KTAP to give technological facelift to farming sector: Minister
He was speaking at the State-level launch of the programme at a technology conclave held at the Jain Deemed University here on Monday.
'KTAP will elevate rural livelihood initiatives to a new level. The State government aims to enhance the income of women entrepreneurs. The procurement of technologies will facilitate the modernisation and diversification of enterprises and provide a qualitative edge to their products,' Mr. Rajesh said.
Kudumbashree has expanded its presence in the e-commerce sector by making its products available across the country. Over the last quarter of a century, Kudumbashree has succeeded in its mission of poverty alleviation. It has managed to lift 90% of the extremely poor families out of poverty. Kerala will be declared the first State in the country without extremely poor families on November 1, he said.
The Minister also visited stalls displaying Kudumbashree's agriculture value-added products at the technology conclave. Kudumbashree Mission signed MoUs with the Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, the Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, the National Research Centre for Banana, the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, the Central Food Technological Research Institute, the National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management (Thanjavur), and Kerala Agricultural University.
Kudumbashree also signed MoUs with the M.S. Swaminathan Research Institute, MG University, Lead College of Management, Jain Deemed University, Saintgits College of Engineering, Council for Food Research and Development, and the Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute for imparting training and support.
Thrikkakara municipal chairperson Radhamani Pillai presided over the function.
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