Homemade preserves in mason jars neatly arranged on a rustic wooden shelf.
Women’s Enterprise Development

Food Preservation & Processing​

SUNDESH promotes food processing and preservation training as a pathway for rural women to build home-based enterprises and enhance household income. The initiative focuses on practical, low-cost techniques that enable women to convert locally available produce into value-added products.

Over time, training programmes have covered preparation of papad, pickles (achaar), jams, and sharbat, supporting traditional food-based livelihoods. Based on community demand, the curriculum has expanded to include cake making, biscuits, and nutritious dry mixtures, strengthening market-oriented skills. 

The programme combines hands-on training, entrepreneurship orientation, and guidance on market linkages and basic compliance requirements, enabling women to move from skill acquisition to income generation.

“From kitchen skills to income opportunities.”

Key Snapshot

Statistics

Focus

Food preservation & value addition

XX+

Families Reached

Support

Market linkage & basic compliance guidance

Primary Participants

Rural women & SHG members

Model

Home-based micro-enterprises