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 Monday 9th December 2024 at 2:41 PM PAU News Regarding Rural Women as Farmers Email at PSP

147 Rural Women and Farmers Attended Training Camp 

Rural women (72) and farmers (75) attended the camp

Ludhiana: 9th December 2024: (Punjab Screen Desk)::

Amla Fruits Photo By Rajesh S Baloria Pexels

Rajesh S Balouria“Amla holds immense nutritional value and health benefits,” said Dr Kulvir Kaur, Assistant Home Scientist, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), while demonstrating the making of amla murabba during the monthly training camp of women’s wing of PAU Kisan Club. In all, 147 rural women (72) and farmers (75) attended the training camps of the PAU Kisan Club, held under the leadership of Dr MS Bhullar, Director of Extension Education.

Dr (Mrs) Rupinder Kaur Toor, Associate Director (Skill Development), in her welcome remarks, advocated financial progress through the adoption of women centric avenues such as value addition and agro-processing. 

Mrs Kanwaljit Kaur and Mrs Kuldeep Kaur gave practical trainings in the making of chawanprash as well as amla pickle and powder.

Dr Prerna Kapila, Course Coordinator, informed about the skill development programmes aimed at sustainability of the rural community via socio-economic expansion.

Dr Lavleesh Garg, Extension Scientist, proposed a vote of thanks.

Meanwhile, during the camp for the men’s wing of the club, Dr Tarundeep Kaur Dhaliwal, Agronomist; Dr Amarjit Singh, Senior Extension Specialist (Plant Pathology); and Dr Vivek Sharma, Soil Scientist, focused on weed management in rabi crops, diseases management in wheat, and soil testing for need-based use of fertilizers, respectively. Besides, Dr Harpinder Kaur, an expert of Consumer Science, talked about the right selection of utensils for cooking healthy food with thrust on the use of stainless steel instead of plastic.

The Club Secretary Satvir Singh welcomed the experts and the farmers, while the Club President Manpreet Grewal proposed a vote of thanks. The PAU Kisan Club training camp was held under the guidance of Dr TS Riar, Additional Director Communication and Dr Kuldeep Singh, Programme Associate Director.

PAU Students hold women empowerment camp

PAU Ludhiana//Tuesday 8th Oct 2024 at 10:40 AM//Women empowerment

Camp at village Gahaur under the Rural Awareness Work Experience 

Ludhiana: 8th October 2024: (Kartika Kalyani Singh//The Women Screen Desk)::

A women empowerment camp was organized by the final year students of B.Sc Horticulture (2024-25), Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), at village Gahaur, Ludhiana, under the Rural Awareness Work Experience (RAWE) programme. The camp was organized under the guidance of the Programme Coordinator Dr Jaswinder Singh Brar, Principal Fruit Scientist; and the Course in charge Dr Simrat Singh, Scientist, Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, PAU. The primary objective of the camp was to provide a platform to the women entrepreneurs to showcase their handicraft items and explore additional opportunities for skill enhancement in horticulture and allied ventures. 

During the camp, Chetna and Jashan apprised the participants of various short term courses and training programmes being provided at the Skill Development Center, PAU, to enhance the required skills and impart knowledge in horticulture and allied subsidiaries such as making of jams, candies, squashes, pickles, etc. In addition, Jahnvi and Riya disseminated information about various government schemes available for the startups. Gurpreet educated participants about the importance of forming the Self-help Groups, to avail the subsidies for  women entrepreneurs.

An exhibition of locally made handicrafts was displayed by the farm women namely Smt Sukhwinder Kaur, Smt Harjot Kaur and Smt Gurmeet Kaur. It included diverse range of products comprising embroidery, hand woven folding fans, table fabric cover, knitted sweaters, etc. The students, namely, Sakshi, Harshdeep Kaur, Vishnavi, Himmat Singh, Ranjit Singh and Muskan of the RAWE programme actively participated for the successful conduct of this camp.