EVALUATION REPORT-VIJAYAWADA WOMEN GROUPS (SHG’S)

Duration : 2 day training program on ripening chambers for fruits

Date : 26th&27th November 2014 in VIJAYAWADA

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 VIJAYAWADA

enclosed

c.) opinion of the representatives of ripening chambers where training is required. Place where training requested in future as opined by representatives of the ripening chambers.

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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 programme enclosed a.)First day of training program inauguration and classroom photos enclosed b.)Hands on training & Field visit to ripening chamber enclosed

VIJAYAWADA(SHGS)-DETAILED CURRICULUM

DAY -1: DETAILS | DATE: 26/11/2014

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.C.S.Rao MEMBER BOD NHB Chief guest

2 Smt.Sudha Director, Samagra Guest Speaker

3 SMT.Sujatha AD SHM VIJAYAWADA Guest Speaker

4 Sri.Hussain Principle scientist AGU Guest Speaker

5 Shri.Krishnamurthy Guest speaker

6 Sri.Pundarikakshudu Horticulturist Guest speaker

7 Sri.Srinivas Mahalakshmi Ripening Chamber Guest speaker

VIJAYAWADA - DETAILED CURRICULUM

DAY -1: DETAILS | DATE: 26/11/2014

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TO

SESSION

TOPIC

SPEAKER

11.00 AM 11.45 AM First session Introduction, Natural & Artificial

Ripening

Sri.CSRao

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.Srininvas MLRipening Chamber.

01.15 PM

2.00 PM

LUNCH BREAK

02.00 PM 2.45 PM Fourth session Permission and Clearances

required by Government,etc

Smt.Sujatha

ADH,State Horticulture Mission

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

Smt.Sujatha

Shri.Srinivas

VIJAYAWADA - DETAILED CURRICULUM

DAY -2: DETAILS | DATE: 27/11/2014

FROM

TO

SESSION

TOPIC

SPEAKER

09.00 AM

10.00 AM

Breakfast

10.00 AM 01.00 PM Visit to ripening chamber

Maha Lakshmi Ripening Chamber

Shri. Srinivas

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.Srininvas, Sri.Mastan

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.AbbuMounik, Director, Samagra

,Dr.Hussain, Sri.KrishnaMurty Sri.Srininvas

04.45 PM

05.15 PM

Open session

Shri.AbbuMounik, Director, Samagra

,Dr.Hussain, Sri.KrishnaMurty

Sri.Srininvas

05.15 PM

05.45 PM

Validation Samagra

LIST OF TRAINEES PARTICIPATED

SL # Name of Participant Mobile No. Occupation

1 M.Durga Prasad 9989773491 CBO VMC

2 AVN.Sugana 9989773492 CO VMC

3 Ch.Nagamani 9989773487 CO VMC

4 G.S Sujatha 9989773490 CO VMC

5 M.Nagalakshmi 9985448438 Pragathi slum samakya

6 M.Mangatayaramma 9440594224 Greater TLF treasurer

7 G.Tirumala 9290067369 Greater TLF President

8 M.Lakshmi 9494943072 Greater TLF secretary

9 P.Suvarana 9948123506 Greater TLF wise President

10 M.Madhavi 9666185195 Rajeev slf RP

11 D.Naga Padma 9492845677 Pragathislf secretary

12 A.Chamundeswari 9502339678 Mahatma Gandhi SLF president

13 N.Sujatha 8374047047 Self Help Group

14 Sk.Zareena 868607769 Lakshmi ganapathimdg

15 Sk.Shafiya 9291610991 Hamasamdg president

16 k.Swaroopa rani 8790200809 Sangeetamdg

17 k.Babu 8008207531 CO VMC

18 T.Visali 9248466654 Ujalatlf secretary

19 T.Venkatasridevi 9542422874 Self Help Group

20 M.Sai kumara 9399355999 Self Help Group

21 Ch.Suvarna 9951974487 Motherttheresa SLF

22 V.Mariyamma 8465074388 Karunamaya SLF president

23 K.Varakumari 9912734317 Greater TLF Rep

24 M.Saikumari 9247403637 Velugutlf secretary

25 I.Arogyam 7893366617 Mahatma Gandhi tlf

26 R.Suseela 9618165090 Swaranalakshmitlf

27 B.Sayamala 9030706680 MSLF president

28 M.Durga 9703169670 Sri mahilaslf

29 R.Joshna 9703169670 Slf treasurer

30 Ch.P.kumari 9160121449 Crpvmc

31 G.Rajyalakshmi 9393461503 Crpvmc

32 N.Padma 9533009844 Slf secretary

33 Y.Lakshmi 9912170343 Member

34 D.Divya 9491118155 Slfrp

35 Adi Lakshmi 92476515758 Slfrp

36 P.adi Lakshmi 8008808181 Slf president

37 S.Mary 9010971263 Shg president

38 K.Aparna 8985362180 Raasishg member

39 D.Vijayalakshmi 8500221609 Raasishg member

40 B.Nagaramya 998977493 Co vmc

41 G,Chaitanya 9640085673 Crpvmc

42 K.Sinivas 9989773497 Self Help Group

43. C.Bhaskarreddy 9949621987 Co vmc

44. N.Umadevi 9000214953 Crpvmc

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. MLRipening Chamber Shri.Srininvas More trainings may be given to acquaint trade

and technical skills 2

Mastan ripening Chamber Sri.Mastan

Sri.Mastan in the trade for the past 20 years, he conducted trials on mango ripening also. Sri.Mastan requested to conduct the trainings during the mango season to benefit the consumers about the quality and traders about the practices.

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

Lack of confidence to take up new activities

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.

ASST.COMMIISSSIONER AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS

Shri.Durga Prasad Project officer, was pleased to preside over the function. He delivered

a message to the participants stating that he will put forth every effort to make these to sustain

economically by shifting to Ripening Chambers. Sri.Prasad told women groups to develop

confidence in entering in to new business activities.

Smt.Sujatha ADH, SHM, Vijayawada speedy delivery of the subsidies to the women groups,

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.

Sri.Pundarikakshudu requested the groups take up the activity in large scale to generate

employment.

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.

More trainings to the women groups to make them perfect in all the technical skills for

operating Ripening Chambers

LIST OF FACULTY WITH BRIEF PROFILE

Sri.V.KrishnaMurty

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. Modeled with new generation vision best possible methodology in encouraging other youngsters like him. 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

Smt.SujathaAdh.Shm, Vijayawada addressing the participants

Sri.Srininvas of MahaLaksmi Fruit ripening chamber explaining about ripening chamber

Participants and Samagra Director Smt.Sudha

Sri.KrishnaMurty explaining to the women groups

Sri.Hussain and Krishna Murty explaining to the participants

Sri.Durga Prasad explaining to the groups

Answering Doubts bySri.Hussain

In the ripening Chamber

Sri.Krishna Murty and Sri.Rao explaining to the groups

Participants with Government officials

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