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The Hindu
5 hours ago
- Business
- The Hindu
Kudumbashree to provide all vegetables needed for Onasadya: Minister
Kudumbashree will provide all vegetables needed for the Onam sadya this year, Minister for Local Self-government M.B. Rajesh has said. He was speaking after performing the State-level inauguration of the Kudumbashree's Onakani project at Kottukal panchayat here on Wednesday. Onakani is a project to make available safe and pesticide-free vegetables to the people for the Onam festival. 'Onam with Kudumbashree' is the theme. Onam kits that include vegetables for the sadya, pickle, chips, payasam mix, and spice powders will be readied as part of Onakani. For this, the Kudumbashree has increased the land under cultivation four times. As much as 25,680 acres of land is under cultivation this year as compared to 6,800 acres last year. The Kudumbashree achieved a turnover of ₹7.8 crore through sale of vegetables and flowers last year. This year, hybrid seeds made available through its Jaivika plant nurseries will be cultivated. Each Kudumbashree community development society (CDS) will be sanctioned up to ₹25,000 as revolving fund. Training to the women farming groups in technical aspects such as preparing the land, sapling production, crop maintenance, and pest control will be given. A market for the vegetables will be found by the Kudumbashree. Kottukal CDS chairperson Vimala K. gifted Kudumbashree products to the Minister. Kottukal panchayat president Chandralekha K. spoke. District panchayat president D. Suresh Kumar presided.
Time of India
a day ago
- Business
- Time of India
Kudumbashree ‘Onakkani' to ensure safe vegetables
T'puram: Kudumbashree is implementing an 'Onakkani' project to provide safe and pesticide-free vegetables to the public for Onam. The goal is to cultivate 10,000 hectares across state through Kudumbashree farmers. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The project, envisaging cultivation of all vegetables needed for the Onam feast, also aims at ensuring better income for farmers. In the district, the cultivation will be carried out on 1,992 acres across 83 community development society (CDS) units. The state-level inauguration of the project will be organized in Maruthurkonam ward of Kottukal panchayat on Wednesday. Local self-govt minister M B Rajesh will inaugurate the project while district panchayat president D Suresh Kumar will preside. As part of the project, technical training will be provided to farmers in all districts on nursery preparation, seedling production, crop maintenance, pest control and harvesting. TNN
The Hindu
2 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
2 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.
New Indian Express
3 days ago
- General
- New Indian Express
Kerala school curriculum opens up to umbrella brand's tale of tenacity
KANNUR: This academic year, Class 10 students in the state will learn more than just grammar and literature as part of their English curriculum: They'll also discover a remarkable story of resilience and self-reliance from the tribal heartland of Aralam. The new syllabus includes the inspiring tale of Aadhi, the first umbrella brand developed by an indigenous community in the country, through the Kudumbashree Mission. It tells the saga of Kudumbashree in Aralam and how it became a lifeline for the local tribal population. Central to the narrative is the Aadhi umbrella manufacturing unit, a shining example of what grassroots empowerment can achieve. Launched in 2021 by the Kudumbashree District Mission, the project was designed to support families in the Aralam Farm Scheduled Tribes Rehabilitation Area, many of whom relied solely on MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) jobs for survival. The aim was to create an additional, sustainable source of income and, in doing so, uplift an entire community. The venture began modestly, with intensive umbrella-making training provided to 28 tribal women under the leadership of the Kudumbashree Kannur team. Equipped with umbrella-making kits, they formed two micro-enterprise units named Nila and Lotus, registering them under the Kudumbashree CDS. From these humble beginnings, the initiative has grown into a thriving business with 40 women on board and an annual turnover of Rs 30 lakh.
