Abstract
Women have some strong qualities of desirable and relevant to entrepreneurship development such as their ability to manage details, dedication to the work they take up, tolerance and kindness towards people etc. In this context one good example is Mrs. Lilavathi, 49 years, was a house wife and running provisional store at S G Kote Village, Bangarpet. They are selling different value added products of agricultural and horticultural products, instant R-T-C mixes and masala powder in her shop from 1996. She have attended training programme on “Value addition and marketing Agricultural and Horticultural products” conducted by ICAR-KVK, Kolar on Dec 2016. So KVK has helped to preparation of products like Rava idly mix, Ragi idly mix, Palav rice mix, Ragi malt, Bisibele bath, Pongal Ready to cook, Avalakki R-T-C, Broken wheat pongal mix, Rava Dosa mix, Vangi Bath mix, Puliogare Mix, Rasam Powder, Sambar powder, Semya bath, Semya payasam, Upam mix and Kesari bath mix. We helped to purchase required equipments for preparation of R-T-C products like Dry roaster, Pulverizes, Mixing machine, Vegetable cutter, Band sealing machine and Solar dryer. The KVK provided technical support to her for raw material source, packing materials, FSSAI licensing and branding. She named her value added products as “Sai Benaka Food Products”. After receiving consumer response and interests, she started preparation of fully fledged R-T-C products. Initially she started to prepare 25 kg of Ready to Cook products/Month, now she is regularly preparing 850 kg of Ready to cook products /month and selling entire products to the whole sellers, Melas organized by universities, Exhibition, Dasara festival, retail shops and Kolar super markets regularly. She is getting an income of Rs.4.00 Lakh/Year. She was awarded “Best Stall award” by IIHR, Bangalore. This helps to get home made nutritious products for the people.
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