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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
Challenges
• Connectivity
• Post-harvest preparedness
• - Collection Centres
• - Pre-packing houses
• Pre-coolers
• Lack of business-mindedness
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
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…
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