Value-added food production course opens in Taunggyi

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The Taunggyi Township Rural Development Department under the Ministry of Cooperative and Rural Development launched a vocational training course on value-added food production (making tomato jam) at Phatnam Village, Taunglaylone Village-tract in Taunggyi Township, Shan State (South), on 18 May.
The training course aims to create job opportunities, nurture a skilled workforce, and supplement household income for rural residents. At the opening ceremony, Deputy Director U Khon Myint Thaung of the Shan State (South) Rural Development Department explained that such livelihood support training is provided to enable rural women and local farmers to systematically manufacture value-added products using locally sourced raw materials and establish manageable small-scale businesses.
Subsequently, the Pyithu Hluttaw representative and the Amyotha Hluttaw representative delivered opening addresses, followed by the presentation of training materials to the participants by departmental officials.
The five-day free training course, running from 18 to 22 May, is being attended by 20 female trainees from Phatnam Village. Experienced instructors are providing systematic theoretical and practical lessons on the step-by-step process of making tomato jam and market linkage techniques. Furthermore, outstanding trainees who genuinely intend to establish enterprise operations will be prioritized for access to loans from the department’s Mya Sein Yaung project funds. — Cho Than Nyunt (Rural)

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