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The Hindu
4 days ago
- Business
- The Hindu
KTAP to give technological facelift to farming sector: Minister
The Kudumbashree Technology Advancement Programme (KTAP) will give a technological facelift to the farming sector by adopting modern technologies, said Minister for Local Self-Government and Excise M.B. Rajesh. 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.
The Hindu
4 days ago
- Business
- The Hindu
Kudumbashree creates centralised technology bank to give innovative touch to its farm livelihood enterprises
To usher in a new era of technology-driven women entrepreneurship, the Kudumbashree Mission has launched the Kudumbashree Technology Advancement Programme (KTAP) where by a centralised technology bank has been created by purchasing 184 technologies at an estimated ₹90 lakh. Memorandums of Understanding have been signed with seven reputed research and technology institutes from which the technologies related to farming and food processing and value addition have been bought with the objective of harnessing the power of innovation and technology to strengthen Kudumbashree's farm livelihood vertical. The idea is to transform traditional farming and food processing into sustainable, competitive rural enterprises. 'The State Kudumbashree Mission will impart awareness about these technologies to district-level teams initially. In the next stage, selected members from each district, including entrepreneurs, will be given hands-on training in technologies of relevance to them at the institutes concerned. Going forward more related technologies will be added to the bank,' said S. Shanavas, State Programme Officer, Kudumbashree's Farm Livelihood vertical. The technology bank will serve as a shared repository of modern tools and solutions to empower Self-Help Groups to access, borrow, and utilise technologies to enhance productivity and product quality. These technologies will be harnessed for creating new 1,500 product groups and 125 integrated farming clubs besides empowering the existing enterprises. KTAP is being backed by an initial budget of ₹1 crore under the Technical Supporting Agency (TSA) component of National Rural Livelihoods Mission to revolutionize farm livelihoods by integrating cutting-edge technology into all levels of agricultural and food-based enterprises. The impact of KTAP is expected to be three-fold. It will enable certified, high-quality value-added products that can compete beyond local boundaries. enhance income generation for women-led rural enterprises by moving them from subsistence-level livelihoods to scalable agribusiness models and build technical and managerial skills thus ensuring members are trained in the use, maintenance, and business applications of the technologies provided. Among the key objectives of the project include modernisng key areas such as agri-processing, smart farming, organic production, packaging, licensing, and branding. The technology access is likely to help product standardization, enhanced inter-district collaboration, and entry into domestic and international markets.
