Exotic vegetables cultivation and Opportunities
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Uniqueness of exotic vegetables? Cultivation practices Types of Exotic vegetables Product life-cycle per type (stages and duration) Practices and Methodology What is the market potential?
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Exotic vegetables cultivation and Opportunities
- 1. MCCIA Pune Gouri Jadhav 11th July 2017, Tuesday
- 2. Uniqueness of exotic vegetables? Cultivation practices Myths and Reality Types of Exotic vegetables Product lifecycle per type (stages and duration) Practices and Methodology Urban Agri culture: Professionalism in Farming What is the market potential? QA
- 3. Popular Not so popular Salads, Iceberg Zucchini Broccoli Red Yellow Capsicum Red Cabbage Cherry Tomatoes Asparagus Herbs Basil Parsley Celery Oregano etc. Sweet corn and Baby corn Mushroom (not farming but factory production) Brussels sprouts Artichokes Garlic Chives Golden cherry tomato Galangal Pok Choy
- 5. Popular uniqueness Eaten Raw / semi cooked High priced in Retail Mostly health conscious people eat. Not so popular Uniqueness Super healthy food proven scientifically Farming efforts are same as normal vegetables In India Pune, Nasik, Ooty, Himachal, Uttarakhand and Banglore are the only area which produce it. Its used and sold in high quantity in Udaipur, Jaipur, Delhi, Chennai, Kalcutta
- 6. Myths and Reality MYTH Reality Only poly house cultivation Open, Shade net and Polyhouse all are used based on crop choice and agronomic condition of the farmland No pest attack happens on Exotic vegetables Pest attack happens on Exotic vegetables and need same care as the other vegetables Only 5 star hotels has exotic vegetables Every Small restaurant, household and cafes also use Exotic vegetables It needs very high knowledge and technology It does not need very high knowledge and technology but basic understanding of the Agriculture. Lot of hands on practice. A new entrant might need a consultant for 6 months to year. Used only in Chinese vegetables Used in Indian, Continental, Thai, Chinese recipes. Also there are fusion cooking with Indian Recipes. Smoothies, soups and salads has increased consumption.
- 9. Open Farming The temperature between 16 to 38 dc Shed net Framing Temperature above 38 to 42 Polyhouse farming Controlled temperature and humidity Salads, Iceberg Zucchini Broccoli Red Cabbage Cherry Tomatoes Asparagus Herbs Basil Parsley Celery Oregano etc. Sweet corn and Babycorn Salads Iceberg Red Cabbage Cherry Tomatoes Herbs Basil Parsley Celery Oregano etc. Zucchini flowers Red Yellow Capsicum
- 10. One time Harvest Perennial ( Multiple harvest) •Salads, Iceberg •Broccoli •Red Cabbage •Herbs Parsley Celery •Zucchini •Kale salad •Cherry Tomatoes •Asparagus •Herbs Basil Oregano etc. •Sweet corn and Baby corn Plant Harvest Re Harvest End of plot Plant Harvest End of plot
- 12. Salads, Iceberg 21 to 25 days for sampling, harvest 0 to 45 days then end. Herbs Parsley 21 to 25 days for sampling, harvest 0 to 40 days, then end Basil 21 to 25 days for sampling, harvest 0 to 45 days, life till 1 year Asparagus 30 to 40 days for sampling, harvest 0 to 650 days, life for 7 years. Practices / Methodologies Seeds Samplings Plantation Harvest
- 13. Direct seed sowing •Zucchini flowers after 30 days, fruiting 40 days and life till 3 months •Sweet corn 60 days, 3 corns per plant, life till 3 months •Babycorn 60 days, 3 to 5 corns per plant, life till 3 months •Herbs Celery 45 days then end Oregano etc. 45 days re-harvest till 3 years from same plant. Practices / Methodologies Seeds Plantation Flowers Fruiting Harvest
- 14. Broccoli 21 to 25 days : Broccoli is bud stage of the Flower (not fruit) : 0 to 75 days Harvesting then end Cherry Tomatoes 21 to 25 days: 0 to 45 days Harvesting then continue till 6 months Red Cabbage 21 to 25 days, Red cabbage is leaves in head form (not fruit) : 0 to 75 days Harvesting then end Red Yellow Capsicum : Tissue culture ready samplings 45 days flowers then fruiting till 0 to 180 days Practices / Methodologies Seeds Samplings Plantation Flowers Fruiting Harvest
- 15. Generic opportunities Other opportunity Salads, Iceberg B2B and B2C Health based Salads Zucchini B2B Zucchini flowers Broccoli B2B and B2C Red Yellow Capsicum B2B and B2C Red Cabbage B2B and B2C Cherry Tomatoes B2B and B2C Asparagus B2B and B2C Herbs Basil Parsley Celery Oregano etc. B2B and B2C Pollination improved due to friendly insects Sweet corn and Baby corn B2B Animal fodder is main crop and corn is secondary crop Also protection purpose
