Opportunities in Agro Businesses

Presented by
Shantanu Patil,
PUMBA (Batch 2010-12)
Date: 6
th
Sept 2014
AGENDA
Opportunities in:

1. Organic Farming

2. Greenhouse Farming

3. Dairy Business

4. Farmer to Consumer Business

5. Processing of Agro Products

6. Value Addition of Agro products

7. Exports of Agro products

8. Best from Agro Waste
Date: 6
th
Sept 2014
AGENDA
ORGANIC
FARMING
GREENHOUSE
FARMING
DAIRY
BUSINESS
FARMER TO
CONSUMER
PROCESSING
VALUE
ADDITION
EXPORTS
BEST FROM
AGRO WASTE
ORGANIC FARMING
What it is :
Farming keeping in mind
Health of soil, plant, animal, human & planet
Ecological balance and its sustainability
Environmental stability and resource utilizations
Health and well being of current & Future generations

Scope :
Increasing health consciousness
Increasing environmental consciousness

Business Opportunities :
Direct/Indirect organic farming
Marketing and selling of organic agro products (Fruits, vegetables, grains, etc)

Challenges :
Much Higher cost of production than non-organic products
Soil compatibility
To get organic product certification is difficult
Date: 6
th
Sept 2014
AGENDA
ORGANIC
FARMING
GREENHOUSE
FARMING
DAIRY
BUSINESS
FARMER TO
CONSUMER
PROCESSING
VALUE
ADDITION
EXPORTS
BEST FROM
AGRO WASTE
GREENHOUSE FARMING
What it is :
Farming
Controlled environment (Temperature, humidity, sunlight, CO2, Water, Soil etc.)
High quality agro products are produced
Only calculated and precise input materials are provided




Date: 6
th
Sept 2014
AGENDA
ORGANIC
FARMING
GREENHOUSE
FARMING
DAIRY
BUSINESS
FARMER TO
CONSUMER
PROCESSING
VALUE
ADDITION
EXPORTS
BEST FROM
AGRO WASTE
GREENHOUSE FARMING
Date: 6
th
Sept 2014
Greenhouse Structure
Soil Preparation (Red Soil + Organic Fertilizer + Rice husk)
Soil Sterilization
Beds Preparation
Irrigation System
Plantation
Regular fertigation, protection, irrigation and processes
Harvesting
Post Harvest Processes
GREENHOUSE FARMING

Scope :
Huge demand for high quality agro products
Price difference and profitability than low quality products
Adverse climatic conditions
Government subsidies

Business Opportunities :
Direct/Indirect greenhouse farming
Marketing and selling of greenhouse products (Fruits, vegetables, grains, etc)

Challenges :
High Initial cost and capital requirements
Much Higher cost of production
Water resource requirements
Skilled Labor requirements
Date: 6
th
Sept 2014
AGENDA
ORGANIC
FARMING
GREENHOUSE
FARMING
DAIRY
BUSINESS
FARMER TO
CONSUMER
PROCESSING
VALUE
ADDITION
EXPORTS
BEST FROM
AGRO WASTE
DAIRY BUSINESS
What it is :
Milk related business


Scope :
Increasing and never-ending demand due to health consciousness
Decreasing milk production in India
Cheaper technology to process milk and to produce milk products
Farmer
Collection
Agent
Chilling Homogenization Pasteurization
Packing
of Milk
Processing for
Milk Products
Packing of
Product
Date: 6
th
Sept 2014
AGENDA
ORGANIC
FARMING
GREENHOUSE
FARMING
DAIRY
BUSINESS
FARMER TO
CONSUMER
PROCESSING
VALUE
ADDITION
EXPORTS
BEST FROM
AGRO WASTE
DAIRY BUSINESS

Business Opportunities :
Milk chilling through chilling plants
Pasteurization and Homogenization of milk
Packaged milk business
Milk processing to produce various milk products


Challenges :
High risk due to perishable product
Fast transportation facilities
To establish entire supply chain
Need of regular and high working capital
To avoid adulteration of milk
Marketing of milk products
Date: 6
th
Sept 2014
AGENDA
ORGANIC
FARMING
GREENHOUSE
FARMING
DAIRY
BUSINESS
FARMER TO
CONSUMER
PROCESSING
VALUE
ADDITION
EXPORTS
BEST FROM
AGRO WASTE
FARMER TO CONSUMER BUSINESS
What it is :
Providing agricultural products directly from farmers to consumers
Eliminating the middle men in the supply chain
Purchase from farmers and sell directly to consumers (E.g. through online portal)

