KAU offers a hand of help to cassava farmers in distress in Wayanad
The Hindu
Dryer unit installed at Krishi Vigyan Kendra to bring out value-added products from cassava
The timely intervention of the Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) by offering to bring out value-added products from cassava has offered a ray of hope to farmers reeling under crisis during the pandemic. After traders abruptly stopped procuring cassava owing to huge availability and low demand for the produce in the market, Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Ambalavayal, under the varsity, made the intervention along with the Kerala State Horticultural Products Development Corporation (Horticorp) by using a demonstration dryer unit at the Kendra, Allan Thomas of KVK told The Hindu. “The unit can dry 60 kg of cassava in a shift, but we operated the unit in two shifts a day to help farmers,” Dr. Thomas said.More Related News
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