Kudumbashree and Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Central Tuber Crops Research Centre (ICAR-CTCRI) have signed a MoU for providing 12 state-of-the-art technologies in tuber cultivation. The MoU was signed by H. Dineshan IAS, Executive Director for Kudumbashree and Dr. G. Baiju Director for ICAR - CTCRI at a function organized yesterday (09-05-2025) at the Central Potato Research Centre, Sreekaryam, Thiruvananthapuram.
This is the first MoU for the transfer of technologies as part of K-TAP (Kudumbashree Technology Advancement Programme), which is designed to guide lakhs of NHG members who earn their livelihood from agriculture as part of Kudumbashree, to modern science and technology-based farming methods and sustainable income generation. According to this, Kudumbashree will receive 12 technologies focused on value addition and food processing from tuber crops. The technologies will be provided for preparing various dishes such as cookies, kulfi, muffins, snacks, pasta, jelly, etc. using tapioca and sweet potatoes.
In the coming weeks, Kudumbashree aims to acquire technologies from seven other leading agricultural technology research institutes in India, prepare a knowledge base of a total of 180 technologies, and launch products using these technologies by Onam, said H. Dineshan, IAS, in his keynote address. Activities to provide training focused on these technologies to selected NHG members will also begin soon. The objective of the K-TAP project is to provide better employment opportunities to women by making progress in all aspects of agriculture, starting from production, value-added product manufacturing, processing and marketing, through the use of innovative technologies in agriculture and allied sectors. Currently, 4,32,667 women in 94,594 farmer groups under Kudumbashree are engaged in various types of agriculture on more than 20,000 hectares across the state. There are also producer groups, agricultural enterprises and farmer producer companies. K-TAP technology will be used to strengthen the livelihood activities of these women farmers. The use of these technologies for processing of agricultural products, value addition of small grains, organic production methods, smart farming, eco-friendly packaging, branding, and licensing will lead to expansion and increase in income of existing enterprises.
The MoU signing ceremony was presided over by Dr. G. Baiju, Director, ICAR-CTCRI. In his presidential address, he said that all the programmes in collaboration with Kudumbashree will be effectively reached to the grassroots and completed successfully. Dr. S. Shanavas, Programme Officer, Kudumbashree explained the project. Ramesh. G, District Mission Coordinator, Kudumbashree Thiruvananthapuram District Mission, Dr. M.S. Sajeev (Principal Scientist, ICAR - CTCRI) spoke. Dr. P.S. Sivakumar (Principal Scientist, ICAR - CTCRI) welcomed the gathering
and Dr. T. Krishnakumar (Scientist, ICAR - CTCRI) delivered the vote of thanks. Representatives of Kudumbashree State and District Missions and ICAR - CTCRI also attended the function.
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K-TAP: Kudumbashree and Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Central Tuber Crops Research Centre sign MoU for 12 state -of-the-art agricultural technologies