Scope :
Huge price rise in the current supply chain
Increasing trend of e-business
Farmers will be encouraged to produce the agro products which have large
demand and which can give them more profit, as middle men are eliminated

Business Opportunities :
Developing a sell/purchase portal for famers and consumers
Developing supply chain from farmer till consumer

Challenges :
Establishing contact/business relationship with farmers
Assuring and maintaining quality compliances of agro products
Assuring some minimum profit to farmers
Marketing of the online portal
Date: 6
th
Sept 2014
AGENDA
ORGANIC
FARMING
GREENHOUSE
FARMING
DAIRY
BUSINESS
FARMER TO
CONSUMER
PROCESSING
VALUE
ADDITION
EXPORTS
BEST FROM
AGRO WASTE
PROCESSING OF AGRO PRODUCTS
What it is :
Providing processed agricultural products to consumers
E.g. Making pulps & juices of agro products, Selling packets of ready to eat
processed agro products, Selling ready to cook kitchen recipes etc.

Scope:
Increasing heath consciousness of consumers
Increasing trend of ready to eat/cook products
Affordable cost of processing
Pulps/juices of every agro product has medicinal values

Business Opportunities:
Food industry
Medicine industry

Challenges :
Analyzing the chemical composition and the effects on it after processing
Assured and timely supply of agro products
Marketing & branding of the online portal
Date: 6
th
Sept 2014
AGENDA
ORGANIC
FARMING
GREENHOUSE
FARMING
DAIRY
BUSINESS
FARMER TO
CONSUMER
PROCESSING
VALUE
ADDITION
EXPORTS
BEST FROM
AGRO WASTE
VALUE ADDITION OF AGRO PRODUCTS
What it is :
Value addition to increase or maintain the quality of agro products
Increasing the life of agro products
E.g. Removing/reducing the water content so that their life is increased, Keeping
in dry cold storages, exposing/not exposing to sunlight etc.

Scope:
Demand of seasonal products in all 12 months
Affordable cost of value addition

Business Opportunities:
Food industry
Medicine industry

Challenges :
Assuring to keep nutrient contents in agro products constant
Analyzing the chemical composition and the effects on it after value addition
Date: 6
th
Sept 2014
AGENDA
ORGANIC
FARMING
GREENHOUSE
FARMING
DAIRY
BUSINESS
FARMER TO
CONSUMER
PROCESSING
VALUE
ADDITION
EXPORTS
BEST FROM
AGRO WASTE
EXPORTS OF AGRO PRODUCTS
What it is :
Collecting high quality agro products and export them
E.g. Collecting high quality agro products from farmers, grading them and Export

Scope:
Huge variety of agro products in India
Huge demand in the world

Business Opportunities:
Export agency

Challenges :
Bulk quantity with same quality of agro products needed
Establishing and maintaining trade relations with customers
Huge competition from established players
Motivating farmers to grow the agro products as per demand specifications
Need of good storage and transportation facilities
Date: 6
th
Sept 2014
AGENDA
ORGANIC
FARMING
GREENHOUSE
FARMING
DAIRY
BUSINESS
FARMER TO
CONSUMER
PROCESSING
VALUE
ADDITION
EXPORTS
BEST FROM
AGRO WASTE
BEST FROM AGRO WASTE
What it is :
Making use of wastes of agriculture for various purposes
E.g. Production of fertilizers, fungicides, weedicides; Energy generation from agro
organic wastes; Biogas plants etc.

Scope:
Huge amount of waste are generated
Almost free input materials
Increasing awareness about renewable energy sources and environment friendly
processes

Challenges :
Collection and segregation of organic and non-organic wastes
Increasing efficiency of such products to the extent possible
Marketing of such products
Date: 6
th
Sept 2014
AGENDA
ORGANIC
FARMING
GREENHOUSE
FARMING
DAIRY
BUSINESS
FARMER TO
CONSUMER
PROCESSING
VALUE
ADDITION
EXPORTS
BEST FROM
AGRO WASTE
Thank You
Date: 6
th
Sept 2014
AGENDA
ORGANIC
FARMING
GREENHOUSE
FARMING
DAIRY
BUSINESS
FARMER TO
CONSUMER
PROCESSING
VALUE
ADDITION
EXPORTS
BEST FROM
AGRO WASTE