EVALUATION REPORT -BAILHUNGAL Duration : 2 day training program on ripening chambers for fruits Date : 6th and 7th August 2014 at Bailhongal

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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 Bailhongal enclosed b.)ripening chambers outside Bailhongal 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

BAILHONGAL - DETAILED CURRICULUM DAY -1: DETAILS | DATE: 06/08/2014

From To Details Topic

9.30 AM 10.00 AM Registration & Break fast Registration

10.00 AM 10.45 AM Inauguration Particulars as under

INAUGURATION - GUESTS ON DIAS 1 Dr. S. R. Patil Senior Asst. Director of Horticulture, Bailhongal Chief Guest

2 Shri. Sunil

Tuljhannavar

Joint owner of M/s. Shivananda Agro Industries, Bailhongal Guest Speaker

3 Dr. S. M. Hiremath Subject Matter Specialist and Professor, KVK, Saidapur Farm,

Dharwad

Guest Speaker

4 Dr. B. C.

Suryanarayana

Director, Samagra Agri Business Services Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad Guest Speaker

5. Shri. Abbu Mounik Director, Samagra Agri Business Services Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad Guest Speaker

BAILHONGAL - DETAILED CURRICULUM DAY -1: DETAILS | DATE: 06/08/2014

FROM

TO

SESSION

TOPIC

SPEAKER

11.00 AM 11.45 AM First session Introduction, Natural & Artificial

Ripening

Dr. A. K. Rokhade

11.45 AM Tea

11.45 AM 12.30 PM Second Session Different ripening techniques Dr. S. M. Hiremath

12.30 PM 1.15 PM Third Session Ripening chamber components Shri. Sameer B. Algur,

Hitech Cooling Systems, Sangli, Maharastra

01.15 PM

02.00 PM

LUNCH BREAK

02.00 PM 05.00 PM VISIT TO M/s. SHIVANANDA AGRO INDUSTRIES, RIPENING CHAMBER

BAILHONGAL - DETAILED CURRICULUM DAY -2: DETAILS | DATE: 07/08/2014

FROM

TO

SESSION

TOPIC

SPEAKER

09.00 AM

10.00 AM

Breakfast

10.00 AM 10.45 PM First session Permission and Clearances

required by Government,etc

Shri.Abbu Mounik, Director, Samagra

10.45 AM 11.30 AM Second session Permission and

Clearances required by Bank

Dr. B. C. Suryanarayana

11.30 AM

12.00 Noon Tea Break

12.00 Noon 1.00 PM Third Session

Post Harvest

Technologies and

open session

Dr. B. C. Suryanarayana

01.00 PM

02.00 PM

LUNCH BREAK

02.00 PM

03.15 PM

Fourth session

Operations &

Maintenance of Ripening Chamber

Shri.Bhupathi Budihal,

Partner, M/s. Shivananda Agro Industries, Bailhongal

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.Abbu Mounik, Director, Samagra

Dr.B. C. Suryanarayana

04.45 PM

05.15 PM

Open session

Shri. Abbu Mounik, & Dr. Suryanarayana

05.15 PM

05.45 PM

Validation and

issue of Certificate of Training by

NCCD

Samagra

LIST OF FACULTY WITH BRIEF PROFILE

Dr. A. K. Rokhade Special Officer (Horticulture), University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad M. Sc., (Agriculture) Ph. D., Heads Post-harvest processing department, co-ordinator for B. Tech. programme on Food Processing. Has more than 40 years experience in horticulture. Practical experience in ethylene ripening of fruits.

Dr. S. M. Hiremath Subject Matter Specialist and Professor (Horticulture), Krishi Vignana Kendra, Saidapur Farm, Dharwad. Expert with practical experience in scientific ripening of fruits. He heads post-harvest handling of fruits and is a Subject Matter Specialist in the subject.

Dr. B. C. Suryanarayana 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.

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. Procedures of obtaining permissions for submission of Application for subsidy

Shri. Sameer B. Algur Hitech Cooling Systems, Plot No. 4, Sunder Park, Behind Railway Station, Sangli. Has more than 10 years practical experience in manufacture and setting up cold chambers, ripening units, chilling plants, refrigeration units. Has set up more than 15 banana ripening units of 40 tonnes and higher capacity ripening units.

