmers-must-develop-business-sense-to-prosper/articleshow/6725468.cms


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