Tribal welfare minister inaugurates women-led processing units in Bhadrachalam and Khammam
Ms. Satyavathi Rathod, Minister for Scheduled Tribes, Women and Child Welfare, Telangana, inaugurated a women-run moringa (drumstick) processing unit in Mucharala village of Khammam district and a dry mix (ready-to-cook foods) unit in Bhadrachalam on Saturday. Both the units are wholly owned by tribal women, who were trained in food processing and entrepreneurship at ICRISAT.
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Mahindra & Mahindra-ICRISAT collaboration bags ‘Best Watershed’ recognition
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Towards sustainable seed systems in Eastern and Southern Africa
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‘Unless consumers demand food produced in ways good for the environment, farmers have little incentive to adopt technologies’
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