Shri. S. R. Patil Senior Asst. Director of Horticulture, Bailhongal. He is very active in intermediating implementation of several horticulture development programmes in the taluk. He has been

mainly influential in setting up of the first ripening unit 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 M. Devadas Bhandary 9480699262 KVGBank, Hosur

2 M. H. Talwar 9964824219 Banana Grower

3 M. K. Yakkundi 9611592051 Banana Merchant

4 G. V. Kamath 9480699242 KVGBank, Bailhongal

5 Shashank Bhat 9845682612 KVGBank, Bailhongal

6 P. B. Chebbi 9480699260 KVGBank, Hirebagewadi

7 L. K. Mukunda 9480699269 KVGBank, Inchal

8 I. B. Karilingannavar 8105965754 Banana Grower

9 D. M. Budihal 9535872307 Banana Grower

10 Basalingappa M. Patath 9448702879 Mango Grower

11 B. N. Hiremath 9902427358 Agriculturist

12 I. C. Bailkod 9740634255 Agriculturist

13 R. G. Hiremath 8123474110 Agriculturist

14 B. B.Budihal 8971166269 Agriculturist

15 S. B. Kittur 9916457417 KVGBank, Tigadi

16 T. M. Hurali 7353706385 Agriculturist

17 P. B. Adali 9632012608 Agriculturist

18 S. B. Gadadavar 9880625824 Agriculturist

19 M. C. Marabad 8861325150 Agriculturist

20 Babu Huddar 9945908695 Agriculturist

21 C. S. Patil 9844364499 Agriculturist

22 Siddanagouda C. Patil 9844175265 Agriculturist

23 M. D. Neginahal 9964765939 Agriculturist

24 Ashok Balekundri 9880717557 Business

25 Raju Patted 8980014752 Job

26 Erayya N. Killedar 9742321865 Banana grower

27 Basavaraj Naganur 7259733078 Farmer

28 Ningaraj Madar 7848092109 Farmer

29 Nagappa Ketaya 8105970021 Farmer

30 Arun Karadiguddi 9448766126 Farmer

31 S. S. Rudraximath 9741943857 Farmer

32 M. M. Raju 9008120259 Banana grower

33 B. Imbal 9845760051 Farmer

34 Subhas Yeragappa 9741619691 Farmer

35 Kallappa F. Honnukki 9686504548 Banana grower

36 Madiwalappa Kanchigudad 8746068721 Banana Grower

37 Mohsin Reza 8105110728 Banana Trader

38 V. N. Kallakkanavar 9241491015 Farmer

39 S. Y. Sunagar 9632851411 Farmer

40 M. F. Ameetur 9035055116 Banana Trader

41 K. K. Pateth 9632283603 Business

42 U. B. Pateth 8748062857 Business

43 M. B. Katobi 9591206908 Business

44 B. B. Sanikop Lecturer

45 V. M. Chandargi 9880611267 Farmer

46 S. R. Shettennavar 9743227444 Farmer

47 Ravindra V. Parishwad 9483563280 Business

48 Shivanand Ugarkhot 8746886475 Business

49 S. N. Neginahal 8150898539 Business

50 A. N. Bannur 8746881079 Business

51 S. M. Budihal 9880579872 Banana ripening

52 S. M. Shebannavar 8146643666 Business

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. Shivananda Agro Industries, Bailhongal

Sunil Tuljhannavar Bailhongal

2 M/s. Shivananda Agro Industries, Bailhongal

Bhupathi Budihal Bailhongal

3 M/s. Shivananda Agro Industries,

Bailhongal

Irappa Bailwad Bailhongal

4 M/s. Shivananda Agro Industries,

Bailhongal

Moinuddin Jamadar Bailhongal

5 M/s. BPG Agrotech, Auto Nagar, Belgaum Babu Piraji Gasari Belgaum

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

Development (NCCD), we contacted Shri. S. R. Patil, Senior Asst. Director of Horticulture,

Bailhongal, State Bank of India, Regional Business Office, Belgaum, Karnataka Vikas Grameena

Bank, Dharwad, District Public Relations Officer (DPRO) to give wide publicity for the training

and advise farmers, traders and unemployed youth to benefit from the programme. Pamphlets

in Kannada were printed and supplied to all the above offices. Lists of farmers who had been

financed for growing banana in more than 5 acres was obtained and all were contacted over

their mobile phones and requested to make use of the training programme. The existing

ripening units in Bailhongal and the ripening unit manufacturer were requested to provide list of

enquiries received and interested persons were contacted over mobile phones. Shri. S. R. Patil

and Shri. Sunil Tuljhannavar, owner of the ripening unit co-ordinated effectively with the

organizers to ensure participation by all concerned in the industry. Shri. Ganga, General

Manager, Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank, Dharwad took active interest in the training

programme and advised all branches in the taluk to ensure participation by farmers financed by

them. The concerned Branch Managers were also advised to participate in the programme.