- 16. Row to Row Plant to plant Salads, Iceberg 1 feet 1 feet Zucchini 2 feet 3 feet Broccoli 1 feet 1 feet Red Yellow Capsicum 8 – 9 inch 8 – 9 inch Red Cabbage 1 feet 1 feet Cherry Tomatoes 2 feet 2 feet Asparagus 2 feet 3 feet Herbs Basil Parsley Celery Oregano etc. 2 feet 3 feet Sweet corn and Baby corn 2 feet 3 feet
- 17. Salads, Iceberg 150 to 250 gram each salad 4 to 5 toms per acre Zucchini 4 kg per plant 6 tons per acres Broccoli 200 to 350 grams per plant 5 – 6 tons per acres Polyhouse 8 to 11 tons Red Yellow Capsicum 150 to 350 grams per fruit 10 gunthe 40 ton Red Cabbage 200 to 350 grams per plant 5 – 6 tons per acres Cherry Tomatoes 10 to 15 grams per fruit 10 gunthe 15 tom Asparagus 10 to 25 grams per stick 1 to 5 ton per acres Herbs Basil Parsley Celery Oregano etc. 500 grams 2 -3 bunches 200- 300 grams 30 to 100 grams Sweet corn and Baby corn 200 - 300 grams 10 to 15 grams
- 18. NPOP • 3rd party Certification RESIDUE FREE • Lab report based acceptance PGS INDIA • Self declared Organic
- 19. Chemicals fertilizers use Chemical Pesticides Bio fertilizers Bio Pesticides Local certification Export Certification ORGANIC Farming Yes, as per guidelines Yes, as per guidelines Yes, high usage Yes, high usage Yes, PGS India NPOP as Organic RESIDUE FREE farming Yes Yes Yes, high usage Yes, high usage Not needed Lab test report as Residue free Hydroponi cs (Soilless farming) Yes Yes No Yes, high usage Not needed Lab test report as Residue free
- 20. Start your farming with Market analysis Demand analysis Then product planning Then production or sourcing Build Supply chain system at your scale Post harvest to customer delivery team, equipments, storage and logistics.
- 21. B2B : Business to business Hotels Resellers Malls Market yard Institutions Exporters B2C Business to customer Own shop E commerce with home delivery: Whats app, Mobile app, website, sms, calls etc. Stalls in Weekly bazar, corporate, societies and counter sales
- 22. B2B Market Rates are determined by Demand supply Contract farming rates are based on how scares and valuable the item is. Rates can be 25 rs to 75 rs per kg. B2C rates are guided by rates on E commerce apps and Mall rates. The fixed MRP based fresh produce is possible only when the SKU is created with brand and packing.
- 23. B2B B2C Salads, Iceberg 30 TO 50 RS PER KG (SUMMER END 150 RS) 80 to 120rs per kg Zucchini 30 TO 50 RS PER KG (SUMMER END 100 RS) 80 to 120rs per kg Broccoli 30 TO 50 RS PER KG (SUMMER END 250 RS) 80 to 150rs per kg Red Yellow Capsicum 50 TO 60 RS PER KG (Winter 150 RS) 80 to 150rs per kg Red Cabbage 10 TO 40 RS PER KG (SUMMER END 80 RS) 80 to 120rs per kg Cherry Tomatoes 30 TO 50 RS PER KG (SUMMER END 250 RS) 80 to 120rs per kg Asparagus 60 TO 90 RS PER KG (SUMMER END 250 RS) 150 to 200rs per kg Herbs Basil Parsley Celery Oregano etc. 30 to 200 rs per kg 10 rs to 30 rs pack Sweet corn Baby corn 5 to 80 Rs as per demand supply 60 to 100 rs.
- 24. Any questions now? Any questions later? Gouri.jadhav@gmail.com Whatsapp : 77580 11174 Call 9325206907
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- 26. Certified organic PGS India Organic Residue free Cost 40000 to 1 lac 5000 6500 per sample by buyer What is certified LAND. The process, soil, water, methodology and farm site Legal documents Actual product samples Time to get certified 3 years Instant After sample test International recognition Yes No Yes Domestic recognition Yes Yes Yes Who gets this done? Buyer pays for Farmers land to get certified Farmers in groups Exporter Certified by? NPOP approved 23+ agencies appointed by APEDA PGS india Private labs approved by Export inspection agency, Phyto sanitary and FSSAI
- 27. NPOP : Indian certifying body for organic http://apeda.gov.in/apedawebsite/organic/or ganic_contents/national_programme_for_org anic_production.htm 3 years time Internationally recognized. Cost 40 k to 1.25 lac Inr
- 28. PGS http://www.pgsorganic.in/ http://pgsindia-ncof.gov.in/ RESIDUE FREE http://www.globalgap.org/uk_en/for- producers/crops/FV/
- 29. Benefits 1) pH of water can be managed 2) EC of soil is maintained . 3) fertilizer applied at regular intervals increases efficiency by 30-40 % 4) Calcium and magnesium application increases quality and quantity of yield. 5) Micronutrients are applied at regular interval. 6) In fertigation to soil urea can be used which reduces cost as compared to hydroponics where urea can not be used. 7) Losses of fertilizers and losses Nitrogen from fertilizers are minimized. 8) Fertilizers applied equally to all plants in crop.