Skill Development Programme for Women Farmers on “Value Addition of Rainfed Crops for Enhancing Nutritional Security” Organised under TSP

26-30 October 2026, Hyderabad

ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad organized 5-Days Skill development Programme for Women Farmers on “Value Addition of Rainfed Crops for Enhancing Nutritional Security” during 26-30 October, 2026 at ICAR-CRIDA, Santoshnagar, Hyderabad under Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP).

During the inaugural session of the training programme, Dr V.K. Singh, Director, ICAR-CRIDA stressed on the benefits of value addition with daily examples. He has highlighted the significance of livestock, horticulture and value addition in rainfed agriculture.

The training covered various aspects including the importance of value addition for food and nutritional security, Government schemes for women empowerment, farm mechanization to reduce drudgery for farm women, kitchen gardening, value addition of rainfed crops, El-Nino and strategies for coping its effects, integrated farming system, soil health management for sustainable crop production, livestock management practices and entrepreneurship opportunities, weather based agro- advisory services, cropping system interventions, IPM in rainfed crops, farmer organizations, rainwater management and biofertilizers application for crop production and soil fertility.

The training programme also included exposure visits to CRIDA Research Farm, Millet Processing and Incubation Centre (MPIC), Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTAU) and ICAR-Indian Institute of Millet Research (IIMR), Rajendranagar.

Dr V.K. Singh, Director, ICAR-CRIDA graced the valedictory session of training programme on 30 October, 2026 as the Chief Guest. He stressed the significance of group formation and value addition in agriculture.

During the session, Dr Singh distributed the certificates to the participants. Twenty women farmers from four villages of Indravelly Mandal, Adilabad District of Telangana State attended the training programme.

(Source: ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad)