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SEED COMMUNICATIONSA Quarterly News Letter from
Society For Energy, Environment & Development
®
Volume : 2 No : 3
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
FROM THE DESK OF EDITORJuly - September, 2015
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Introduction: Forests are the vital sources
of livelihood support system for tribal people
of Andhra Pradesh. The Minor Forest
Produce (MFP) has been traditionally
sustaining the tribal economy significantly.
Tribals collect forest produce like roots,
fruits, gum, tamarind, tannins, fibre etc.
These products also become raw materials
for preparation of variety of household
products and hence have high demand.
Significant addition to the income of the tribal farmers can be made if
economically feasible and tribal-friendly value addition processing methods
are developed and popularized among them. With this intention, an attempt
has been made at ICAR- CTRI through an innovative technology of solar
drying and food processing of Minor Forest Produce(MFP) viz., Amla, mango,
papaya and herbal powders under the DBT funded project entitled 'Nutritional
Security in Tribal Areas of East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh through
Community Based Approaches'.
Prof. P. N. Murty
Chief Editor
Prof. M. Ramakrishna Rao
Executive Editor
Mrs. R. Shyamala
Convener
Dr. I. Suresh Dr. Ms. Mehtab S. Bhamji
SOLAR DRYING TECHNOLOGY FOR
TRIBAL WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD IN A.P.
Dr. K. Suman Kalyani, Principal Scientist
ICAR-Central Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry – 533105
Open drying vs Solar drying: Since ancient times, natural sun light and heat
have been utilized by tribals to preserve food products by open drying.
Prolonged drying period and contact with ultraviolet light (UV) could degrade
some valuable phyto-chemicals and vitamins viz., chlorophyll, essential oil, ?-
carotene and ascorbic acid in open drying. Solar drying carried out in a closed
environment enables products free of contamination and less nutritional
degradation to the product. Nevertheless, use of proper solar dryer and pre-
treatment of raw materials are essential to produce products of good
organoleptic and nutritional quality. The drying rate of the product is important
as it influences the physical and chemical changes. Hygienic processing
protects the nutritional value and prevents unwanted contamination.
Solar drying of different value added products: Solar drying at optimum
temperatures and in a shorter time enables good retention of most of the
nutrients. There is practically no loss of essential nutrients except in sensitive
vitamins like Vitamin C. We can get nearly 30-35% of
SEED COMMUNICATIONSA Quarterly News Letter
Defence Research and
Development Organization
(DRDO) has awarded a three
year research project on
"Formulation and Evaluation
of Enriched Nutri t ional
Supplements through the
use of Solar Food Processing
Technology to Combat
Fatigue and Environmental Stress in Service Personnel". This is
collaborative project between SEED and Defence Food Research
Laboratories, Mysore. Primary objectives of the project are, to develop
Nutritional Supplements, to evaluate the developed product in animals for
its performance enhancement property and to conduct field trials of the
products with human subjects. Implication of the project is to develop
environmentally sustainable natural food supplements for wellness of the
armed personnel. This will be achieved through minimizing consumption
of conventional energy such as electricity which is known to contribute
towards carbon emission and global warming, development of
technologies that would help in development of products, that are clean,
hygienic and microbiologically safe during storage and transfer the
technology to the villages to set up Solar Food Processing Centers to
manufacture the products.
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From Page No. 1
SOLAR DRYING TECHNOLOGY for Tribal Women Empowerment……
“Very impressive, hopefully we can take it forward in a sustainable manner.”
Mrs. Mrinalini Shastry, Director, Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP), Govt. of A.P.
VIP COMMENTS
and vegetables solar drying process helps in better retention of color, and
flavour. The dried products are equally good and deliver significant levels of
vitamins, minerals and fiber compared to fresh produce.
A group of tribal women from local SHGs were selected from the adopted
villages viz., Devarapalli, Sunnampadu, Maredumilli, Seethapalli, Irlapalli of
Maredumilli & Rampachodavara Mandals of East Godavari district. These
SHGs were trained and upgraded their skills in preparation of the value
added solar dried products viz., amla powder, amla candy, amla ginger,
amla supari, tooty fruity (papaya) mango jelly and herbal powders. Thus the
solar drying technology forms a means of tribal women empowerment of
East Godavari district by enhancing their family income.
