ngo in agri value chain

8/6/2019 Ngo in Agri Value Chain

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NGO IN AGRI VALUE CHAIN

GROUP: 2


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BACKGROUND

PRODUCT: TOOR DAL

India is the largest producer of toor pulse.

85% of the total produce in the total producein the world.

Cajanus cajan (scientific name)

Cultivation- tropical and subtropical regions

Plant variety: leguminous plant

Intercropping :maize, cotton and sorghum


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Contd.

Duration: 3 to 4 months August to December.

The crop is cultivated on marginal land by resource-poor farmers.

farmers commonly grows traditional medium- andlong-duration (511 months) and Short-duration (34months).

Toor dal is very drought resistant and can be grown inareas with less than 650 mm annual rainfall.

Agri-inputs such as fertilizers, weeding, irrigation andpesticides requirement is minimal.

High demand in Indian market because of dailyconsumption in every part of India.


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Considerations

Its a toor dal mill setup with linking farmersproduce to the end customer.

Dal mill is being established by the support of

a local NGO.Location: Netrang,Gujarat

4 Villages for taking the produce from farmersdirectly.

This dal mill is a commercial wing of NGO withmission to link the farmers in the agriculturalvalue chain.


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Role of NGO

Capacity building

Market linkages

Improve productivity and quality

Providing agri-inputs at subsidized prices.

Organizing farmers and producer group.

To improve the livelihood of local farmers.

the processing operations at village level, 3 links(village level aggregator, mandi traders andprocessors) can be removed from the chain.


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How?

FARMERS NGO MARKET


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BENEFIT TO THE FARMERS

Facility of agri-inputs

Increase in productivity

Quality produce Better price for produce

Improved living standard


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STEPS INVOLVED IN DAL MILL

Rawmaterial

Removalof Husk

Brokendal

Processeddal

Sale ofproduce


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process

The average productivity of toor in the region

is 2.5 3.0 quintals per bigha.

Total production of toor in Dhamni block(Netrang) is around 650 metric tons.

The estimates ranged between 1,200 1,500

metric tons.

a processing unit of the capacity, 40,000 5,

00,000 kg in a year can serve the purpose.


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Contd

The farmers typically receive Rs.25-30 per kgdepending on the quality of produce.

The processed dal is then sold into various

markets, in entire Gujarat at the rate of Rs.32.50-35.50 per kg.

The husk and broken dal are sold directly fromthe plants at a rate of Rs.8 per kg and Rs.10 perkg. No portion of the raw dal goes as waste.

In regular 3, 6, or 12-month intervals, the mill'sprofit could be distributed back to theparticipating farmers.


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Constraint

Mechanization: Repair and maintenance are the

major constraints. Unit often requires major and

minor repairs.

Skilled mechanic: The quality of produce suffers

when NGO have shortage of trained technicians to

run various mechanical and production

operations.

Low participation of the community:

ngo in agri value chain

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