13 October 2020

Kalpana is from a farming family. Her husband manages their small piece of land and works in a coconut mandi in Tiptur to make ends end meet. “My husband used to work in coconut mandi in Tiptur and came home quite late. As our land holding is small, I had to find a way to bring in more income into the house” says Kalpana.

She was making and selling ragi papads without much success. She participated in a ragi value-addition training conducted by TIDE where she learnt about value added products such as ragi malt and nipattu. She also understood other important aspects like quality, compliance for food grade, packaging, and marketing. She used this knowledge to reduce her production costs and improve her profit margin. 

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