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@ Farmgates in Arunachal RAMESH KUMAR Member, NCCD-NCLS, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India 29 January 2014 Ita Nagar, Arunachal Pradesh

Farmgates @ Arunachal Pradesh

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Farmgates in

Arunachal

RAMESH KUMARMember, NCCD-NCLS, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India

29 January 2014 Ita Nagar, Arunachal Pradesh

Visited Places

• Tezu• Wakro• Tissue• Chowkham• Roing• Passighat• Sissen• Pangin• Aalo• Ziro• Itanagar• Bomdila• Dirang• Rupa• Shergaon

Districts Covered

• Lohet

• East Siang

• West Siang

• Papumpere

• West Kameng

• 3 Weeks

Challenges

• Connectivity

• Post-harvest preparedness

• - Collection Centres

• - Pre-packing houses

• Pre-coolers

• Lack of business-mindedness

Unfinished Bridges

Hanging Ropeway@ Sissen

Roads? What’s That?

Superabundance!

Superabundance!

• Wakro oranges to Karimganj by road

• Ziro kiwi to Tezpur/Guwahati by road

• Dirang apples

• Passighat cut flowers

• Bomdila large cardamoms

• Sissen ginger

Why not riverine?

Navigation on Siang to Dibrugarh/Jorhat or Guwahati for evacuationBelom Apum, DHO: childhood memories of fruits/vegs on Siang @ Passighat

How about rail?

• Tinsukia

• Dibrugarh

• Tezpur

• Guwahati

• Horti Trains

Huge market

• Nagpur Oranges

• New Zealand kiwi

• Italian kiwi

• Cut flowers

• - Gerbera

• - Coronation

• - Enthuriam

Why not Farmer Groups?

• Growers looking for easy way out

• farmgate sale to Karimganj agents

• Look @ Amul, Anand

• Apple, Himachal

• Sugar, Maharashtra

• Oranges, Maharashtra

• Banana, Madurai

• @ Grapes, Nasik

What’s the Magic Wand?

• Cold Supply Chain

• Just NOT cold storage

• From famgates to fork

• Collection Centres

• Pre-coolers

• Packaging Centres

• Reefer Vehicles

• Branding

Food Processing

• Nigmoi, Aalo facility• Shut… Why?• Lack of business ethics• Pricing hassle• New facility @ Pangin• State Industry Minister Mr Tapang Taloh’s

constituency• NGO-supported facility @ Rupa for tomato

ketchup• Interested parties…

Interested parties

The Miuli Family / Roing

Interested Parties

Dature Miuli /RoingThe Mele family – Jommy & Rome / Roing

Progressive Farmers

• No dearth across state

• Sissen – Taji Siram: ginger, balancia, pineapple

• Aalo - Tarang Taga (Greenfield Agro Alliance)

• 600 farmers group head

• Aalo - Doi Ado, former Minister (Siang Farmers Club)

• Ziro - Kalung Bida, Ziro Kiwi Growers Club

Export Potential

• Arunachal fruits exported to the Gulf via Bangladesh

• Funnily, these items sold in Arunachal as “Produce of Bangladesh”

• Singapore/Malaysia markets close by –Explore

Home interest

• Tata – Kiwi experience

• Big Bazaar

• Pazhamudheer Cholai, Chennai

• Organic Foods, Jaipur

• Private sector participation

Sky is the limit

Thank You!