A training programme sponsored by ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute (ATARI), Bengaluru on ‘Value Addition and Entrepreneurship Development in Spices’ was held at ICAR – IISR, Kozhikode during 13 – 15 December 2022. About 20 participants mainly entrpreneurs identified by various KVK’s from Karnataka and Kerala were present for the training programme. Dr. R. Dinesh, Director, ICAR-IISR, inaugurated the training programme and Dr. Thimappa K., Principal Scientist and Nodal Officer, ICAR-ATARI, Bengaluru felicitated during the inaugural session of the training programme on 13 Dec 2022. The programme included theory and practical sessions followed by field visit to ICAR-IISR, Experimental farm at Peruvannamuzhi. During the training programme, Dr. C.K. Thankamani, Dr. P Rajeev, Dr. E. Jayashree, Dr. Anees, Dr. Lijo Thomas, Dr. P. Ratha Krishnan, Ms. Alfiya P.V and Ms. A. Deepthi handled various sessions on post harvest processing, quality aspects and entrepreneurship development.
