...Agro Industry Scenario | An Introduction The agro industry is regarded as an extended arm of agriculture. The development of the agro industry can help stabilise and make agriculture more lucrative and create employment opportunities both at the production and marketing stages. The broad-based development of the agro-products industry will improve both the social and physical infrastructure of India. Since it would cause diversification and commercialization of agriculture, it will thus enhance the incomes of farmers and create food surpluses. The agro-industry mainly comprises of the post-harvest activities of processing and preserving agricultural products for intermediate or final consumption. It is a well-recognized fact across the world, particularly in the context of industrial development, that the importance of agro-industries is relative to agriculture increases as economies develop. It should be emphasized that ‘food’ is not just produce. Food also encompasses a wide variety of processed products. It is in this sense that the agro-industry is an important and vital part of the manufacturing sector in developing countries and the means for building industrial capacities. | | | The agro Industry is broadly categorised in the following types: (i) Village Industries owned and run by rural households with very little capital investment and a high level of manual labour; products include pickles, papad, etc. (ii) Small scale industry characterized by...
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...Several government officials, agro-processors, farming entrepreneurs and other stakeholders in the agriculture sector converged on the premises of the Fond Assau Agro-Processing Plant in Babonneau for its formal opening on Tuesday, September 6th, 2011. This modern facility was co-funded by the Republic of China on Taiwan and the Government of Saint Lucia at approximately Two Million EC Dollars (EC$2 million). The Taiwanese Government supported the refurbishment or modernization of the existing SLBC facility at the cost of EC$1.5 million and the land had been purchased by the government from the defunct St. Lucia Banana Corporation (SLBC) for approximately EC$280,000. The lively proceedings were led by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Fisheries and Forestry, Hubert Emmanuel, who served as Master of Ceremonies (MC). Deputy Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Sonia Monrose delivered welcome remarks to an expectant audience. She noted that agro-processing serves to enhance food security; while improving the value chain by transforming primary agricultural produce making them ready-vacuum-packed for our busy housewives, house-husbands, restaurants, hotels, motels, supermarkets and other retail outlets throughout Saint Lucia.The Chairman of the Saint Lucia Marketing Board (SLMB), Mr. Stephen Best, pointed out that the Fond Assau Agro-Processing Centre, is a momentous occasion reflecting the foresight and vision of the Minister of Agriculture, Ezechiel Joseph; and...
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...NATIONAL MANUFACTURING COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL Enhancing Competitiveness of Indian Manufacturing Industry: Assistance in Policy Making Final Report March, 2009 Enhancing Competitiveness of Indian Manufacturing Industry: Assistance in Policy Making DISCLAIMER CRISIL Risk and Infrastructure Solutions Limited (CRIS), a subsidiary of CRISIL Limited, has taken due care and caution in preparation of this Report. This Report is based on the information obtained by CRIS from sources, which it considers reliable. CRIS does not guarantee the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of any information contained in this Report and is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the use of such information. This Report should be used in its entirety only and shall not be reproduced in any form without prior permission from CRIS. CRIS and any of its directors, representatives or employees do not accept any liability for any direct, consequential or perceived loss arising from the use of this Report or its contents. CRIS specifically states that it has no financial liability whatsoever to the users of this Report. Final Report Enhancing Competitiveness of Indian Manufacturing Industry: Assistance in Policy Making TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES...................................................................................................................................i LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS..........................................
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...INTRODUCTION OF THE COMPANYUsher Agro Ltd is one of the leading agribusiness houses in the country. The company is an agri-food processing company primarily engaged in milling and processing of rice and wheat in Northern India. They focus mainly on non-basmati rice and wheat products such as atta, maida, suji etc. Their plants are based in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, which are among the main rice and wheat growing regions in India. The company's principal products include rice, bran, wheat and husk. Its wheat products include fine and superfine wheat flour (maida), r-aata, whole meal aata (chakki atta) and bran (choker). They have one subsidiary company, namely Usher Eco Power Ltd. Usher Agro Ltd was incorporated on June 20, 1996 as a public limited company. The company was established with the main object of manufacturing and processing in agro-based products and to deal in, trade, export or import such products. They entered the Food Processing Sector by setting up their first Rice Milling Plant at Mathura in Uttar Pradesh with a capacity of 10,800 MTPA. In the year 1998, the company set up their second rice mining plant at their existing site at Mathura. In March 2003, they set up an automated modernized rice milling plant at Buxar in Bihar, a rich paddy cultivating area with a capacity of 46,800 MTPA and commenced commercial production. In the year 2004, the company obtained ISO 9001:2000 Certificate from IIC Korea. In the year 2005, they obtained HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical...
