Post Harvest Management & Technology

22 March 2012

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Post Harvest ManagementTechnology used elsewhere is not necessarily the best for use under conditions in India

Many of the recent developments in post-harvest technology have come about in response to the need to economize on labor, materials, and energy use, and to protect the environment.

•Latest jargon is “PHL”

PRSERVATION OR

Containment of Post Harvest Loss

Maize Post Harvest Loss (PHL)

  Activity%

Loss

1Harvesting & Field Dryland 6.40%

2 Platform Drying 4.00%3 Shelling 1.20%4 Transport to Farm 2.30%5 Farm Storage 2.10%6 Transport to Market 1.00%7 Market Storage 4.00%

  Total PHL21.00%

Is this the

solution

Agriculture Warehousing: Macro View

PSU Capacity (in million MT)

FCI 32.05

CWC 10.07

SWCs 21.29

State Civil Supplies Corporations/ Deptts.

11.30

Total Public Sector 64.30

Cooperative Sector 15.07

Private Sector 18.97

Total 108.75

Why Silo projects have not created replicas• Mega Silo Structures without any state subsidy

can be successful when the other activities in the supply chain also develop

• Incoming : Mega Silo being filled in by opening bagged cargo result in operational incompatibility

• Outgoing: Rail Rakes being filled again by re-bagging the bulk cargo will AGAIN create incompatibity

• Individual projects have remained only as pilots

% variation in Maize Prices vs Silo Construction materials

(Base 2003)

World’s Oldest Mega Grainery for Post Harvest Management

Location :PatnaCapacity :140,000 MT

Year: 1786

Faults the economic thinking for failing to consider the most appropriate scale for an activity

Raises the question on the notion that “Bigger is Better"

POSTCOSECHA Programme (1983-2003) in Central America has been a success. Approximately 336,000 tons of grain worth US$ 75 milo could be saved from loss.

Silo technology costs (incl. financial expenses)Price for 900 kg silo = 100 USD, lifetime = 15 years => amortization costs

7.0 USD/year

Interest rate = 10% => cost of capital invested 3.0 USD/year

Price of storage technology replaced by silo 3.0 USD/year

Fumigation costs 0.5 USD/year

TOTAL 13.5 USD/year

Silo technology benefits

10% loss avoidance (90 kg à 0.22 USD) 20.0 USD/year

Net average profit due to silo technology 6.5 USD/year

Silo production costsPrice of tools = 200 USD, lifetime = 5 years => amortization costs

40 USD/year

Interest rate = 10% => cost of capital invested 10 USD/year

Raw materials for 40 silos 2000 USD/year

Interest rate = 10%, stocking period = 1 month => cost of operating capital

17 USD/year

TOTAL 2067 USD/year

Silo sales benefits

40 silos à 60 USD 2400 USD/year

Net average profit from silo production 333 USD/year

Growers Benefit Tinsmith Benefit

Suggested Post Harvest Mgmt. Models• Homegrown solutions and need based scales• Labour efficiency by optimum used of

technology• Use of material for structures suited for the

climatic regions • Cost Efficiency from farm-gate to warehouse

& warehouse to destination• Nationwide Post Harvest Loss Grid and

plugging the gaps• Grading Sorting and Testing

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