Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 29: Rainfed Research Sub Station for Sub Tropical Fruits (RRSS), Raya of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu (SKUAST-J), organised one-day training-cum-demonstration programme on preparation of Dhew Pickle for rural women and unemployed youth at Village Ranjan about 20 kilometres from here.
Organised under SERB DST, New Delhi, the programme was aimed at profitable utilization of Dhew fruit by making pickle on scientific lines to fetch better market price for this value added product.
About 60 rural farm women and unemployed youth from Ranjan village participated in the programme.
Dr Neeraj Gupta, principal investigator, SERB-DST project gave participants the details regarding the value addition of Dhew fruit in the rainfed areas of the Jammu region besides demonstration on making of pickle. The participants were apprised with the technique of value addition of Dhew fruit and its profitable economics.
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