Tomato processing unit

Tomato's market @ Madanapalli which is 100 kms away from B'lore and one of the major tomato markets in Chittoor district of AP. Around 700 tons (normally, &  ~1000 tons in peak) of tomato come to Madanapalli market & exported these tomato's to big cities: Hyderabad, Chennai, north India. Challenge is price variation from ~One rupee to  ~Rs. 20 / kg !!

Similar markets are there near (50 kms dia) by Madanapalli, they are: Chinnamandem/Rayachoti (200 tons), Kalikiri/Vayalpad/Piler, Tirupati (250 tons), Punganur (200 ton's), Chintamani (200 ton's), Mulbagal / sankarapuram (300 tons) & so on...

Impact: ~50,000 families and 2500 brokers, plus customers :)
Challenge: Thousands of formers spend huge amount of money (40 k / acre) to grow Tomato's and rates fluctuates day to day / weekly !! How to stabilize the rates !?

Any solution: Nice if there is any solution from IBM or Govt.'s. Rate / crop regularisation is one solution, Food processing is another solution, I think of.
Business Opportunities: food processing industry, Cold storages

Tomato processing:
   To solve Tomato formers issue, Govt. or entrepreneur's should establish massive food processing units to balance prices across year. Currently few food processing units run in Chittoor district but low capacity & managed by politicians i.e. they try to cheat on prices :(
  • Location: Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, India
    • Any where where land, labor are economical & easy to reach !!
  • Cost Estimation:
    1. Land ( 2 - 3 acres) : Rs. 50 L
    2. Buildings / Sheds : < yet to est>
    3. Machinery:< yet to est>
    4. Labor:  < yet to est>
    5. Explore availability of existing processing unit & ready for sale !!
  • Marketing: New Branding (or) Via existing Brand vendors
  • Capital: ~5 to 8 Cr
    • Multi stake holders: 5 - 20
    • Bank loan / NABARD
  • Type of Products can be processed:  [Refer references # 1]
    1. Dried tomatoes
    2. Tomato pulp
    3. Tomato puree or paste
    4. Tomato juice and squash
    5. Tomato jam
    6. Tomato ketchup
    7. Tomato leather
    8. Tomato Pickles
    9. Green tomato chutney
  • Setting-up Tomato processing unit: Refer references # 4
  • Preservative process: Refer references # 5
  • An Annual Planning Model for Food Processing: An Example of the Tomato Industry: Refer references # 6
  • Production guide of Tomato’s: Refer references # 3
  • Risks / Mitigation: 
 References:
  1. http://answers.practicalaction.org/our-resources/item/tomato-processing
  2. http://www.fruitandvegetable.ucdavis.edu/files/217152.pdf
  3. http://www.nda.agric.za/docs/Brochures/ProdGuideTomato.pdf
  4. http://www.dcmsme.gov.in/publications/pmryprof/food/ch24.pdf
  5. http://www.fruitandvegetable.ucdavis.edu/files/217061.pdf
  6. http://s.giannini.ucop.edu/uploads/giannini_public/44/f6/44f6d633-498f-4fe5-9986-4ade35520c4a/332-foodprocessing.pdf
Some of the Entrepreneurship's I suggested / plan created are:
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed & content within this article are the personal opinions of the author.

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News on 9th Jan 2018: టమాటా రైతు దివాళా 
కిలోకు రూ. 7 పెట్టుబడి మార్కెట్లో రూ. 2 కూడా ఇవ్వని వ్యాపారులు - లబోదిబోమంటున్న టమాటా రైతులు 
దేశవ్యాప్తంగా 18.25 లక్షల టన్నుల అధిక దిగుబడి - అత్యధికంగా దిగుబడి వచ్చిన పంటల్లో రెండో స్థానం
  • కిలో టమాటాలను పండించడానికి రూ.7 వరకూ ఖర్చవుతుందని స్వయానా ఉద్యానశాఖ ప్రభుత్వానికి నివేదించింది.
  • దేశవ్యాప్తంగా అన్నిరకాల కూరగాయలు కలిపి ఈ ఏడాది 18.06 కోట్ల టన్నుల దిగుబడి రావచ్చని అంచనా. 
  • దిగుబడిలో ఎప్పుడూ ఆలుగడ్డ అగ్రస్థానంలో, ఉల్లిగడ్డ రెండో స్థానంలో ఉండేవి. 
  • తొలిసారి ఈ ఏడాది ఉల్లిగడ్డను మూడోస్థానానికి నెట్టి టమాటా రెండో స్థానానికి ఎగబాకింది! గతేడాది రెండోస్థానంలో ఉన్న ఉల్లి (2.24 కోట్ల టన్నుల దిగుబడి)... ఈ ఏడాది మూడోస్థానానికి (2.14 కోట్ల టన్నులు) చేరింది. దీంతో వాటి ధరలు మండుతున్నాయి. 
  • నిరుడు మూడో స్థానంలో ఉన్న టమాటా (2.07 కోట్ల టన్నుల దిగుబడి)... ఇప్పుడు రెండోస్థానం (2.23 కోట్ల టన్నులు) చేరింది.

News on 20th Jan 2018: టమాటా రైతు దివాళా  
  • Tomato prices dropped to 25 - 50 paisa per Kg in Madanapalli....today !! 
  • My recent visit given me opportunity to find how they are looted by all:
  • Issue with Paddy - Rice they grown last two years still not sold due to rate or no one buying. 75 kgs bag ~1000-1200 !!
  • Issue with Milk - We have few options - Heritage, ShivaSakti, Dodla collects milk from farmers. One pays Rs. 21 - 23/- and another Rs. 22 - 25/- per litre (mainly from Sept - Feb )
  • Vegetables: Terrible story............mullangi - Rs. 5/- , Bendi - Rs. 7/- kg, Brinjal - Rs. 8/- kg like that....they are not getting even their cost.
  • Finally Flowers: check in Madanapalli .....Rs. 15-20/- kg flowers.
  • So, we need to find best solutions to Farmers... !!😢
  • The questions we should ask:
    • Where is Govt ? If Govt is not doing ?? Then 
    • what are our MLAs in these area's doing, mainly Chittoor dist ???
    • Are (people) we asking them to setup - cold storages ???
    • What's their (MLA's) duties ??? Did any MLA did any major work ??

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