Cost economics: Through this activity, about 10 tribal women were able to
prepare and sell the value added products to the open markets and
shandys. The entire group gets benefited @ Rs. 50,000/- p.m. for a group of
10 women, thus each women gets around Rs.5,000/- per month. The benefit
cost ratio was found to be 1.66. Thus the solar drying technology forms a
means of tribal women empowerment of East Godavari district by
enhancing their family income.
Experience with SEED- A Success Story: Society for energy,
Environment & Development (SEED) has supplied solar dryers and offered
training programmes for the project staff on solar drying techniques. This
training and supply of solar driers has resulted in conducting a number of
training
programmes in East Godavari district for the benefit of tribal and rural
women. This has motivated the women to take up value addition through
solar drying as an entrepreneurial activity. There is still scope to enhance
and widen this entrepreneurship by providing good market facilities to the
value added products. Recently East Godavari district collector and P.O,
ITDA (East Godavari) have visited and appreciated the stalls of solar drying
technology displayed in the Agricultural Exhibition, AP TEC-2015 by ICAR-
CTRI organized in collaboration with Andhra Pradesh Technology
Promotion Centre, Hyderabad from 05.06.2015 to 07.06.2015.
R & D Project awarded by DRDO on
“ Nutritional Supplement for Defence Service Personnel ”
SEED COMMUNICATIONSA Quarterly News Letter
Volume : 2 No :3 July-September, 2015
Activities of the last Quarter
TRAINING PROGRAMMES IN SOLAR DEHYDRATION OF FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES DURING THE LAST QUARTER
Solar dehydration for value addition to fig at SEED, Hyderabad,
Telangana: Training programme on value addition of Fig fruit was
conducted at SEED facility during 1- 4 April. Seven members consisting of
entrepreneurs, farmers and lecturers attended for the training
programme. Theory and practical classes were conducted by the expert
faculty in the field of food processing for the benefit of the participants.
Processing of whole fig fruit, Fig jelly and Fig jam were demonstrated to
the satisfaction of the participants.
Training programme on processing of Fruit bars and Amla Supari was
conducted during 26-27 May, 2015. This programme was exclusively
conducted for Ms.Swarnalatha, Co-ordinator, Krishi Vigyan Kendra,
Utukur, Kadapa. The KVK, Utukuru is already processing new food
products such as Multi vitamin Atta and have purchased a solar dryer to
carry out training progarmmes for around 800 entrepreneurs in Solar
Food processing technology.
Training Program for trainers from Dr. Bala Saheb Sawant Konkan
Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Maharashtra in Solar Dehydration of
fruits and vegetables. : On 17th of June Training programme on Solar
Food Processing Technology was conducted exclusively for the faculty of
Dr.B.S.Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Department of Horticulture, Dapoli,
Maharashtra. The training programme was organized on value addition of
vegetables such as Onions, potatoes, tomatoes etc.
Conclusion: The Krishi Vgyan Kendras under the Horticulture
department had identified the Innovative Solar Food Processing
Technology as the livelihood programme for income generation and job
opportunities for the needy.
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
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g First Overseas Training Programme in Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa on solar dehydration of fruits and vegetables by SEED
First 'Seed' Training Programme in Abroad: The Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, Ministry of Empowerment, Social Welfare, Youth, Women
and Children, Zanzibar have entered into Memorandum of Understanding with Society for Energy, Environment & Development (SEED), Hyderabad,
India for exporting Solar Industrial Dryer - SDM-50 and conduct training programme in solar dehydration process of fruits & vegetables in Zanzibar. The
solar dryer was already exported to Zanzibar and the training programme will be conducted during 7-12 July with processing of Fruits (Mango) &
Vegetables (carrot & tomato) including packing, quality control, hygiene, etc. Mrs. R. Shyamala, General Secretary & Executive Director of 'SEED'
will conduct this training programme.
g SERP, Government of Andhra Pradesh Sponsored skills development programme for rural entrepreneurs
Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty, Andhra Pradesh (SERP-AP) is supporting two training programs on solar
possessing of fruits and vegetables and value added products. One of these programs will be conducted to Train-
the-Trainers, which will be attended by government officials implementing the rural development programs. Second
training program will be for the Self Help Groups (SHGs) to empower them to set up and operate solar food
processing enterprises. These 6-day training programmes will be conducted in the 1st week of August 2015.
g Orietation Programme in Solar Dehydration technology for faculty in educational institutions.
