EVALUATION REPORT-NELLORE WOMEN GROUPS (SHG’S)

Duration : 2 day training program on ripening chambers for fruits Date : 5th&6thDECEMBER 2014 in Nellore

Sl.no Particulars Remarks

1 Detailed curriculum enclosed 2 List of faculty with brief profile enclosed 3 List of trainees enclosed 4 List of representatives of ripening chambers participated enclosed a.)Ripening chambers in Nellore enclosed b.)Ripening chambers outside Nellore enclosed c.) opinion of the representatives of ripening chambers where training is

required. Places where training requested in future as opined by representatives of the ripening chambers.

enclosed

5 Employment generated enclosed 6 Feedback from agricultural university enclosed 7 Feedback from trainees enclosed 8 Feedback from faculty enclosed 9 Photos taken during training program enclosed a.)First day of training program inauguration and classroom photos enclosed b.)Hands on training & Field visit to ripening chamber enclosed

NELLORE(SHGS)-DETAILED CURRICULUM DAY -1: DETAILS | DATE: 05/12/2014

From To Details Topic

8.30 AM 9.00 AM Registration & Break fast Registration

9.00 AM 9.30 AM Inauguration Particulars as under

INAUGURATION - GUESTS ON DIAS 1 Sri

ChakradharBabu.IAS

Commissioner Municipal Corporation IAS Chief guest

2 Smt.Sudha Director, Samagra Guest Speaker

3 Sri Yesuratnam Project Director Guest Speaker

4 Sri.CS.Rao Member BOD NHB Guest Speaker

5 Sri V.Ankayya District Mission Coordinator Guest Speaker

NELLORE - DETAILED CURRICULUM

DAY -1: DETAILS | DATE: 05/12/2014

FROM

TO

SESSION

TOPIC

SPEAKER

11.00 AM 11.45 AM First session Introduction, Natural & Artificial

Ripening

CS Rao,Member,BOD

NHB

11.45 AM Tea

11.45 AM 12.30 PM Second Session Different ripening techniques

Potential and Pre market study Points to be considered before

going for Ripening chambers

Dr.Hussian

Professor, College of Agriculture,

Hyderabad

12.30 PM 1.15 PM Third Session Ripening chamber components Insulation, Refrigeration system

Humidification, Ethylene

maintenance

Shri.PrasadSri.Mounik

01.15 PM

2.00 PM

LUNCH BREAK

02.00 PM 2.45 PM Fourth session Permission and Clearances

required by Government,etc

Shri.KrishnaMurty

Chief Manager

02.45 PM 3.30 PM Fifth session Permission and Clearances

required by Bank

Mr.C.A.Mounik

Director,Samagra Agribusiness

3.30PM 4.00 PM Tea Break

4.00 PM 5.00 PM Sixth Session

Post-Harvest Technologies and open session

Sri.KrishnaMurty Dr.Hussain

Mr.C.A.Mounik NeeniKoushik

NELLORE- DETAILED CURRICULUM DAY -2: DETAILS | DATE: 06/12/2014

FROM

TO

SESSION

TOPIC

SPEAKER

09.00 AM

10.00 AM

Breakfast

10.00 AM 01.00 PM Visit to ripening

chamber

Nellore Ripening

Chamber

Shri.Prasad

01.00 PM

02.00 PM

LUNCH BREAK

02.00 PM

03.15 PM

Third session

Operations &

Maintenance of Ripening Chamber

Pre loading of fruits: Functions

Washing

Cleaning

Arranging

in crates Ethylene

Maintenance: Ethylene

release

Release of

carbon

dioxide

Shri.Prasad and Mounik

03.15 PM

03.30 PM

Tea Break

03.30 PM

04.45 PM

Fourth session

Project details

Project

preparation, Subsidy Norms &

Obtaining bank loan

Shri.KrishnaMurty

Dr.APRao,Dr.Hussain,

04.45 PM

05.15 PM

Open session

Shri. AbbuMounik,Shri.Prasad

Dr.A.P.Rao,Dr.Hussain,

05.15 PM

05.45 PM

Validation NeeniKoushik Samagra

LIST OF TRAINEES PARTICIPATED

SL # Name of Participant Mobile No. Occupation

1 P.Sriharshitha 9701385683 SHG

2 V.Ankur 9701385676 SHG

3 P.Rajani 9701385685 SHG

4 D.Geetha 8977289747 CLRP

5 Sk.Akbar 9985881867 SHG

6 Sk.Zarina 9701385701 SHG

7 A.Sailamma 9652248646 SHG MEMBER

8 K.Devika 9985504237 SHG

9 Ch.Keerthana 7702370707 SHG

10 P.Anusuyamma 9491538754 SHG

11 A.Suhasini 8121968264 SHG

12 Ch.Devi 9948689607 SHG

13 A.Sasikala 9948689607 SGH

14 Sd.Shuch Ahmed 9701385697 SHG

15 A,Mehandar 9701385691 SHG

16 A.Kavitha 7342753563 SHG

17 J.Bhavani 958109183 SHG

18 N.Krishnamma 7848753563 SHG

