VILLAGE ADOPTION PROGRAMME

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VILLAGE ADOPTION PROGRAMME
Small step to make a giant leap

• NIFTEMs Initiative to Link Rural Food Sector to
  Mainstream Economy

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VILLAGE ADOPTION THE CONCEPT AND THE TARGET

• A unique approach to take Food Processing
  Technologies and NIFTEMs message to the least
  developed villages of India

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Village Adoption In line with NIFTEMs Theme
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VILLAGE ADOPTIONPROGRAMME DETAILS

• Immediately after joining B. Tech/ M. Tech
  course, students are divided into groups of 5 to
  7.
• Each group adopts a village anywhere in India and
  nurses it for the four years they are in B. Tech
  and two years they are in M. Tech.
• Students stay in the village four times a year 7
  to15 days each time

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• While in the Village
• Students establish a work plan A long term
  goal of four years is clearly identified, with a
  Faculty Mentor
• Record demographics assessing problems of
  villagers
• Explain concepts of value addition, preservation
  of food and reduction of wastages.
• Organize vital linkages Village Schools-Krishi
  Vigyan Kendra-District Administration- Banks
  etc. Sensitize and train the farmers and local
  youth
• Promote entrepreneurship Encourage farmers and
  local youth to form producers company and
  establish small Food Processing Units.
• Catalogue traditional practices Food processing,
  preservation / traditional recipes of food, etc.

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• Back to NIFTEM
• Write a detailed report
• Presentation of reports
• Get academic credits and
• Awards for the best five teams

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VILLAGE ADOPTION Exposes students to ground
realities

• Students study traditional food processing
  practices and promote future possibilities
• Students obtain first hand experience of Indian
  Rural scenario and facilitate the process of
  integrating the underprivileged sections of our
  population with the main stream.
• villagers are benefited by their scientific and
  Technical knowledge

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VILLAGE ADOPTION MEANS MUCH MORE..

• Overall development of the village Students
  address the issues at the village level which
  needs immediate attention.
• (b) Village-Administration Network Students work
  in close co-ordination with the village people
  and local administration and create an effective
  network to address the problems faced by
  villagers.
• (c) Leadership Roles for Students Students
  learn to play leadership roles in assigned areas

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Activities Targeted
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First PhaseOctober 29 to November 3, 2012
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NIFTEMs Pan India Presence in First Phase

1. Andhra Pradesh (1)
2. Bihar (1)
3. Gujarat (1)
4. Haryana (4)
5. Jharkhand (2)
6. Karnataka (1)
7. Madhya Pradesh (1)
8. Maharashtra (2)
9. Punjab (4)
10. Tamilnadu (2)
11. Uttar Pradesh (4)
12. Uttarakhand (1)
13. West Bengal (1)

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Village Adoption Poster Rally, Gulzarpur,
Uttrakhand
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Gram Jagriti Yatra to Awaken Villagers Lahra UP
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House to House Survey Kurhe, Jalgaon, Maharashtra
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Networking with District Administration
Arjunpur, UP
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Networking with District Administration With DC
Jind, Haryana
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Explaining Concepts Food Processing, Global
Warming, Solar energy and More Kalava Charla, AP
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Value Addition Jaggery Unit in Sugarcane Belt
Pirjain, Punjab
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With Gram Panchayat Kurhe, Jalgaon, Maharashtra
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At Angan Wadi, Koyli, Vadhodhra, Gujrat
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Video CDs as an effective way of delivering the
message Arjunpur, UP
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Sanitation and Hygiene Street Play at Karkatpur
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At Allanganallur, Tamil Nadu
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At Kalava Charla, AP
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At Bagroda, Madhya Pradesh
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At Hocher, Jharkhand
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At Kurhe, Maharashtra
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VILLAGE ADOPTIONTARGETS UNORGANISED FOOD INDUSTRY
A challenge facing the Indian food industry is
that 69 percent of this sector is unorganized and
majority of the people are still not aware and
informed of the 'good processing practices',
scientific storage practices, value addition
techniques and techniques for enhancement of
shelf life etc. This is where the Village
Adoption Programme is most relevant.
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VILLAGE ADOPTION With a Sharpened Focus in
coming year

• Students remain in touch and guide villagers in
  while back to NIFTEM
• Many more activities are planned
• -Demonstration of scientific facts through games
  and street corner plays (Nukkad Natak),
• -Motivating the female residents to schools
• -Emphasizing hygiene and sanitation through
  exhibitions
• -Train farmers and local youth about Food
  Processing and value addition
• -Encourage villagers to form producers company
  and establish small Food Processing Units

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NIFTEM believes In teaching its students that
upliftment of India at grass root level is an
important social obligation and Looks forward
to coming up with many success stories in this
star programme!
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..Redefining entrepreneurship in rural food sector
Thank You