Increase the Fisher Women Income by drying their fishes using Solar Dryer Tunnel

10 May 2023

CPF (India) Private Llmited

The Thupilapalem village is a fishermen community village,Rural Fisher women face severe financial crisis with the traditional ways of drying fish and other factors like Weather conditions,Rodents are affecting the quality of Dryfish. Market and production capacity of the Dry Fish is low due to the unhygenic ways of drying fish which is dried in open area (Traditional Method) and it ultimatly affecting the livelihood of Fishermen community.

To enhance and develop the income for Rural Fisher women communities by providing them the required infrastructure to improve their income levels by producing Supreme Quality of Dry fish and helps them in getting high yield with usage of modern technology to increase the market value for Dry fish.

The result of the project is to increase the speed and quality of sanitation. Previously, it was used to dry under sunlight for 8 hours, yielding 25 kg / day, after using a solar drying tunnel for 8 hours, yielding 100 kg / day.

Increase the income level from 300 to 450 rupees / day and raise the standard of living for fishermen's housewives.