ifpri: status of pulses in processing sector, india
DESCRIPTION
The presentation is from the one day workshop on ‘Pulses for Nutrition in India: Changing Patterns from Farm-to-Fork’ organized on Jan 14, 2014. The workshop is based on a few studies conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute under the CGIAR’s Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health. These studies covered the entire domain of pulse sector in India from production to consumption, prices to trade, processing to value addition, and from innovations to the role of private sector in strengthening the entire pulse value chain. These studies were designed to better understand the drivers of changing dynamics of pulses in the value chain from farm-to-fork, and explore opportunities for meeting their availability through increased production, enhanced trade and improved efficiency.TRANSCRIPT
Pulse Processing in India: Performance and Prospects
Dr. Anirban Dasgupta
South Asian University
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Ms. NavneetManchanda
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Introduction
• Empirical study of pulse processing in India using both secondary data & primary case studies
• Uses data for both the organized (ASI) as well as unorganized sector (NSS)
• Data from three NSS rounds on unorganized/unincorporated manufacturing carried out in 2000-01, 2005-06 & 2010-11
• Corresponding data for the organized sector from ASI for the relevant years(2009-10 instead of 2010-11)
• Two case studies carried out in Kotra district in Rajasthan & Gulbarga district in Karnataka
2000-01 2005-06 2010-11
NSS 7896 8496 8034
ASI 703 1295 1265
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Number of Organized and Unorganized Pulse Processing Mills
2000-01 2005-06 2010-11
Rural 4041 2344 5900
Urban 3855 6152 2134
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Rural-Urban Distribution of Unorganized Enterprises
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Rural-Urban Distribution of Organized Enterprises
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Nature of Operations(unorganised units)
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Some Economic Features of the unorganized sector
Some Economic Features of the organized sector 2000-01
PlantSize Receipts Exp GVA Worker/Ent GVA/Worker K/L Freq
Small 5130434 4608695 518840 6 86473.33 127536 267
Medium 3.29E+07 3.10E+07 1905882 16 119117.6 105294 170
Large 1.44E+08 1.34E+08 9843750 33 2.98E+05 92578 256
Total 6.32E+07 5.89E+07 4303795 18 1.73E+05 109166 693
2005-06
PlantSize Receipts Exp GVA Worker/Ent GVA/Worker K/L Freq
Small 6803118 7524366 -730994 10 -70821 42495 493
Medium 3.38E+07 3.22E+07 1494923 15 1.03E+05 45177 394
Large 1.41E+08 1.35E+08 5601023 22 2.49E+05 99744 391
Total 5.62E+07 5.41E+07 2.10E+06 15 8.06E+04 60837 1278
2009-10
PlantSize Receipts Exp GVA Worker/Ent GVA/Worker K/L Freq
Small 6053811 5246636 789237 7 1.13E+05 45989 441
Medium 33976608 31637427 2304093 12 192007 83906 171
Large 1.92E+08 1.80E+08 10873950 23 4.73E+05 146326 595
Total 9.46E+07 8.87E+07 5.36E+06 11 2.33E+05 72133 1207
2000-01 2005-06 2010-11
Yes 232 466 0
No 7664 8030 8034
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Case Study 1: Kotra Daal Mill
• Single daal mill set up by a well-known NGO, SevaMandir in remote area of Kotra district in 2009
• Main objective was to help out the local producers in getting remunerative price without having to travel to nearest market in Gujarat
• Basic technology used in processing supplemented by local part time labour
• Widely used by producers in the area because of hassle-free procurement as well as high prices
• However, there is a major institutional deficit at the community level in terms of the capacity to run the operations
• Financial sustainability is also an issue • Replication of this model without the help of a mentor NGO is
suspect • Employment potential of such processing units is limited
Case Study 2: Gulbarga District, Karnataka
• Gulbarga is one of the leading tur (pigeon pea) producing district
• Long history of pulse processing in and around Gulbarga town to service local production
• Currently 308 registered units in the district operating across different scales
• Recent establishment of several large units with latest imported machinery, although they have not started working at full capacity
• At the same time there is evidence of distress among some of the smaller mills due to problems of procurement as well as working capital (to be elaborated)
• Restrictive trade policies of the Indian government was criticized universally by the individual processors as well as the daal mill association
• No evidence of contractual arrangements either with producers or marketing agents
• Overall, a situation that warrants cautious optimism
• Employment potential is limited irrespective of the scale of operation