What did I see? Whom did I interact with? What did I learn during my November 2012 trip to Arunachal Pradesh? Shared this inputs with Arunachal Pradesh horticultural department officials during a visit to this horti rich state 28-30 January 2014.

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Farmgates in
Arunachal
RAMESH KUMAR
Member, NCCD-NCLS, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India
29 January 2014
Ita Nagar, Arunachal Pradesh

3. Visited Places
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Tezu
Wakro
Tissue
Chowkham
Roing
Passighat
Sissen
Pangin
Aalo
Ziro
Itanagar
Bomdila
Dirang
Rupa
Shergaon

4. Districts Covered
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Lohet
East Siang
West Siang
Papumpere
West Kameng
3 Weeks

5. Challenges
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Connectivity
Post-harvest preparedness
- Collection Centres
- Pre-packing houses
Pre-coolers
Lack of business-mindedness

6. Unfinished Bridges

7. Hanging Ropeway@ Sissen

8. Roads? What’s That?

9. Superabundance!

10. Superabundance!
• Wakro oranges to
Karimganj by road
• Ziro kiwi to
Tezpur/Guwahati by road
• Dirang apples
• Passighat cut flowers
• Bomdila large cardamoms
• Sissen ginger

11. Why not riverine?
Navigation on Siang to
Dibrugarh/Jorhat or
Guwahati for evacuation
Belom Apum, DHO:
childhood memories of
fruits/vegs on Siang @
Passighat

12. How about rail?
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Tinsukia
Dibrugarh
Tezpur
Guwahati
Horti Trains

13. Huge market
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Nagpur Oranges
New Zealand kiwi
Italian kiwi
Cut flowers
- Gerbera
- Coronation
- Enthuriam

14. Why not Farmer Groups?
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Growers looking for easy way out
farmgate sale to Karimganj agents
Look @ Amul, Anand
Apple, Himachal
Sugar, Maharashtra
Oranges, Maharashtra
Banana, Madurai
@ Grapes, Nasik

15. What’s the Magic Wand?
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Cold Supply Chain
Just NOT cold storage
From famgates to fork
Collection Centres
Pre-coolers
Packaging Centres
Reefer Vehicles
Branding

16. Food Processing
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Nigmoi, Aalo facility
Shut… Why?
Lack of business ethics
Pricing hassle
New facility @ Pangin
State Industry Minister Mr Tapang Taloh’s
constituency
• NGO-supported facility @ Rupa for tomato
ketchup
• Interested parties…

17. Interested parties
The Miuli Family / Roing

18. Interested Parties
The Mele family – Jommy Dature Miuli /Roing
& Rome / Roing

19. Progressive Farmers
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No dearth across state
Sissen – Taji Siram: ginger, balancia, pineapple
Aalo - Tarang Taga (Greenfield Agro Alliance)
600 farmers group head
Aalo - Doi Ado, former Minister (Siang Farmers
Club)
• Ziro - Kalung Bida, Ziro Kiwi Growers Club

20. Export Potential
• Arunachal fruits exported to the Gulf via
Bangladesh
• Funnily, these items sold in Arunachal as
“Produce of Bangladesh”
• Singapore/Malaysia markets close by –
Explore

21. Home interest
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Tata – Kiwi experience
Big Bazaar
Pazhamudheer Cholai, Chennai
Organic Foods, Jaipur
Private sector participation

22. Sky is the limit

23. Thank You!