EVALUATION REPORT

Duration : 2 day training program on ripening chambers for fruits Date : 4th and 5th September 2014 at Malur, Kolar Dt.

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 Malur enclosed b.)Ripening chambers outside Malur 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.

enclosed

5 Employment generated enclosed 6 Feedback from agricultural university enclosed 7 Feedback from trainees enclosed 8 Feedback from faculty enclosed 9 Copy of press note enclosed 9 Media attention received enclosed a.)print media enclosed b.)electronic media enclosed 10 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

MALUR - DETAILED CURRICULUM DAY -1: DETAILS | DATE: 04/09/2014

From To Details Topic

9.30 AM 10.30 AM Registration & Break fast Registration

10.30 AM 11.15 AM Inauguration Particulars as under

INAUGURATION - GUESTS ON DIAS 1 Dr. S. V. Hittalmani Retired Additional Director of Horticulture (Fruits),

Department of Horticulture, Karnataka Govt., Bangalore Chief Guest

2 Dr. D. V. Sudhakar

Rao

Principal Scientist, Indian Institute of Horticulture Research,

Hessaraghatta, Bangalore

Guest Speaker

3 Smt. Soumya S. Subject Matter Specialist and Microbiologist, Bangalore Guest Speaker

4 C.Abbu Mounik Director ,Samagra Agribusiness, Hyderabad Guest Spesker

5 Shri. B. C. Anand Senior Asst. Director of Horticulture, Malur President

MALUR- DETAILED CURRICULUM DAY -1: DETAILS | DATE: 04/09/2014

FROM

TO

SESSION

TOPIC

SPEAKER

11.15 AM 12.00 PM First session Introduction, Natural & Artificial Ripening

Dr. Hittalmani

12.00 PM Tea

12.00 PM 12.45 PM Second Session Different ripening techniques Dr. Sudhakar Rao

12.45 PM 1.30 PM Third Session Ripening chamber components C.Abbu Mounik

01.30 PM 02.15 PM LUNCH BREAK

02.15 PM 05.00 PM Visit to ripening

chamber

Limras Fruit Co., Kele Kote Layout,

Khushall Nagar, Kolar

Shri. Mohd. Shoab

MALUR - DETAILED CURRICULUM DAY -2: DETAILS | DATE: 05/09/2014

FROM

TO

SESSION

TOPIC

SPEAKER

09.00 AM

10.00 AM

Breakfast

10.00 AM 10.45 AM First session Permission and

Clearances

required by Government,etc

C.Abbu Mounik

10.45 AM 11.30 AM Second session Permission and Clearances

required by Bank

Soumya S.

11.30 AM 12.00 PM

Tea Break

12.00 PM 12.45 PM Third Session

Post Harvest

Technologies

Dr. B. C. Suryanarayana

12.45 PM

02.00 PM

LUNCH BREAK

02.00 PM

03.15 PM

Fourth session

Operations &

Maintenance of Ripening Chamber

C.abbu Mounik,samagra

03.15 PM

03.30 PM

Tea Break

03.30 PM

04.45 PM

Fifth session

Project details Project

preparation, Subsidy Norms &

Obtaining bank

loan

Sri.Hussain

04.45 PM

05.15 PM

Open session

Dr. B. C. Suryanarayana

05.15 PM

05.45 PM

Validation and

issue of Certificate

of Training by NCCD

Samagra

LIST OF FACULTY WITH BRIEF PROFILE

Dr. S. V. Hittalmani M. Sc., (Agri) Ph.D., Retired Additional Director of Horticulture, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore Dr. Hittalmani joined the department of Horticulture as District Horticulture Officer during 1976. In his 38 years of service in the department, he has been credited with introducing several innovative ideas for development of horticulture in the state. He has been responsible for establishment of biotech centre for production of elite planting material. He has been the driving force behind establishment of Flower Auction Centre at Bangalore, HOPCOMS, Mango Development Centre, Hogalagere and many seed farms. He is an excellent orator in Kannada. After retirement in 2014,he has been helping the government in drafting policy guidelines for development of fruit crops in the state.

