EVALUATION REPORT-ONGOLE WOMEN GROUPS (SHG’S)

Duration : 2 day training program on ripening chambers for fruits Date :1st& 2 DECEMBER 2014 in ONGOLE

Sl.no Particulars Remarks

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 ONGOLE enclosed b.)Ripening chambers outside ONGOLE 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 Photos taken during training program enclosed a.)First day of training program inauguration and classroom photos enclosed b.)Hands on training & Field visit to ripening chamber enclosed

ONGOLE(SHGS)-DETAILED CURRICULUM

DAY -1: DETAILS | DATE: 01/12/2014

From To Details Topic

8.30 AM 9.00 AM Registration & Break fast Registration

9.00 AM 9.30 AM Inauguration Particulars as under

INAUGURATION - GUESTS ON DIAS 1 Sri. Krishna Rao Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Ongole Chief guest

2 Smt.Sudha Managing Director, Samagra Guest Speaker

3 Sri Ismail PO MEPMA Guest Speaker

4 Sri.C.S.Rao Member BOD NHB Guest Speaker

5 Sri.VenkateswaraRao Propriter,Venkateswara Ripening Chamber,Singarakonda Guest Speaker

ONGOLE - DETAILED CURRICULUM

DAY -1: DETAILS | DATE: 01/12/2014

FROM

TO

SESSION

TOPIC

SPEAKER

11.00 AM 11.45 AM First session Introduction, Natural & Artificial

Ripening

Shri.C.S.Rao

Member, BOD

National Horticulture Board

11.45 AM Tea

11.45 AM 12.30 PM Second Session Different ripening techniques

Potential and Pre market study Points to be considered before

going for Ripening chambers

Dr.Hussian

Professor, College of Agriculture,

Hyderabad

12.30 PM 1.15 PM Third Session Ripening chamber components

Insulation, Refrigeration system Humidification, Ethylene

maintenance

Shri.Venkateswara rao

Singarakonda Ripening Chamber.

01.15 PM

2.00 PM

LUNCH BREAK

02.00 PM 2.45 PM Fourth session Permission and Clearances

required by Government,etc

Mr.C.A.Mounik

02.45 PM 3.30 PM Fifth session Permission and Clearances

required by Bank

Mr.C.A.Mounik

Director,Samagra

Agribusiness 3.30PM 4.00 PM

Tea Break

4.00 PM 5.00 PM Sixth Session

Post-Harvest Technologies and open session

Dr.APRao Dr.Hussain

Mr.C.A.Mounik

Sri.Krishna Murty

ONGOLE- DETAILED CURRICULUM

DAY -2: DETAILS | DATE: 02/12/2014

FROM

TO

SESSION

TOPIC

SPEAKER

09.00 AM

10.00 AM

Breakfast

10.00 AM 01.00 PM Visit to ripening chamber

OngoleRipening Chamber

Shri. Venkateswara rao

01.00 PM

02.00 PM

LUNCH BREAK

02.00 PM

03.15 PM

Third session

Operations & Maintenance of

Ripening Chamber

Pre loading of

fruits: Functions Washing

Cleaning

Arranging

in crates

Ethylene Maintenance:

Ethylene

release Release of

carbon

dioxide

Shri.Venkateswara rao

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.AbbuMounik,

Dr.APRao,Dr.Hussain, Shri.krishna Murty

04.45 PM

05.15 PM

Open session

Shri. AbbuMounik,

Dr.A.P.Rao,Dr.Hussain,

Shri.Krishna Murty

05.15 PM

05.45 PM

Validation and

issue of Certificate of Training by

NCCD

Samagra

LIST OF TRAINEES PARTICIPATED

SL # Name of Participant Mobile No. Occupation

1 K.Elishababu 9701385729 SHG

2 B.MadhaviLatha 7386018011 SHG

3 N.Radhamma 8008041277 SHG

4 BV.PhaniKumari 9701385728 SHG

5 PV.RamanaKumari 9701385727 SHG

6 HK.Suseela 9618344168 SHG

7 G.Santoshamma 9848685991 SHG

8 P.Suseela 9160612890 SHG

9 K.Raghu 9701385725 SHG

10 T.Jyothi 8008670086 SHG

11 G.ParvathiPraganna 9052681151 SHG

12 M.Ankamma 9985207846 SHG

13 K.Koteshwariamma 7893805279 SHG

14 B.Vijaya Lakshmi 8374894452 SHG

15 P.Antha Lakshmi 9652728430 SHG

16 T.Guravamma 9908875745 SHG

17 SK.Kasimbi 8374325423 SHG

18 G.Nagaratnam 9581691333 SHG

19 N.Jayakumari 9701385713 SHG

20 M.V.VasudenRao 9701385206 SHG

21 SYED Ismail 9701385705 SHG

22 M.Vijaya Lakshmi 8096586646 SHG

23 S.Vara Lakshmi 9676386337 SHG

24 SK.Abeeda 8143783575 SHG

25 G.Nagendar 8008040327 SHG

26 SK.Jarina 8008040079 SHG

27 SK.Shaeena 8008996575 SHG

28 B.Bhagya Lakshmi 8331989823 SHG

29 G.Ramanamma 9290222111 SHG

30 G.Jhansi Lakshmi 9985166435 SHG

31 A.Anjamma 7702038695 SHG

32 M.Padmavathi 9014708861 SHG

33 A.Ankamma 9985622676 SHG

34 D.Rajani 8790002117 SHG

35 D.Satyavathi SHG

36 B.V.Prashanti 900370215 SHG

37 V.Venkayamma SHG

38 B.Ramanamma 8331888472 SHG

39 SK.Bibi 8498876377 SHG

40 R.Anjamma 9959736688 SHG

41 P.Beagum 8341144234 SHG

42 D.Leela Rani 8341408654 SHG

43. K.Danalakshmi 9885810850 SHG

44. D.Vishalakshi 9949075967 SHG

45. M.lakshmi 9705803887 SHG

46. N.Ramanamma 9705803887 SHG

47. SK.AmeedBeagum 99599517378 SHG

48. P.Rajeswari 9885217123 SHG

49. S.nagalakshmi 9177757101 SHG

50. CH.Mahalakshmi 9298250723 SHG

51. GV.Lakshmi 9416525523 SHG

52. SK.Parveen 91100438109 SHG

53. G,Bharathi 9293702312 SHG

54. K.Nagalakshmi 7036636758 SHG

55. M.Padmalalitha 9989965729 SHG

56. J.Sarada 9032281219 SHG

57. M.Mallika 8099805600 SHG

58. AV.Sujatha 9985575031 SHG

59. D.Miryamma 9666126318 SHG

60. K.Ingiarasal 9701385711 SHg

61. Y.Chandrasheakar 9701385726 SHG

62. N.Danalakshmi 9701385726 SHG

63. G.RatnaKumari 9985060124 SHG

64. U.V.Ramana 7396728430 SHG

65. SK.Nagurbi 9985861560 SHG

66. P.Rajakumari 9705195574 SHG

67. B.Amareswari 9652655779 SHG

68. K.Jalamani 9652655779 SHG

69. O.Vani 9177245822 SHG

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. Vebnkateswara Ripening Chamber Shri.Venkateswara rao Ongole-Singarakonda

Sri.Venkateswara Rao is a Graduate engineer shifted to ripening chambers with an interest develops a chain of ripening chambers linking with retail outlets. He is planning to involve as many number of self Help Groups for operation and maintenance of Ripening Chambers as well sale of banana fruits through their street vendors. Sri.Venkateswara Rao proposes with an integrated unit of packing and branding of Banana and mango in the coming years.

PREPARATION FOR THE SESSIONS:

Exclusively for women groups (SHGs) Self Help Groups (SHGs) are organized resource of manpower in the semi urban and urban

areas, they are organizing group meetings ,maintaining accounts, conducting recovery camps

for Banks, and petty vendors. Banks are financing these groups by giving Rs.50000/- per

women with an intention for developing a business activity as there is no employment to these

people. They are doing petty businesses like Cycle shops, tailoring shops and provision shops.

These businesses are not viable at their level because

The women groups are not well versed with Business Tactics like Middle Men

The trades selected by these women groups are already existing hence they are not

economically viable

Their products cannot compete with branded goods

Most of the Self Help Groups lacking of leadership qualities and Innovation

They need a platform where new ideas generated and implemented using the work

force

We thought these groups are the best resource for Ripening chambers operations and

maintenance if properly trained. We chalk out a program to allot 40 % of trainings to Women.

