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Small step to make a giant leap…
VILLAGE ADOPTION PROGRAMME
NIFTEM’s Initiative to Link Rural Food Sector to Mainstream Economy
VILLAGE ADOPTION:
THE CONCEPT AND THE TARGET A unique approach to take Processing Technologies and Food NIFTEM’s message of India to the least developed villages
Village Adoption:
In line with NIFTEM’s Theme
Knowledge • Understand village life at Grass root level Innovation • Integration of classroom education and traditional practices.
Outreach • Reaching the farmers and uplifting them to mainstream levels with help of Food Processing.
VILLAGE ADOPTION:
PROGRAMME DETAILS
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Immediately after joining B. Tech/ M. Tech course, students are divided into groups of 8 to 10.
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Each group adopts a village anywhere in India and nurses it for the four years they are in B. Tech and two years they are in M. Tech.
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Students stay in the village two times a year : 10-12 days each time
While in the Village:
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Students establish a work plan : A long term goal of four years is clearly identified, with a Faculty Mentor
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Record demographics: assessing problems of villagers
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Explain concepts: of value addition, preservation of food and reduction of wastages .
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Organize vital linkages : Village Schools-Krishi Vigyan Kendra-District Administration- Banks etc. Sensitize and train the farmers and local youth
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Promote entrepreneurship : Encourage farmers and local youth to form producer’s company and establish small
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Food Processing Units.
Catalogue traditional practices : Food preservation / traditional recipes of food, etc.
processing,
Back to NIFTEM:
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Write a detailed report
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Presentation of reports
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Get academic credits and
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Awards for the best five teams
VILLAGE ADOPTION:
Exposes students to ground realities
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Students study traditional food processing practices and promote future possibilities
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Students obtain first hand experience of Indian Rural scenario and facilitate the process of integrating the underprivileged sections of our population with the main stream.
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villagers are benefited by their scientific and Technical knowledge
VILLAGE ADOPTION:
MEANS MUCH MORE..
(a) Overall development of the village
needs immediate attention. : Students address the issues at the village level which (b)
Village-Administration Network
: Students work in close co-ordination with the village people and local administration and create an effective network to address the problems faced by villagers. (c) Leadership Roles for Students: areas Students learn to play leadership roles in assigned
Teaching village people, village girls,
Activities Targeted
Promoting Good Agricultural Practices Extent of food processing interventions required Identification of basic problems people of particular village are facing Cataloguing of traditional practices of food -production – preservation- recipes, etc.
Sensitize & train the farmers & local youth about Food Processing Encourage Entrepreneurship in food processing
The Programme was initiated in October 2012. So far Seven visits have been completed by December 2014.
19 States 32 Groups About 400 Students (M.Tech+B.tech)
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Andhra Pradesh (1) Bihar (1) Gujarat (1) Haryana (2) Himachal Pradesh (2) Jammu (1) Jharkhand (2) Karnataka (1) Kerala (1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Maharashtra (2) Odisha (1) Punjab (2) Rajasthan (3) Tamilnadu (2) Tripura (1) Uttar Pradesh (5) Uttarakhand (2) West Bengal (2)
Existing Locations under VAP
Name of the Village
Kalavacharla Araji Kanchanapur Koyli Gangwa Rawalwaas Kala Nauni Tunna Rakhbaroi Hocher Mangur and Yalgud Pulincunnu Simariya Bagroda Kure Lathor vairowal Daroli Bhai
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Rajahmundry/East Godavari Bidupur, PO: Panapur Dharampur/Vaishali Vadodara Hisar Hisar Shimla Mandi Vijaypur/ Sambha Kanke / Ranchi Belgaum and Kolhapur Veliyanad/ Alappuzha Seoni Phanda/ Bhopal Bhusaval/Jalgaon Kaprakhole/ Balangir Tarn Taran Moga BIHAR
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ANDHRA PRADESH GUJARAT HARYANA HARYANA HIMACHAL PRADESH HIMACHAL PRADESH JAMMU JHARKHAND KARNATAKA and MAHARASHTRA KERALA MADHYA PRADESH MADHYA PRADESH MAHARASHTRA ODISHA PUNJAB PUNJAB Name of the Village Aloda Junakheda Sahanawali Alanganallur Kallupattai Shyamaprasad Colony Naglamohan Arjunpur Hussainpur Karkatpur Lahara Gulzarpur Deghat Dakshin Kalrayar Kuthi Dakshin Arjunda and Chalkradhabon Block and Sub District/ District/ Sikar Jhalarapatan/ Jhalawar Billothi/Sevar/ Bharatpur Alanganallur/Madurai Rajakapattai/Dindigul Anandnagar/ Duckli /West Tripura Mathura Bakshi Ka Talab (PO: Itaunja)/ Lucknow Baliya Wazirganj/ Badaun Hathras Udham singh nagar Almora Cooch Behar/ Cooch Behar 2 Gram Panchayat Chaitanyapur-1/ Block Panskura-1, Midnapore (East) STATE RAJASTHAN RAJASTHAN RAJASTHAN TAMILNADU TAMILNADU TRIPURA UTTAR PRADESH UTTAR PRADESH UTTAR PRADESH UTTAR PRADESH.
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Village Adoption Poster Rally, Gulzarpur, Uttrakhand
Gram Jagriti Yatra to Awaken Villagers: Lahra UP
House to House Survey: Kurhe, Jalgaon, Maharashtra
Networking with District Administration: Arjunpur, UP
Interactive lectures for villages at Village Gangwa, Hisar, Haryana
Explaining Concepts: Food Processing, Global Warming, Solar energy and More: Kalava Charla, AP
Value Addition: Jaggery Unit in Sugarcane Belt: Pirjain, Punjab
With Gram Panchayat: Kurhe, Jalgaon, Maharashtra
At Angan Wadi, Koyli, Vadhodhra, Gujrat
Video CDs as an effective way of delivering the message: Arjunpur, UP
Sanitation and Hygiene: Street Play at Karkatpur
At Allanganallur, Tamil Nadu
At Kalava Charla, AP
At Bagroda, Madhya Pradesh
At Hocher, Jharkhand
At Kurhe, Maharashtra
Product preparation with potential Entrepreneur in Dakshin Arjunda, West Bengal
Team NIFTEM Interacting with villagers in Anandnagar, West Tripura
VILLAGE ADOPTION:
TARGETS UNORGANISED FOOD INDUSTRY A challenge facing the Indian food industry is that 69 percent of this sector is unorganized and majority of the people are still not aware and informed of the 'good processing practices', practices, value addition scientific storage techniques and techniques for enhancement of shelf life etc.
This is where the Village Adoption Programme is most relevant.
VILLAGE ADOPTION:
With a Sharpened Focus in coming year
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Students remain in touch and guide villagers back to NIFTEM in while
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Many more activities are planned: -Demonstration of scientific facts through games and street corner plays (Nukkad Natak), -Motivating the female residents to schools -Emphasizing exhibitions hygiene and sanitation through -Train farmers and local youth about and value addition -Encourage villagers to form Food Processing producer’s company and establish small Food Processing Units
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In teaching its students that India at grass root level upliftment of is an important social obligation , and
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Looks forward to coming up with many success stories in this star programme !