Dr. D. V. Sudhakara Rao Principal Scientist, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta, Bangalore M. Sc., (Agriculture) Ph. D., Heads Post-harvest processing department, has more than 25 years experience in horticulture. Practical experience in ethylene ripening of fruits. Has been heading action plan on post harvest processing of mango.

C. Abbu Mounik Director, Samagra Agribusiness Services Pvt. Ltd B.E(ECE) Experienced in Ripening Chambers i.e. planning and execution. Modeled with new generation vision by attending and mapping 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.Ahmad Hussain 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 Janan vignana vediks & city library.

Dr. B. C. Suryanarayana

Project associate,Samagra M. Sc., (Agriculture) Ph. D., Doctorate in Agriculture with specialization in Agronomy dealing with production of crops. Gold Medalist and rank holder in post graduate and doctorate degrees. Has sound knowledge in the field of irrigation, plantation and horticulture, animal sciences including dairy, poultry, fisheries and piggery. Practical experience in appraisal techniques of agricultural projects including cash flow analysis, credit management appraisal and credit risk assessment. Has appraised over 4,500 lift irrigation proposals, more than 150 commercial poultry proposals and about 250 plantation and horticulture proposal. 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.

Smt. Soumya S. M. Sc., (Microbiology)

She has been actively involved in microbial studies involved in ripening of fruits. Has worked extensively on soil flora good for plant growth. Procedures of obtaining permissions for submission of Application for subsidy

Shri. Mohd. Shoab M/s. Limras Fruit Co., Kolar. Has been actively involved in ripening of fruits, mainly banana, mango, apple and degreening of sweet lime. Manages the ripening unit started by his father.

Shri. Anand Senior Asst. Director of Horticulture, Malur. He is a very popular figure in the taluk and has been implementing several development programmes in fruit crops in the district. He is active in intermediating implementation of several horticulture development programmes in the taluk. He has been mainly influential in setting up of the mango processing units in the taluk. He has also formed several farmers’ groups for growing of fruits and vegetables systematically in the taluk. Takes keen interest in integrating the production and marketing efforts of fruit and vegetable growers.

