Context: Replacing rice crop with millets is a climate resilient approach since millets are less input crops especially in conserving water, resistant to climatic stress, pests and diseases. Millets are rich in nutrients and if compare with rice may provide double nutrition. There is an urgent need to increase the consumption of pearl millet among rural and urban population by introducing pearl millet based diversified value-added products. Objective: This study was aimed to train rural women for developing diversified value-added products of pearl millet. Methods: Sixty women were divided in two groups of 30 women in each for imparting training on diversified value-added products of pearl millet such as self- stable pearl millet flour, pearl millet laddoo, cutlet, sev, sprouted and popped pearl millet, pearl millet based idli, dhokla, cake, biscuits and cookies. Five days training was organized for both the groups separately at KVK, Faridabad, CCS HAU, Hisar during 2022-2023. Sensory preference, perceived feasibility of developed products and pre and post training knowledge score of women were calculated. Utility and coverage of delivered contents were also calculated. Results & Discussion: Results indicated that knowledge score at pre-training were ranged from 0.27±0.18 to 0.90±0.41 which increased significantly (p≤0.05) after exposure of five days training programme on demonstration of preparation of diversified pearl millet-based products and ranged from 1.00±0.32 to 1.92±0.57. As a result, there was a significant gain in awareness and knowledge regarding processing, products development, cost calculation, packaging and marketing of developed products, nutritional and health benefits and entrepreneurial potential of pearl millet-based products. Significance: Skilled and trained women will improve their own nutritional status while incorporating various diversified pearl millet products in their diets; they will earn money by selling these products and overall, it will increase the demand of climate resilient pearl millet.

Keyword: Diversified products, entrepreneurial potential, pearl millet, rural women, training, value addition