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Small Farm Jaggery Gur Making Plant
THEME OF INNOVATION
Small Farm Jaggery Gur Making Plant
Focus AREA
Food Processing
DETAILS OF INNOVATOR:
Name
Experience
Shri Nagesh M. Swami
12 years
Region of operation
Maharashtra
Rs. 1,10,500
700 kg Jaggery, 600 kg Kakavi
2 Male, 3 Female
Turnover
Volume
No. of employees
Contact details
Shewade (Umbraj) Taluka Karad, District Solapur - 415109
Mobiles: 09822848432, 09423341861
BUSINESS MODEL
The innovator has a small Jaggery making plant for 1 acre of sugarcane farm. Jaggery is sold in
market at the cost of Rs. 55 per kg. While Kakavi is sold at the cost of Rs. 120 per kg. The
residue generated from this process is used as the green manure in the same farm as well used as
fuel for process plant. Processing cost for plant per season is Rs. 30,000. The innovator markets
his products through mouth publicity and every year 100% sale is achieved.
INNOVATION D1ETAILS:
This small Jaggery making process plant is designed and run by Mr. Swami. The cost of setting
up of the whole plant was Rs. 1, 22,000. The sugarcane used in the plant is grown by the
innovator in his farm by organic farming therefore minimizing any input cost. The plant is
designed in such a way that labour requirement is very less as the sugarcane crusher operates on
power trailer. This small project does not have any government license. Orders are taken in
advance for the next season. All the products are tested in laboratory for the content and quality.
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To increase the yield in his farm he uses row and column distance in sugarcane in farm
so that more vegetables can be taken as intercrop. The yield from the farm is 30 tons per acre.
IMPACT OF INNOVATION/TECHNOLOGY:
Organic sugarcane Jaggery and Kakavi have many health benefits as compared to market
chemical processed jaggery. As no preservatives and stabilizers is used for this it saves lots of
input cost. Many farmers visit this farm; Mr. Swami is consulting this design for many other
farmers in the Maharashtra state. He is not taking any fees and doing this as social work. This is
the best example of self reliance in the sugarcane farming.
Issues:
Other farmers are very keen on getting profit; therefore they use excessive fertilizers and
pesticides for making jaggery. He wants to appeal to the Government to make restriction on the
use of pesticide and fertilizer and try this innovative farm project model which is environment
and social friendly.
PRODUCT VIEW:
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Source: KRISHI SUTRA- Profiles of Agricultural Innovations in India
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