LIST OF TRAINEES PARTICIPATED SL # Name of Participant Mobile No. Occupation

1 Suresh 8694897572 Mango grower

2 Muniraju 9141461485 Agriculturist

3 K. M. Venkataswamy 9972339607 Agriculturist

4 Narayanappa 8147540862 Mango grower

5 Narayana Gowda 9448249691 Farmer

6 Siddarajappa 9972906497 Mango grower

7 Bhyranahalli

Narayanaswamy 8151239020 Mango grower

8 Venkataswamappa 8151239812 Mango grower

9 K. N. Narayanaswamy 9741072729 Mango grower

10 K. N. Muniyappa 9449574875 Mango grower

11 Anjeenappa 9743821414 Mango grower

12 Nagappa

Agriculturist

13 K. R. Munivenkatappa 9663605179 Farmer

14 T. Sampathkumar 9449161154 Farmer

15 Srinivas 9972241337 Farmer

16 Venkateshappa 9663591115 Farmer

17 Ravikumar 9845560071 Mango grower

18 Lakshman 9900280014 Agriculturist

19 Pradeep 9743640058 Mango grower

20 K. S. Krishnappa 9035739728 Farmer

21 Ramappa 9164242730 Farmer

22 Bhimanna 9482077034 Mango grower

23 H. Thimmarayappa 8095811746 Farmer

24 Sandeppa 8105853245 Agriculturist

25 Appayya Reddy 9731923321 Agriculturist

26 Srinivasa Reddy 9972859555 Agriculturist

27 C. Nagaraja 9141693766 Farmer

28 Muniyappa 8861827802 Farmer

29 Nagaraju 9449523537 Farmer

30 M. Satish 9483012128 Mango grower

31 Venkataswamy 8770932074 Farmer

32 Ramanna 9591115395 Mango grower

33 K. R. Gopalaiah 9480768540 Farmer

34 M. Somashekhara Reddy 9901130945 Mango grower

35 M. Brahmananda Reddy 9036763142 Mango grower

36 Rajagopala 9740098263 Mango gower

37 Krishnappa 8453315597 Mango grower

38 Gopala 8970519823 Farmer

39 B. V. Veerabhadraiah 9341081905 Mango grower

40 Narayanappa 9164240279 Farmer

41 Ramachandrappa Farmer

42 Subbanna 9731003680 Farmer

43 K. V. Ramesh 9740654845 Farmer

44 V. Munikrishna 9880981974 Farmer

45 Perumalappa 9945482153 Farmer

46 Ramachandrappa 9035619053 Farmer

47 Subramani 9035619053 Farmer

48 Kalyanakumar 9972452526 Mango grower

49 Nagabhushana Rao 9449805337 Mango grower

50 Sampangi 8722486085 Farmer

51 Munishami Gouda 9740459016 Farmer

52 Munishamappa 8970803209 Farmer

53 Malle Gowda 8183859377 Mango grower

54 A. Venkatesha 9141721435 Farmer

55 Srinivasa 9481120453 Farmer

56 Srinivasa 9497111164 Farmer

57 B. G. Ashwathanarayana 9449252219 Farmer

58 Chennappa 9449732859 Farmer

59 Bhakthappa Farmer

60 Ramachandrappa 8123700182 Farmer

61 Sunilkumar 9008680853 Mango grower

62 Muninanjappa 8711032411 Mango grower

63 Nanjamariyappa 9141347881 Mango grower

64 Chikkavenkataramanappa 9611730871 Mango grower

65 Rajappa 9901968552 Farmer

66 N. R. Bhaskara 9480403581 Farmer

67 Gopalappa 9664065895 Farmer

68 Ramappa Farmer

69 Venkate Gowda 9164120533 Mango grower

70 Munirajappa 9902534135 Farmer

71 Rajakumar 9901766306 Mango grower

72 Yousuf 9448429881 Mango trader

73 Muniyappa 7204722792 Mango trader

74 Ashok 9591113981 Farmer

75 Suresh 9448771741 Farmer

76 Dr. Prashanth Chougule 8867904249 Farmer

77 Chowdappa 9164246366 Farmer

78 Narayanappa 9743544796 Farmer

79 Srinivas Reddy 9035095154 Mango grower

80 T. M. Roja Rajappa 9591729271 Farmer

81 B. M. Nanjunda Reddy 9740241499 Agriculturist

82 Narayana Swamy 9480387153 Farmer

83 Chennabatte Gowda 9901700547 Farmer

84 Narayanaswamy 8184032180 Farmer

85 B. M. Muniraju 9448714862

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. Limras Fruit Co., Keel Kote Layout, Khushall Nagar, Kolar

Shri. Mohd. Shoab Kolar

2 M/s. Limras Fruit Co., Keel Kote Layout, Khushall Nagar, Kolar

Mohd. Suhail Kolar

3 M/s. Limras Fruit Co., Keel Kote Layout,

Khushall Nagar, Kolar

Syed Ilyas Kolar

PREPARATION FOR THE SESSIONS: After receiving the approvals for conducting trainings from National Centre for Cold Chain

Development (NCCD), we contacted the Deputy Director of Horticulture, Kolar, Senior Assistant

Director of Horticulture, Malur, State Bank of India, Malur and Pragathi Krishna Grameena Bank,

Malur and Senior Asst. Director, Information and Public Relations, Kolar to give wide publicity

for the training and advise farmers, traders and unemployed youth to benefit from the

programme. Information on the training programme was published in several local and national

Kannada newspapers on 27th and 28th August 2014. Pamphlets in Kannada were printed and

supplied to all the above offices. Lists of farmers who had been financed for growing banana

and mango in more than 5 acres was obtained and all were contacted over their mobile phones

and requested to make use of the training programme. Senior Asst. Director of Horticulture,

Malur deputed his Horticulture Assistants to more than 43 villages to contact the mango

growers and traders and unemployed youth to attend the programme. Mango Growers’ Groups

were contacted and requested to advise their members to participate in the programme.

While the training programme was sanctioned by NCCD for 35 trainees per batch, the local

response from farmers, traders and youth was overwhelming. Totally more than 85 farmers,

traders and youth attended the programme. We had to make emergency arrangements to seat

the trainees as the room capacity was only 60. Many farmers had to be sent back with

assurance to conduct one more programme.

