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NIRJULI, 11 Oct:<\/strong> The Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) Cell of the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) organized an awareness programme on bamboo shoot-based products, focusing on value addition, preservation, and marketing strategies, at Hollongi Mikir village on Friday.<\/p>\n The initiative aimed to empower local women and self-help groups by promoting income-generating activities rooted in sustainable bamboo shoot processing.<\/p>\n The programme was led by UBA NERIST regional coordinator Prof Thaneswer Patel, along with DrAnubhab Pal and Dhiraj Kumar Yadav, who emphasized the vast economic potential of bamboo shoots as a rural enterprise. They discussed techniques for processing, drying, and preserving bamboo shoots to enhance shelf life and marketability, while also underscoring the importance of effective marketing to expand market reach.<\/p>\n UBA Project Assistant John Engti conducted a practical demonstration, during which the participants engaged in preparing bamboo shoot pickles, namkeens, and dried bamboo shoot products. The sessions provided hands-on learning experience designed to help the participants acquire technical know-how and entrepreneurial skills for commercial-scale production.<\/p>\n Members of the UBA Cell were also present to offer technical guidance and on-site support throughout the event.<\/p>\n The program aimed to bridge academic expertise and rural development through community participation and the creation of sustainable livelihoods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NIRJULI, 11 Oct: The Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) Cell of the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) organized an awareness programme on bamboo shoot-based products, focusing on value addition, preservation, and marketing strategies, at Hollongi Mikir village on Friday. The initiative aimed to empower local women and self-help groups by promoting income-generating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-272079","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}