Soy-Millet Extruded Snacks-based Enterprises—A Contributor to Livelihood and Rural Development

By : L.K. Sinha , S. D. Kulkarni

Page No: 231-243

Abstract
Soybean and millets being the nutritious food raw materials, snacks with millets and soybean were attempted to help improve nutritional profile of the product. To examine the potential of enterprises, a technoeconomic feasibility analysis was done for production of soy-millet-maizebased extruded snacks in cottage-scale (10 kg/h) plant, which revealed a payback period of 11 months at 25 per cent profit margin. Thus, establishment of small enterprise of only about 70 kg finished product per day with a moderate investment of Rs 3.3 lakh can be a livelihood opportunity and source of income for unemployed in the rural areas and small town(s). The paper discusses various aspects of processing of soy millet for production of value-added extruded snacks suitable for livelihood opportunity leading to rural development.

Author :
L.K. Sinha : Principal Scientists at Agro Produce Processing Division, Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal—462038, Madhya Pradesh