After receiving the approvals for conducting trainings from National Centre for Cold Chain

Development (NCCD), we have contacted women groups and arranged for trainings as per

schedule

While the trainings were sanctioned by NCCD for 35 trainees per batch, the local response from

youth was more. At the registration time approximately 70 candidates showed up to participate.

All the candidates preregistered and last minute showings are also allowed to participate in the

training.

AGENDA: EMPLOYMENT GENERATION

As this is the first program of its kind for women groups, unemployed learned skills suitable for

running ripening chambers. Owners of the Ripening Chambers promised to give employment to

the trained women 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.

Majority of the women expressed interest to start Ripening Chambers with Bank loans and

requested Samagra for further help in construction of ripening chambers and bank loan

procedure, marketing help. We assured our services for the benefit of these groups, we also

promised to these groups to give Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) and supervising the project

without charging fees, we feel that it is our “Corporate Social Responsibility” to help these

groups.

It’s a dawn of new beginning the present generation is beginning to understand the importance

and benefits of the industry. We hope to better things will happen in this sector in due course

of time.

Actual employment generated will be monitored and reported to the NCCD

FEEDBACK FROM AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

Dean College of Agriculture, Andhra Pradesh expressed the necessity for such program

by which sustainable livelihood can be created to the youth. 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.

Women groups 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. There by 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.

COMMIISSSIONER AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS

Shri.Krishna Rao, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Ongole was pleased to preside

over the function. He delivered a message to the participants stating that he will put forth every

effort to make these Self Help Groups to sustain economically by shifting to Ripening Chambers,

promised to arrange places in municipal areas for retailing of Banana

Sri .Ismail, Project Officer,MEPMA Promised every help to establish these groups some

ripening chambers during the current financial year, for which he will help in getting the funds.

He requested the participants to utilize this facility for other horticulture produce also.

Smt.C.Sudha motivated the women groups to for ripening chambers and she promised

help in all possible way to make the projects successful.

Sri.V.S.Rao DMC ,of MEPMA, requested for conduct of more number of such trainings in

view of demand, and requested to take up ripening chambers as many as possible as the

current mango season fast approaching

Sri.Venkateswara Rao promised to lead the group towards better opportunities by giving

employment and training to the women groups

FEEDBACK FROM TRAINEES

The participants expressed overwhelming joy after seeing ripening chambers and

expressed to establish ripening chambers at the earliest if some more sections of trainings

conducted to them, regarding quality of fruit buying and administration, tracking markets etc..

Majority of the groups expressed that they will be taken to the banana gardens for

having tie up with banana growers before establishing ripening Chambers.

More literature in Telugu, and requested a week continuous program to these groups is

helpful in making them thorough with operations and marketing of fruits.

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.

FEEDBACK FROM FACULTY

The faculty opined that the 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.

LIST OF FACULTY WITH BRIEF PROFILE

Dr. A. P. Rao Project Associate- Samagra Agribusiness Services Pvt. Ltd 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.

Sri.Krishna Murty Senior Chief Manager retired from State Bank Of India with back ground qualification of Agriculture.Sri.Murty served the bank for thirty years in agribusiness project appraisal wing in the Bank. Highly initiative and motivator for the new enterprises and guide properly.

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. Procedure s of obtaining permissions for submission of Application for subsidy

Dr.AhmadHussain Project Associate, Samagra Agribusiness Services Pvt. Ltd. Doctorate in agriculture 23 summers of experience spread over in Farm extension, resource mgt for crop production & master trainer in farm production PHT & good agricultural practices for global certification of farm produce winner of meritorious extension personnel award, nominated for young Muslim scientific award, Scientific advisor for Jananvignanavediks& city library.

PHOTOS TAKEN DURING TRAINING PROGRAMME Program-inauguration and classroom photos

Guests on DiasShri.Krishna Rao,Commissioner Municpal corporation ,Ongole,

sri.Ismail ,ProjectDirector,MEPMA, Sri.C.S.Rao Member,BOD,NHB

Trainees in the venue

Speech Sri.Krishna Rao, Commissioner

Speech by Sri.Ismail,Project Officer,MEPMA.

Active Session

Sessions by Sri.Hussain

Speech by Sri.V.S.Rao

Open Session: SHG Woman explaining to the SHG Groups

Open session Visit to Ripening Chambers.

Visit to Ongole ripening chamber

Shri.Hussain, explaining the technology of ripening, Capacity of crates.

Trainees with trainers

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