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Activities (Jaggery Unit)

Improvement in juice recovery in sugarcane crushers.
Effective juice clarification techniques and development/identification of clarifiers of vegetative origin.
Improved furnaces/devices for juice heating, boiling and concentration with fuel economy and reduced drudgery.
Improved packaging of jaggery for enhanced shelf life.
Development of sugarcane juice/jaggery based value-added products for consumers’ acceptability and fighting mal/under nutrition.
Development of small and medium storage structures for reduction of storage losses.
Semi-automation of jaggery making process.
Upgrading knowledge and skill of farmers and jaggery manufacturers through specialized training programmes/live demonstrations.