Beneru :
This is the one of the remote villages of Nagaland . The village is the tourist village of the state. Greenry and resource richness attract villagers. HESCO's intervention in this village is almost 2years old . A Rural Technology Hub has been created here with community and Assam Rifle participation.

This centre is equipped with post harvesting technologies. The centre also operate one improved watermill. This was third training organized in village. The participants were mainly women and youths. There are three major activities that have been adopted in this village.

Fruit and Vegetable Processing:
Beneru is rich in variety of fruits. The major fruits here are Pineapple. In vegetable chilli and Bamboo variety of products have been processed . Interestingly, this centre has been a common facility centre for many villages around. Villagers processed their fruits for self consumption on charge basis. A refresher course was undertaken to expose villagers with new products and recipe.

Bakery:
A new electrified bakery has been introduced in the village .Variety of local products have been developed. Villager's response has been very enthusiastic. Following products were made i.e. Biscuits, Nankhatai and Cakes. All these products have been made up of local grains only.

Watermill:
A watermill was installed by HESCO in Beneru . There are two objectives. The mill has been used mainly for dehusking and electrification. It is constantly working and is a major community service system for Agro processing.

Coal Making:
Coal making technique is also introduced in the village. Villagers are now using coal as a fuel for cooking as well as for bakery and fruit processing training.

Manmao :
This is border village of Arunanchal Pradesh . The border is hardly 7 km from this place. It is backward and community is responding well to these trainings. The center situated in 2007. The trainings were further strengthened on.

Post Harvesting Technology:-
Villages have also been equipped with variety of equipments for fruit processing. It is rich in Rhododendron flower, variety of citrus fruits, Guava, Bamboo and chilies. A variety of protocols were developed to utilize the above resources. The main products that have been made are Squash, Jam, Jelly, Pickle, Chutney etc.

Bakery:
Local grains have been utilized to make variety of bakery products. A low cost coal bakery has been used for the same. Cake and other attractive bakery products have been made.

Water Mill:-
The site for the mill is still being searched preferably around the villagers so that community can access to benefit of mill.

Market:-
HESCO has clear vision for market strategy. It has been working on simple philosophy of using technology for self consumption first. By doing this, the dependence on market is cut and save family money. This initial exercise opens chain for local market in later phase.

S. No.	Activity	Organization/Army	Location	Number of training	Products
1	Post Harvesting Technology; Fruit Processing	a)Armed force b)Voluntary Organization	Jammu& Kashmir Lansdown (Uttrakhand) North-East Uttrakhand	25 13 22 51	Squash,Pickle.Chutteny,Jelly,Jam and Drink
2	Bakery	Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve			Cookies & Cakes
3	Water mill	a)Voluntary Organization b)Govt. Organization c)Armed Forces	Uttrakhand , Himachal Pradesh, J&K , Nort h-East Uttrakhand J&K ,North-East	125 15 48	Electricity/Flour/Oil/Rice/Cotton
4	Lantana	a)Voluntary Organization b)Govt. Organization	Uttrakhand , Himachal Pradesh, J&K , Nort h-East Uttrakhand	79 25	Furniture
5	Agriculture	Voluntary Organization /Villagers	Uttrakhand,North-East,J&K,Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan	33	Organic Compost /Seed/Agri-Produce and Laddoo(Prasad for Holy Places i.e. Vaishno Devi,Shahdara Sharif,Badrinath,Kedarnath,Gangotri,Yamunotri)
6	Scented Material	a)Voluntary Organization b)Govt. Organization	Uttrakhand, North-East,J&K,Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan Uttrakhand	47 23	Dhoop,Agarbatti,Hawan Saamagri
7	Fisheries	Voluntary Organization - Govt. Organization	Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh	16	Fish
8	Bee Keeping	Voluntary Organization	Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh	37	Honey
9	Biomass Utilization	Voluntary Organization	Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh, J&K ,Rajasthan ,North-East, Madhya Pradesh	55	Charcoal, Dhingri Mushroom etc.