22 February 2024, Ludhiana
ICAR–Central Institute of Post–Harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana organised a 3-day Entrepreneurship Development Program on ‘Valorization of by-products of food processing: Waste to wealth approach’ from 20th-22nd February 2024 under the CRP on SA project ‘Extraction of bioactive compounds and value addition to by-products of farms and agro-processing industries’.
Dr. RK Vishwakarma, Director (I/c), ICAR-CIPHET, highlighted the processing facilities of the institute and urged the participants to utilize their learnings to initiate and boost their entrepreneurial activities and attain more skills for expanding their processing field.
Four women participants from different self-help groups in Ludhiana were given technical knowledge and hands-on experience for processing fruits such as amla and kinnow and rose petals to prepare processed products such as kinnow juice, amla candy & juice, rose water as well as converting the by-products into value-added products like pectin, bioactive extracts, essential oils, etc. through secondary processing.
(Source: ICAR–Central Institute of Post–Harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana)
Like on Facebook
Subscribe on Youtube
Follow on X X
Like on instagram