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...MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM IN AGRO-INDUSTRY | COURSE ID: MIS105SECTION: 2 | PREPARED FOR:ASHIK IMRAN KHAN | PREPARED BY-NAME: EMRAN SAYEEDID: 1130833030NAME: CHOWDHURY SAIMA TABASSUMID: 1210194020NAME: MONOLOVA SAMARUKHID: 1210368630NAME: SHOAIB AHMEDID: 1210009030NAME: NISHAT TASNEM EASHAID: 1211168020 | * ABSTRACT- 4 * CONCEPT OF MIS- 4 * FIELD OF MIS DEALS WITH- 4 * AGRICULTURE- 6 * AGRO-SOCIETY AROUD THE GLOBE- 7 * PERSPECTIVE FROM BANGLADESH- 8 * MIS IN AGRICULTURE- 10 * MANAGEMENT IFORMATION SYSTEM IN ACTION- 11 * AGRICULTURE, MIS AND BANGLADESH- 22 * AGRO-SOCIETY OFBANGLADESH BELONGS TO- 23 * CHALLENGES FACED BY AGRO-INDUSTRY OF BANGLADESH- 24 * POSSIBILITIES FROM AGRO-INDUSTRY OF BANGLADESH- 25 * THE GOALS THAT BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT SHOULD ACHIEVE TO DEVELOP ITS ECONOMY AND AGRO-INDUSTRY- 25 * AND WITH MIS- 25 * USING MIS IN AGRO-INDUSTRY MARKETING- 26 * LASTLY- 27 INDEX ACKNOWLEDGEMENT NAME: EMRAN SAYEED NAME: CHOWDHURY SAIMA TABASSUM NAME: MONOLOVA SAMARUKH NAME: SHOAIB AHMED NAME: NISHAT TASNEM EASHA ABSTRACT We are reporting on...
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...FOOD PROCESSING IN INDIA Corporate Catalyst India A report on Indian Food Processing Industry 1. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW India is the world’s second largest producer of food next to China, and has the potential of being the biggest with the food and agricultural sector. The food processing industry is one of the largest industries in India-it is ranked fifth in terms of production, consumption, export and expected growth. The food industry is on a high as Indians continue to have a feast. Fuelled by what can be termed as a perfect ingredient for any industry - large disposable incomes - the food sector has been witnessing a marked change in consumption patterns, especially in terms of food. Increasing incomes are always accompanied by a change in the food basket. The proportionate expenditure on cereals, pulses, edible oil, sugar, salt and spices declines as households climb the expenditure classes in urban India while the opposite happens in the case of milk and milk products, meat, egg and fish, fruits and beverages. For instance, the proportionate expenditure on staples (cereals, grams, pulses) declined from 45 per cent to 44 per cent in rural India while the figure settled at 32 per cent of the total expenditure on food in urban India. A large part of this shift in consumption is driven by the processed food market, which accounts for 32 per cent of the total food market. It accounts for US$ 29.4 billion, in a total estimated market of US$ 91.66 billion. The Confederation of...
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...largest food processing firms operating over 270 plants worldwide and operating in over 75 countries. Headquartered in Decatur, Illinois, the company is listed on the New York stock exchange main board and is a part of the S&P 500 index. The company is one of the most admired in the US and internationally being named the world’s most admired food production company by the fortune magazine for three years in a row from 2009 to 2011. ADM has a staff of about 30,000 people in its workforce to help it run its operations and hundreds of thousands more who depend on it indirectly as suppliers and business partners. ADM seeks to partner with farmers by creating thousands of products and markets for their crops. ADM was founded in 1902 when George Archer and John Daniels set up a factory to crush linseed. The company changed its name to its current Archer-Daniels-Midland company when in 1923 it acquired the Midland Linseed Products Company to further grow its linseed business. Since then, ADM has expanded both in geographical size and business segments as it entered more business lines such as milling, food processing, manufacture of specialty foods ingredients for industrial use and nutritional products to the processing of cocoa. The company also has significant interests in renewable energy. ADM is also involved in the storage and transportation of agricultural products both by road and sea through its subsidiaries. In terms of financial performance, ADM is one of the largest agro based...
