Mysore/Mysuru: CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) is organising two Skill Development Programmes in Spice Processing on Sept. 20 (Tuesday) and Post-Harvest Technologies for Horticultural Crops on Sept. 30 (Friday) under CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative for the benefit of budding entrepreneurs / micro-entrepreneurs / startups, SHGs and entrepreneurial aspirants with very nominal registration fee.
The workshop on Spice Processing will be conducted in a hybrid mode, that is both offline and online mode. 30 participants can visit the Institute for offline participation on first come first serve basis. The programme will cover in detail about the current status and opportunities in spice processing, spice nutraceuticals and trends towards their value addition, analytical methods in spice processing, encapsulation of flavours and colorants, fumigation and infestation control for safe storage of spices, food safety standards and regulation in spice processing etc.