Banana Growers’ Association and Mango Growers’ Groups were contacted and requested to

advise their members to participate in the programme. Banana traders purchasing ripened

banana fruits from M/s. Shivananda Agro Industries, Ripening Unit, Bailhongal were contacted

personally and advised to participate in the training programme. Banana fruits ripened in the

unit was distributed to participants in the training programme.

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

response from farmers, traders and youth was more. Totally more than 60 farmers, traders and

youth attended the programme despite heavy rains on both days. Some participants who came

late on account of heavy rains could not register their names as it started raining heavily at the

venue.

AGENDA: EMPLOYMENT GENERATION

As this is the first program of its kind in 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. Three

employees of M/s. Shivananda Agro Industries 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

Dr. D. P. Biradar, Vice Chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad was contacted

by the organizers and invited to inaugurate the training programme. Expressing his inability to

participate in the programme, Dr. Biradar 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 University will be deputed to the programme

to educate the participants. Shri. S. R. Patil, Senior Asst. Director of Horticulture expressed

happiness to host the programme at Bailhongal. He had been actively involved in forming

Groups of Banana and Mango growers in the taluk and involved all the growers in the training

programme. He assured all support for the programme. 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. Shri. S. R. Patil actively co-ordinated conduct of the programme by

supplying literature on growing of banana and mango, providing department vehicle for

transport of growers and co-ordinating other arrangements.

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

Shri. Ganga, General Manager, Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank, Dharwad appreciated

the efforts of the organizers. He opined that the programme is very helpful to the bankers in

appreciating the activity and appraising the proposals received. He mentioned that KVGB has

sanctioned two proposals in Belgaum district. He mentioned that the consumers are not aware

of the harmful effects of unscientific ripening methods and need to be educated. He suggested

that an exclusive programme to educate the public at large be taken up to educate them on

encouraging ethylene ripened fruits.

Shri Ramesh, Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank, Regional Office, Belgaum 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 suggested the entrepreneurs to come forward to take up ripening infrastructure for

which he is ready to sanction any number of loans from his bank. He also stated that there is

no death of funds for financing horticulture projects.

Shri. Sunil Tuljhannavar mentioned that the project started at Bailhongal showed that such

projects will succeed even in rural areas provided all the concerned players in the activity are

effectively involved. He explained the efforts made by the unit in effectively marketing the

scientifically ripened fruits in Bailhongal market.

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. Some farmers were not happy that some guest speakers could

not speak in Kannada. As the speaker from Sangli could not speak in Kannada, his speech was

translated to kannada by Dr. Suryanarayana. The participants stressed that government should

implement the ban on carbide usage in ripening of fruits more effectively. More number of

trainings on other aspects like cold chain management, marketing tie up should also be

conducted.

Small stickers on the fruit trays stating that the fruits have been naturally ripened and

calcium carbide has not been used as done by one of the ripening units in Bailhongal should be

given lot of publicity.

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 University of

Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad 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 Shri. Patil in organizing the programme at Bailhongal were

appreciated by all. Shri. Sunil Tuljhannavar was also thanked for the efforts put in for smooth

conduct of the programme.

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.

The ripening unit was exclusively for banana. Other units where other fruits were being

ripened should have been shown to participants, at least through pictures.

First Day of training Programme-inauguration and classroom photos

Ready for start of programme

Waiting for participants to arrive

Registration by participants

Dr. Suryanarayana welcoming participants

Dr. Hiremath, Shri. R. S. Patil,

Shri. Abbu Mounik and Shri. Sunil Tuljhannavar

View of participants

View of participants

Dr. Hiremath, Guest Speaker

Visit to Shivananda Agro Industries

Participants inside the ripening chamber

Shri. S. R. Patil explaining the details of ripening unit

PHOTOS TAKEN IN THE RIPENING CHAMBER

Vehicle for the participants

Participants studying the ripening chambers

Ethylene cylinder and regulation panel

Shri. Sameer Algur explaining the process of ripening