Gujarat: Sarhad Dairy to arrange fruit processing plant
November 25, 2020 6:30:22 am
“As no native price addition chain is going down, farmers are pressured to promote culmination as uncooked subject matter at an overly low price. Their situation nowadays is similar to that of dairy farmers earlier than the cooperative dairy style was once based,” Humbal mentioned. (Representational)
To carry horticulture farmers in Kutch into the cooperative dairy community, Sarhad Dairy on Tuesday mentioned it’ll arrange a fruit processing plant within the district at the price of Rs 50 crore.
“Farmers rising horticulture plants, like pomegranates, dates, mango, and so forth, are seeing their returns dwindling because of loss of marketplace linkages and lack of a neighborhood price addition chain. Subsequently, at the yearly common assembly of Sarhad Dairy, hung on Monday, the Board of Administrators of the dairy have determined in theory to arrange a fruit processing plant in Kutch. Our estimate is that any such plant for extracting juices, getting ready frozen and dehydrated fruit merchandise will price round Rs 50 crore,” Valamji Humbal, chairman of Sarhad Dairy instructed The Indian information on Tuesday. Humbal could also be the vice-chairman of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Advertising Federation Restricted (GCMMF), the dairy federation which markets dairy merchandise below the emblem identify Amul.
Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Parsottam Rupala, Minister of State for Tourism and Welfare of Socially and Educationally Backward Categories, Vasan Ahir and GCMMF managing director R S Sodhi had been additionally provide on the Sarhad Dairy AGM in Anjar.
“As no native price addition chain is going down, farmers are pressured to promote culmination as uncooked subject matter at an overly low price. Their situation nowadays is similar to that of dairy farmers earlier than the cooperative dairy style was once based,” Humbal mentioned.
The Sarhad Dairy chairman mentioned they had been in session with more than a few stakeholders for putting in the plant. “We now have been consulting with advertising and marketing and generation mavens in addition to officials of GCMMF for putting in this plant. We’re of the realization that any such plant is economically viable and will likely be of lend a hand to farmers. We now have land at Chandrani village in Anjar taluka of Kutch for any such plant. However every other view is that since processed fruit merchandise of Kutch has the possibility of discovering an out of the country marketplace, any such plant will have to be arrange in Mundra in order that port connectivity turns into simple. Whilst Sarhad Dairy will manufacture merchandise, GCMMF will marketplace them,” Humbal added.
Kutch District Cooperative Milk Manufacturers Union Restricted, popularly known as Sarhad Dairy was once arrange in 2009 and is among the member unions of GCMMF. Nowadays, Sarhad Dairy has greater than 650 village-level cooperative societies in which it procures round 4 lakh litre milk in step with day. It’s the handiest dairy union of the state which procures and gross sales camel milk. In recent times, after the invention of groundwater, the semi-arid district has emerged as a big belt of horticulture plants.
Humbal mentioned paintings was once in growth for putting in a 2d milk processing plant at Chandrani village. “This proposed milk processing plant in Chandrani is more likely to price us round Rs 100 crore. It’ll have the capability to procedure two lakh litres milk in step with day and may also be expanded to 4 lakh litres in step with day. Paintings order has already been issued for its civil paintings whilst tenders for equipment and gear are scheduled to be opened on December 7,” he mentioned.
The Centre has allocated Rs 24 crore for the milk processing plant below its Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana and the GCMMF is to present Rs 20 crore grant against mortgage pastime subvention, the Sarhad Dairy chairman added. “Our plan is to relocate our current milk processing plant in Lakhond to Chandrani later in order that earnings expenditure going on because of team of workers, and so forth may also be lowered,” Humbal mentioned.
