Success story of IIFPT onion mission
Small onion is
cultivated on an area of about 8,000 hectares in the district on an average
every year with a production of 65,000 to 70,000 tonnes. Last year, the area
under cultivation had touched 8,900 hectares, according to district officials.
The State government, in 2014, opened an onion marketing complex at Chettikulam
, peramabalur District, Tamilnadu with
cold storage.
About 200
farmers were exposed to various aspects of storing and processing small onions
and on making value-added products such as onion paste, dry powder, and pickles
during the training programme jointly organised by the Department of
Agricultural Marketing and Agri Business and the IIFPT at the Chettikulam
Marketing Complex for Onion here.
Dr.C. Anandharamakrishnan, Director, IIFPT emphasized the
need for improving the storage and processing of onions. The IICPT
had developed racks with good ventilation for storing small onions instead of
the conventional method adopted by farmers. Storing onions in these low-cost
structures could help reduce wastage by 20 per cent, he said.
The IIFPT developed
the technology for making various value-added products such as onion paste and
pickles which could have shelf life of six months. This technology could be
used for export purposes.
CONTACT US
The Director
Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology(Formerly Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology)
Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India
Pudukkottai Road, Thanjavur - 613 005
Tamil Nadu
India.
Contact No. : +91 4362 228155
Fax : +91 4362 227971
Mail Id : director@iifpt.edu.in
