Assessment of participants’ response in a business meet on post-harvest and value addition technologies.

Abstract

A business meet in virtual mode was conducted at ICAR-CIPHET, Ludhiana under the chairmanship of Dr. K. Alagusundaram, former DDG (Engg) to showcase ICAR-CIPHET, Ludhiana developed resent technologies to the prospective stakeholders including Agri-preneures, food processors, new start-ups, process machinery manufacturers, women farmers, and rural youth. Dr. S.N. Jha, DDG (Engg.) cochaired the session. More than 450 national and international stakeholders attended the virtual meeting, which was advertised through various social media platforms. The meeting was attended by 450+ such stakeholders. Feedback was collected from 108 participants, and the results were overwhelmingly positive. 42% respondent were interested in gluten free muffins technology followed by 37% respondents interested in multi-grain flour technology and 30% each for Aonla processing plant and groundnut based flavoured beverages. Rest of the technologies liking were in the range of 27-17%. Out of total 108 respondents, 69% attendees were male, and 30.8% attendees were female. The evaluation of the event indicates that the business meet achieved great success, primarily due to the careful organization of the event, proper selection of the technologies and, the impactful delivery by the knowledgeable speaker. The other attributes for this success includes, the smooth coordination by the team, the extensive distribution of invitations, and the enthusiastic participation of the attendees.