This document summarizes fruit and vegetable processing in Rajasthan and Gujarat, India. In Rajasthan, major fruits are oranges and citrus fruits which are processed into juice, squash, cosmetics, and ethanol. Onions have high production and are processed into foods, medicines, and dried products. In Gujarat, top fruits are bananas which are processed into puree, powder, jam and more. Potatoes have high production in Gujarat and are processed into chips, vodka, granules and other products. Both states have potential to increase processing but currently have small scale industries and could benefit from expansion.

1. FRUIT AND VEGETABLE
PROCESSING MAP OF
RAJASTHAN AND GUJARAT
Presented by:
SAURAV TUTEJA

2. Rajasthan
FRUITS
• Majority are citrus fruits such as Oranges, Lemon, Kinnu,
Mausami (4.6 lakh metric ton) (4th Largest producer of
oranges in India)
• Other surplus fruits guava and jackfruit

3. Processing
ORANGE AND OTHER CITRUS FRUITS
Processed products of Orange and other citrus fruits.
 Juice
 Squash
 Cosmetics such as lipstick, perfumes.
 Ethanol can be produced from waste products
 Orange peel oil is used in cleaning products
 Medicinal purposes

5. State Area
(‘000 Ha.)
Production
(‘000 MT)
Productivity
(MT/Ha.)
Maharashtra 124.2 1117.5 9.0
Madhya Pradesh 11.7 186.6 16.0
Assam 6.0 71.0 11.9
Orissa 7.2 40.3 5.6
West Bengal 3.7 34.9 9.5
Rajasthan 5.1 34.3 6.7
Nagaland 3.5 33.1 9.6
Mizoram 6.9 32.1 4.7
Others 30.8 110.4 -
TOTAL 199.1 1660.2 8.3
State-wise Area, Production & Productivity of Orange
during 2001-02

6. Current Scenario
 Majority small scale Industries
 Govt. subsidy upto 50% for large scale industries in Jhalawar district also known as “Nagpur of
Rajasthan”.
 Imparting water saving tech. knowledge taking help with Israel.
 Selling price is as low as 6 Rs/Kg, can be increased by setting up large scale processing industries.
 Only 2% citrus fruits produced are processed.
 Branding of oranges by the name “Raj santra“ done in past few years to increase people’s interest
such as in case of “Himachal apples”

7. Rajasthan
VEGETABLES
 Onion have high productivity due to suitable climate and
soil (4.8 lakh Mt. Ton)
 Other surplus vegetables are peas and beans

8. Processing
ONION
Processed Products of Onion
 Food items like salsa, soups, sauces
 Medicinal purposes
 Dried onion chips and powder have great demand for export as well as India.
 The Onion bulbs are feed to cattle or poultry.

9. Current Scenario
 Ample processing industries present.
 Agro Food Parks developed at Kota, Jodhpur, Sriganganagar and Alwar.
 Although surplus commodity but supply is limited Haryana, Uttarakhand, Punjab and South India.
 Limited amount exported to Oman, Sri lanka, Malasia.
 Drying of onion and essence can be practiced at large so that wastage is less and it can be used
when the prices of onion is at its peak.

10. Gujarat
FRUITS
 Major production Banana.(2nd major state )
{Area under production- 46,300 ha, Production -1.9 million
tonnes, Productivity- 42.7 tonnes/ha (Higher than national
average productivity)}
 Other surplus fruits are Papaya, Mango, Sapota

11. Processing
BANANA
Following can be the Processed products.
 Banana puree
 Banana powder
 Banana jam
 Banana Sauce
 Vinegar
 Chips
 wine

13. Current Scenario
 Only 0.05% of domestic production is exported.
 4 th highest share in India's total cold chain storage capacity
 Mega Food Park in Surat district is under development.
 25% subsidy For Agro and Food Processing Units, Cold chain, Pack houses, Creating Primary
Processing Centers in Rural Areas
 Skill Development, 50% of training cost is provided.
 500+ On farm Pack houses, 15 Minimal Processing units, 15 Pre cooling units, 40 Ripening Chambers,
125 Cold Storages, 90 Grading, Sorting & Packing Units, 8 refer Vans has been supported.

14. Gujarat
VEGETABLES
Highest production of Potato (73638 hectare area under
cultivation, 22.67 tons production, av. 30.79 tons of
productivity/ha.)
Other surplus vegetables are Brinjal and Tomato

15. Processing
POTATO
Following can be the Processed products.
Frozen finger chips
Potato chips
Potato vodka
Potato granules
Potato Powder
Potato flour
Potato starch

16. Current Scenario
 Post harvest losses are 15-20%.
 Potato processing industry growing at 5-6%.
 MNC McCain Foods India & Himalaya International Ltd., Balaji Wafers Pvt. Ltd., ATOP Food Products, are
having their processing unit as well as contract farming of potato in large scale.
 During the year 2013-14, Gujarat having around 73638 hectare area under potato & having 22.67 tons
of production with av. 30.79 tons of productivity/ha.
 Cold storage facility of about 8 Lakh MT for potato storage.
 Export countries include Sri-Lanka, Oman, UAE, Bahrain.