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...Below is a listing of potential Industries and a few examples of businesses and jobs that can be group under each industry. I will take one or two examples and try to explain how it will all work. The Fishing Industry as an example: The old ways of fishing cannot compete in the Global industry today, hence a need for a new and improve means of doing business. Communities will have to designate a portion of the water body to build a fishing port. A fishing harbor will provide a means of docking and undocking, building of boats and other marine lives. Fishing Boats with more sophisticated navigational systems to locate fishes and the ones that can venture into open waters should be built; Canoes just cannot do the job today. Fish Farming must be considered to ensure a year round supply of fish to fuel the industry. Inland fishing should also be looked at. Research Centers must be established to keep the industry at par with new technologies. Students of Universities can engage in Marine Biology and/or Aquarium Science in studying the ocean and its inhabitants and how to protect the environment. Fish Centers with packaging and preservation capabilities should also be built to help control the prices better. A constant source of market must be available to further enhance the industry. Small private businesses that can support this industry are: Restaurants, Grocery Stores, Barbering Shops, Auto mechanics, Law Firms, Communication Centers, Accounting Firms…etc ...
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...Agro logistics With the changes in lifestyle introduced by the new healthier way of life, massive food inflation knocked on our door. In 2006 the annual food inflation was 7.5 %. This figure doubled in 2011, 14.21 %, influenced by growth in consumption, income rise and change in the demographic structure of the world’s population, food production, processing, distribution and retail. People started using more fresh vegetables and fruits, animal protein, dairy products and processed food. The problem here is simple, the companies can’t deliver fully what customers ask from them. To get out of this situation the companies and the governments were searching for innovative, efficient and more secure way to improve the agriculture business and maybe reinvented it. Opportunities can arise to deliver greater value to consumers from both an economic and social standpoint. Through the new way of practicing agriculture the companies not only made a lot of profit, but also improved supply and demand by investments in production, processing, distribution and retail and communication. These actions were supported by the governments with introducing policies that stimulate growth, supply chain efficiency, cost optimization and market development. One of the main issues in the agro process is the constantly growing distance between primary produces and the customers. The most used way of distribution of the goods is obviously by cargo transport, causing heavy traffic, accidents on the road...
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...Sector Coverage A pril 15, 2008 Indian Processed Food Industry Opportunities Galore Industry Overview Global Processed Food Industry Indian Processed Food Industry Processed Food Industry - A Sunrise sector Where the opportunity lies- areas for investment Industry Analysis Driving Forces Major Challenges Indian Food Processing Industry by sectors Diary Fruits and Vegetable Grains Meat and Poultry Fish Packaged/Convenience Food Aerated Soft Drinks, Packaged drinking water Exports FDI in Food Processing Government Regulation and support Regulatory framework Outlook Initiating Coverage Lakshmi Energy & Foods Ruchi Soya Analyst - Nisha Harchekar nishaharchekar@way2wealth.com Sectors - FMCG, Pharma, Entertainment WAY2WEALTH Securities Pvt. Ltd., 15/A Chander Mukhi, Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400 021. Tel: +91 22 4019 2900 email: research@way2wealth.com website: www.way2wealth.com Indian Processed Food Industry Sector Coverage Opportunities Galore Executive Summary The size of global processed food industry is estimated to be valued around US $3.6 trillion and accounts for three-fourth of the global food sales. Despite its large size, only 6% of processed foods are traded across borders compared to 16% of major bulk agricultural commodities. Indian food-processing industry is miniscule in comparison and is estimated to be US $40 billion and is likely to grow at over 10%, on the basis of an expected GDP growth rate of...
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...Proposed corrective measures 2 Strictly Private and Confidential Introduction / Background 3 Agro-based industry. Value addition to Agri.- produce. Food Processing Industry. Converts highly perishable grapes in to non-perishable with value addition. Major rural employment generating tool for unskilled labours. Food based (part of food) alcoholic beverage. Tiny Industry. Encourage first generation entrepreneurs amongst the farmers. Promote agro-tourism. Overall rural development Strictly Private and Confidential Key statistics Statistic Wine consumption Industry size (revenues) Land under cultivation Farmer families dependent on grape cultivation Families employed by the wineries Grape dues of 2009 and 2010 (Maharashtra) Present 1.1 crore litres Rs 1,050 crore 10,000 acres 10,000 6,750 Rs 208 crore Year 2020 estimate 7.2 crore litres > Rs 10,000 crore 21,000 acres 21,000 13,500 NA In addition to the above, the wine industry over the years has contributed substantial revenue to the State and Central exchequer Source: Industry association estimates 4 World wine scenario Largest fruit processing industry in the world Aggregate wine consumption is 26 billion Litres . Per capita consumption of wine in major countries varies from 1 to 60 litres. World wide, the wine is treated as part of food and health drink. Many wine producing countries economy is based on wine industry. 5 Strictly Private and Confidential ...