One 3-day training program will be conducted in the last week of September on "Post Harvesting Technology for fruits and Vegetables for Sustainable
Livelihood using Solar Energy". This program has been envisaged to empower Food Science & Technology and Nutrition faculty of various collages in
the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in the area of sustainable processing of fruits and vegetable for value addition.
g Workshop to Sensitize NGOs on Solar Dried foods for income generation and nutrition security :
SEED will be conducting a workshop in the 1st week of September on "Sensitising NGOs on Solar Food Processing" in association with The Federation
of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FTAPCCI). This workshop will focus on sensitising the NGOs working in the
area of food and nutrition on effective and sustainable processing of agricultural and horticultural produces to achieve food and nutrition security in
India.
SEED COMMUNICATIONSA Quarterly News Letter
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The world community has acknowledged the
multiple benefits of Solar Energy. Solar
Energy contributes to mitigating green house
gas emissions. It's use has the ability to
enhance energy security and can propel
sustainable development. The applications of
Solar Energy are widespread, ranging from
electricity supply to cooking, drying, heating
etc. Its role in alleviating poverty, reducing
inequality and promoting sustainable development is being acknowledged world
over. Use of Solar Energy applications to improve the conditions and standard of
living for the majority of the population of middle and lower income groups,
especially women from these groups.
Many of the statistical studies on
poverty have proved that majority of
the poor are women and they are
doubly affected by discrimination,
marginalization and poverty.
A s n o d a l a g e n c y f o r n o n -
conventional energy, All India
Women's Conference (AIWC) at the
centre, Hyderabad-Secunderabad
branch at branch level are assuming
centre-stage responsibility in creating
awareness about use of domestic
solar energy technologies since
1984. Through Solar Energy initiatives AIWC is also keenly implementing
programmes on income generation for women from low income groups. One of
the entry points in this effort encourages cooking in solar cookers reducing the
use of bio fuels like LPG and Kerosene, use of Solar Lanterns instead of Kerosene
Lamps, use of solar dryers for the manufacture of Fruit bars, dehydration of herbs,
vegetables as an income generation activity. AIWC organizes demonstration
cum sale of its solar dried products at different places like Schools, Colleges,
Mahila Mandalis and public sector institutions like banks etc. AIWC is also
instrumental in marketing of solar lanterns, solar cookers, dryers and home
lighting systems through out India in collaboration with Ministry of New &
Renewable Energy, PCRA & NREDCAP at national & state levels.
Solar energy is benefiting millions of women in villages by meeting their fuel and
other energy needs in an environment friendly manner. Women have a stake in
the development of solar energy uses, both as consumers as well as producers.
About half of India's rural population does not even have electricity. And only 30%
of women are able to use LPG for meeting their fuel need and among them with
over 50% dependant on fire wood and agricultural residue. Bio-mass production
to meet household energy needs should be facilitated along with providing solar
cookers. Government subsidy should be restored again. Even in urban areas
there is increased demand for solar cookers for domestic cooking needs. Low
interest finance and capital subsidies can make solar energy enterprises more
attractive to them.
There is now need for the
Government to give more emphasis
on gender perspective to energy
policy and programmes. Overall
research shows that not enough
attention is given to the impact of
developmental interventions in
energy planning on women allocation
of funds for supporting women's
entrepreneurship in generating and
use of Solar energy is required
capacity building in manufacture of
products using solar energy by
women should be included in the
energy policy. Solar based food processing technology, for example solar drying,
is becoming popular income generating activity by women. There should be
provision of funding installation and training programmes by the MNRE. Women's
access to renewable energy programmes should be streamlined. There is a need
to enhance investment in women's capacity building in the energy sector by the
Government. The 12th Five Year Plan has zan allocation of Rs.19113 crores in
the renewable energy sector. But there is no specific allocation for women in this
sector. A specific percentage of funds should be allocated by the Government to
fund projects harnessing solar energy for women and by women. Funding should
be made available for demonstration of solar energy technologies by women
NGOs. Emphasis has to be placed on R&D in various areas of solar energy
technologies and application with focus on women's needs
Volume : 2 No :3 July-September, 2015
Women's Role In Harnessing Solar EnergyMrs. Farida Hussain, M.A., Member-in charge Renewable & Sustainable Energy, AIWC, New Delhi
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