19 P.suneetha 9494290892 SHG

20 K.seerisha 9000827109 Self Help Group

21 G.Rajeswari 9704346173 SHG

22 SK.Bbeejoham SHG

23 SK.Sajeeda 9490777141 SHG

24 M.SuryaKumari 9666141006 SHG

25 V.Padma 7553259368 SHG

26 SD.Syed SHG

27 SK.Asiya 8885506876 SHG

28 B.Kanthaiah 9701385692 SHG

29 T.Bharathi 9701385698 SHG

30 K.Pushpa 9000673727 SHG

31 A.sugunamma 9394826673 SHG

32 SK>Shamsha 7842556627 SHG

33 K.Padma 7799591766 SHG

34 A.Anasuyamma 9849378865 SHG

35 S.Kondamma 9640361259 SHG

36 SK.Jasmine 9490249208 SHG

37 V.V.Veenala 9989806682 MEPMA

38 R.Madhuri 8008641838 SHG

39 N.Narmata 9885576572 SHG

40 Ch.Sandhya 8008304288 SHG

41 K.Chandana 9441443626 SHG

42 K.Vinitha 9440485834 SHG

43. M.Soniya 9701296541 SHG

44. K.Kanchana 9440866328 SHG

45. D.Sripriya 9440403020 SHG

46. A.Akhila 9393545454 SHG

47. K.Satish Kumar 9154001206 SHG

48. P.Rajesh 8978252097 SHG

LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES OF RIPENING CHAMBERS PARTICIPATED Sl.No Name of the ripening Chamber and

Address Name of the

Representative Opinion on proposed

place of training

1 M/s. NelloreRipening Chamber Shri.Prasad He promised further

visits to Groups

PREPARATION FOR THE SESSIONS:

Exclusively for women groups (SHGs) Self Help Groups (SHGs) are organized resource of manpower in the semi urban and urban

areas, they are organizing group meetings ,maintaining accounts, conducting recovery camps

for Banks, and petty vendors. Banks are financing these groups by giving Rs.50000/- per

women with an intention for developing a business activity as there is no employment to these

people. They are doing petty businesses like Cycle shops, tailoring shops and provision shops.

These businesses are not viable at their level because

The women groups are not well versed with Business Tactics like Middle Men

The trades selected by these women groups are already existing hence they are not

economically viable

Their products cannot compete with branded goods

We thought these groups are the best resource for Ripening chambers operations and

maintenance if properly trained. We chalk out a program to allot 40 % of trainings to Women.

After receiving the approvals for conducting trainings from National Centre for Cold Chain

Development (NCCD), we have contacted women groups and arranged for trainings as per

schedule

While the trainings were sanctioned by NCCD for 35 trainees per batch, the local response from

youth was more. At the registration time approximately 70 candidates showed up to participate.

All the candidates preregistered and last minute showings are also allowed to participate in the

training.

AGENDA: EMPLOYMENT GENERATION

As this is the first program of its kind for women groups, unemployed learned skills suitable for

running ripening chambers. Owners of the Ripening Chambers promised to give employment to

the trained women in due course of time.

These trainings are planned on written demand of owners of Ripening Chambers infrastructure,

who also assured employment opportunity to the trainees. The prospective employers ie:

ripening chamber owners allowed practical trainings in their facility and actively participated

with the trainees, and clear the doubts of trainees during the practical session.

Majority of the women expressed interest to start Ripening Chambers with Bank loans and

requested Samagra for further help in construction of ripening chambers and bank loan

procedure, marketinghelp. We assured our services for the benefit of these groups, wealso

promised to these groups to give Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) and supervising the project

without charging fees, we feel that it is our “Corporate Social Responsibility” to help these

groups.

It’s a dawn of new beginning the present generation is beginning to understand the importance

and benefits of the industry. We hope to see an upcoming change in due course of time.