AGENDA: EMPLOYMENT GENERATION

As this is the first program of its kind in this part of the State, unemployed youth learned skills

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

employment to the trained persons 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. Two employees

of M/s. Limras Fruit Co, Kolar also participated in the training programme as they did not have

practical experience in ripening of fruits.

It’s a dawn of new beginning the newer 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 AND HORTICULTURE DEPARTMENT

The Director, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta, Bangalore was

contacted by the organizers and requested to depute a senior official involved in post-harvest

handling of fruits to the programme. The Director appreciating the efforts approved

participation by Dr. D. V. Sudhakar Rao, Principal Scientist and to inaugurate the training

programme. Expressing his inability to participate in the programme, Director, IIHR expressed

the necessity for such program by which sustainable livelihood can be created to the youth and

appreciated the efforts being made by the organizers. He advised that experts from the

Institute will be deputed to the programme to educate the participants. Dr. S. V. Hittalmani,

Retired Additional Director of Horticulture, Bangalore who was the Chief Guest opined that 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.

Youth who 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 economical 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 economical benefits which would trigger entrepreneurial activity in this direction

which has direct bearing on employment generation.

FEEDBACK FROM BANKERS AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS

Branch Manager, Pragathi Krishna Grameena Bank, Malur and State Bank of India, Malur

appreciated the efforts of the organizers. They opined that the programme is very helpful to the

bankers in appreciating the activity and appraising the proposals received. They mentioned that

the consumers need to be educated.

Shri. Anand, Senior Asst. Director of Horticulture, Malur mentioned that the programme

is an eye opener for bankers and every banker should come forward to encourage and finance

setting up of scientific ripening units as it will help in improving the health and life of people. He

requested the participants to motivate the traders for not using the carbide in mango ripening.

He readily consented to extend all facilities to farmers and bankers in setting up ripening units

in the taluk. Shri. Mohd. Shoab of Limras Fruit Co., Kolar requested the organizers to examine

the financial viability of the unit for ripening mango fruits as the crop was highly seasonal.

FEEDBACK FROM TRAINEES

The participants expressed happiness about the training programme and found it very

useful. Most participants felt that the information given by experts and faculty were

comprehensive and complete. The participants stressed that government should implement the

ban on carbide usage in ripening of fruits more effectively. They felt that the drought conditions

prevailing in the taluk may not provide ideal opportunities for setting up ripening units

immediately. They were hopeful that the irrigation programme proposed by the government

from Varthur stream would help Malur farmers.

All the participants opined that the visit to the ripening unit was extremely useful. Many

participants expressed happiness that Department of Horticulture had taken keen interest in the

programme and gave good publicity for the programme through pamphlets, visits by

Horticulture Assistants. The press release in the local newspapers were also helpful to

participants in attending the programme.

The participants appreciated the contents of pamphlets printed by the organizers for

giving publicity to the training programme. A summary of the harmful effects of carbide ripened

fruits, aspects of ethylene ripening and schedule of training were given in the pamphlets.

An approach must also be initiated for awareness, for a basic start by printing of

pamphlets and posters in market areas for bringing awareness. The booklet on working of

ripening chambers in Kannada was appreciated by the experts from the Indian Institute of

Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta and also by the participants who opined that the booklet

is very useful.

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. The efforts made by Samagra in organizing the programme at Malur, main mango area

in the state, were appreciated by all.

FEEDBACK FROM FACULTY

The faculty opined that the then 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.

The smaller ripening chambers about half metric ton with 70% subsidy may be

formulated and approved to meet the requirement of small fruit traders/ small stake

holders

One session on cultivation aspects of banana and preharvest preparation of fruits for

ripening was requested.

Practical demonstration of other types of ripening should have been included in the

training programme.

Most farmers do not ripen the fruit. They give the orchard on contract to wholesale fruit

merchants who harvest the fruits and ripen them in their own way. Such people need to

be educated.

Training Programme – in photos

Chief Guest: D. Hittalmani

Guest speaker: Dr. Sudhakar Rao

participants

Session in active

Dr. B. C. Suryanarayana, on ripening chambers

Visit to Ripening unit