How farming collectives in Thiruvananthapuram are reaping success

How farming collectives in Thiruvananthapuram are reaping success

Vilappil Madhuram, launched in July, consists of savouries, pickles, tapioca, jackfruit and banana chips and chammanthippodi, all made by residents of Vilappil panchayat, a suburb of Thiruvananthapuram. The products will be available for sale at the Onam market of the panchayat on August 17, the first day of the Malayalam month of Chingam, also observed […]

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How Chakkakkoottam, a WhatsApp group-turned-company, is bringing about a jackfruit revolution in Kerala

How Chakkakkoottam, a WhatsApp group-turned-company, is bringing about a jackfruit revolution in Kerala

“There is so much you can do with the jackfruit,” Bushra Faisal says. She is a member of Chalissery Chakkakkoottam, a collective of 15 homemakers who are into making value-added products from jackfruit. A resident of Chavakkad in Thrissur district, Bushra travels 18 kilometres to Chalissery in nearby Palakkad district whenever there is a training […]

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Kerala entrepreneur Ambika Somasundaran exports her brand of drumstick-based products

Kerala entrepreneur Ambika Somasundaran exports her brand of drumstick-based products

A soup mix or rasam mix with moringa (drumstick) leaf powder in it? Or a payasam that has moringa flesh as one of the ingredients? These are value-added products with moringa that entrepreneur Ambika Somasundaran manufactures at her unit, Kariat Dry Foods, at Marottichal in Puthur panchayat, Thrissur district. Now she is excited that some […]

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