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BENGALURU: Women are working as farm hands. Raichur District Changed business activities as such for six months Food processing To ensure that they continue to earn during the rest of the year when no farm activities require their labour.
After working for six months as an agricultural laborer in Jagir Pannoor village of Manvi taluk, the 38-year-old Shiromani He had to stay at home for the rest of the year. However, over the past five years, he has found a profession that keeps him gainfully employed during the remaining six months: the commercial production of ‘karak roti’, a crisp form. Millet bread Which has a long shelf life.
He was among the six people of Shiromani. Raichur The district is selling its wares at an event where the products of rural businesses are marketed. Saint Joseph’s UniversityBengaluru, last week.
Shiromani was making two regular millet rotis, with gongura (red sorrel leaves) chutney, dry peanut chutney, and sunflower seed chutney for Rs 100 a plate. The fact that her children are of college age gave her the freedom to travel and sell in Bengaluru.
“This is the second time we have come to the city to sell rotis and chutneys,” he told TOI at his pop-up stall. Shiromani, whose husband works as a painter, said, “We grow the millet ourselves, clean and dry it well so that it has a good texture, and grind it for Rs 10 per kg. Give it to the mill.”
Shiromani was accompanied by her neighbor Reginamma, 30, on this year’s business trip. Reginma’s contribution to the business of the two was to sell gongura chutney and dry chutney powder.
Reginamma has young children and a husband in Raichur. The husband works in the fields during the season and otherwise. “The gongura sauce I make lasts for at least a week without refrigeration and up to a month,” she said of the sour and spicy mash of coarsely ground red sorrel mix.
Showing the dry chutneys, she adds, “They are sold in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Mangaluru.”
Maripa was not far away, selling his quilts and beaded earrings that his wife made back in Raichur. “We refer to YouTube for new designs. The basics were taught at Loyola’s camp for free,” he said.
Father Don Prem Lobo, Director of Loyola Center for Social ConcernHe said that his NGO collaborated with SBI’s CSR wing in Raichur to train women agricultural laborers in entrepreneurship in Raichur district. “Stakeholders help us provide machinery to them,” he added.
Shiromani said the machinery has helped her make 400 kadak rotis for events.
Fr Lobo said business activities are encouraged to curb migration. “People come to big cities as construction workers and face endless problems. So we train 100 youth every year and give them free marketing to sell their produce,” he said. to sustain their business.” He said.