Actual employment generated will be monitored and reported to the NCCD

FEEDBACK FROM AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

Dean College of Agriculture, Andhra expressed the necessity for such programby which

sustainable livelihood can be created to the youth. This program helps in creating awareness

about the ill effects of carbide use besides raising the issue of safe and scientific ripening

chambers for fruits.

Women groups undergo this training program would be able to handle the ripening

chambers in scientific and systematic way. Moreover they themselves can successfully become

potential entrepreneurs by talking up ripening chambers as agriculture allied activity. Thereby

they are able to create employment and also become job providers rather than job seekers.

This program would help representatives of the ripening chambers to know the scientific

and systemic approach to handle their existing units. Thereby able to cut down the lapses in

handling and save the quality of the fruit and gain economic benefits.

The unskilled workers from the ripening chambers would be the best benefitted as they

able to understand the scientific principle behind every operation they use to perform earlier.

Even a small skill they learnt during the program would help them to handle the existing unit

with more science and precision. This in long run would help the unit to gain efficiency and

quality output for sustainable economic benefits which would trigger entrepreneurial activity in

this direction which has direct bearing on employment generation.

COMMIISSSIONER AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS

Shri.Chakradahar Babu IAS,Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Nellore, was pleased

to preside over the function. He delivered a message to the participants stating that every

woman must be entrepreneur by identifying the income generating activities relating

Horticulture.He said floriculture ,Nurseries ,ripening Chambers ,cold chain several activities are

coming under the purview of horticulture. He requested the organizers to promote more

ripening chambers in view of the mango season fast approaching

Sri .Yesu Ratnam Project Director, Promised every help to establish these groups some

ripening chambers during the current financial year, for which he will help in getting the funds.

He requested the participants to utilize this facility for other horticulture produce also.

Sri.Ankayya, DMC, activated the women groups to for ripening chambers and she promised help

in all possible way to make the projects successful.

FEEDBACK FROM TRAINEES

The participants expressed overwhelming joy after seeing ripening chambers and

expressed to establish ripening chambers at the earliest if some more sections of trainings

conducted to them, regarding quality of fruit buying and administration, tracking markets etc..

Majority of the groups expressed that they will be taken to the banana gardens for

having tie up with banana growers before establishing ripening Chambers.

More literature in Telugu, and requested a week continuous program to these groups is

helpful in making them thorough with operations and marketing of fruits.

The training program is practical hands on experience and very helpful in understanding

the operations of ripening chamber and how the Government is actively available to support the

cause.

FEEDBACK FROM FACULTY

The faculty opined that the general public should be educated that ethylene ripening is

similar to natural ripening and hence the point may be highlighted.

To encourage purchasing ethylene treated fruits incentive for ethylene treated fruit may

be sanctioned by government NHB/NHM to the penultimate consumer.

LIST OF FACULTY WITH BRIEF PROFILE

Shri.V.Krishna Murty

Chief Manager,State Bank of India Having Experience of more than 20 yrs,working for the development of post -harvest technology and other horticulture activities.

Dr. A. P. Rao Project Associate- Samagra Agribusiness Services Pvt. Ltd

Specialist officer in State Bank of India looking after the banks appraisals of Horticulture, Dairy and Poultry. Joined State Bank of India as Rural development Officer (RDO) in 1979, retired as AGM technical in 2012.

C. AbbuMounik Director, Samagra Agribusiness Services Pvt. Ltd B.E(ECE) Experienced in Ripening Chambers i.e. planning and execution. Has participated in international conferences. Procedure s of obtaining permissions for submission of Application for subsidy

Dr.AhmadHussain Project Associate, Samagra Agribusiness Services Pvt. Ltd. Doctorate in agriculture 23 summers of experience spread over in Farm extension, resource mgt for crop production & master trainer in farm production PHT & good agricultural practices for global certification of farm produce winner of meritorious extension personnel award, nominated for young Muslim scientific award, Scientific advisor for Jananvignanavediks& city library.

PHOTOS TAKEN DURING TRAINING PROGRAMME Program-inauguration –Lighting lamp by Sri.Chakradhar babu-IAS Commissioner, Municipal Corporation ,Nellore

Sri.Chakradhar Babu, IAS, Commissioner, Nellore Municipal Corporation

Guests on Dais-Sri.Chakradhar babu, IAS, Commissioner Sri.Yesu ratnam, Project Director Sri.C.S.Rao, Member, BOD, NHB.

Smt.C.Sudha, Director, Samagra

Training Participants

Session ByShri.Hussain In the Ripening Chamber

Shri.Mounik,Director,Samagra

In the Ripening Chamber

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