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...before CSR became a popular cause, it did exist in India. Companies like TATA and BIRLA practiced it in the form of social initiatives. In the light of the above, the paper attempts to explore the CSR initiatives and best practices of various selected Indian companies in Agricultural sector. Objective: The objective of this paper is to examine the nature and extent of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives under taken by selected Indian companies in Agricultural sector and to study its relevance in business. Research Methodology: The research paper is an attempt of exploratory research, based on the secondary data sourced from websites, journals, magazines, articles and media reports. To study the above objectives 8 agro based companies were selected based on the CSR Report in their website. Limitations The main limitation of this paper is that this study has only focused on a small sample of Indian companies. Secondly, information was collected from print literature, websites of these companies and no primary data were collected directly from the stakeholders through interviews or surveys. Introduction: Globalization has brought with it a wide realization that companies do not operate in isolation, but have a marked impact on the environment and people at local, national and global...
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...FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY SNEHA AGRAWAL 1226113152 SUMMARY India’s food processing sector is small and its share in exports of processed food in world trade has remained at about 1.5 percent or $3.2 billion. Food processing industry in India is increasingly seen as a potential source for driving the rural economy as it brings about synergy between the consumer, industry and agriculture. productivity with slow adoption of technology. On the Infrastructure front, we have supply chain and wastage related problems and low levels of value addition etc. The other issues of concern, holding this sector back are impaired access to credit,inconsistency in state and central polices,which requires , low standards and lack of adequate manpower . White Revolution has benefited the rural areas of our country considerably, the revolution may not be sustained beyond a point because of the lack of purchasing power of the poor Indians The Government of India has allowed 100 per cent FDI under the automatic route in the food processing sector and taken various other measures to improve and expand the industry. INTRODUCTION The Indian food processing industry stands at $135 billion and is estimated to grow with a CAGR of 10 per cent to reach $200 billion by 2015. The food processing industry contributed...
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...approach: Background. Cargills Ceylon Ltd (Cargills) is a supermarket chain called Food City in Sri Lanka. It has improved the efficiency of its operations by purchasing directly from producers, increasing the efficiency in the chain, thereby increasing its own income as well as the price paid to smallholders. Its intervention in the passion fruit chain provides an example of how Cargills improved the efficiency of the chain resulting in considerable benefits to the producers and increased sales of passion fruit through its retail outlets. In a normal fruit and vegetable chain in Sri Lanka (see Figure 11) there are many actors who usually tend to act in their best interests rather than operating as a coordinated chain, resulting in high operating costs. Some 30% of the market value accrues to the middlemen, post-harvest losses amount to about 40% and only around 30% of the final value accrues to the producer. Figure 1: Conventional supply chain for fruits and vegetables (SL/kg) In the generic chain there are many problems. Usually low quality planting material is used. In addition, premature harvesting and poor post-harvest practices contribute to inferior product quality entering the markets. Fresh produce is traditionally transported to distant primary processing plants or markets, and the quality deteriorates en-route. Due to the inconsistencies and weaknesses in the supply chain the processing industry has been reluctant to invest in machinery, plant and equipment. In reverse...
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...Communication in English II 11. Nigerian People and Culture 12. Social Sciences 13. Organic Chemistry 14. Biology II 15. Organic Chemistry II 16. Mathematics 17. Practical Physics 18. Use of Library Sub-Total 200 Credits 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 18 Credits Credits 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 17 Credits Level 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. First Semester Climatology and Biogeography General Agriculture Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals Crop Anatomy, Taxonomy and Physiology Principles of Soil Science Principles of Agricultural Economics Introduction to Forestry Resource Manag~ment Introduction to Biotechnology Sub-Total 8. 9. 10 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Second Semester Principles of Animal Production Principles of Crop Production Principles of Food Science and Technology Introductory Biochemistry Introduction to Computers Introduction to Fisheries & Wildlife Introductory Statistics Entrepreneurial Studies I Introduction to Home Economics Sub-Total Credits 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 18 Credits Credits 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 19 Credits Total = 37 Credits All courses are core-courses for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. 300 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Level First Semester l\Ion-ruminant Animal Production Arable Crop Production Introduction to Soil Pedology and Physics Introduction to Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology Introduction to Farm Machinery Applications of Computer to Agricultural Production Crop Genetics and Breeding Introduction to Farm Management and Production Economics...
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