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The district of Jalgaon has been divided into three clusters based on the production estimates of banana, existing market linkages and operational and logistics aspects of the proposed facilities. In these three clusters, four spokes have been identified at Anturli, Padalasa, Galangi and Kajgaon.

Details of each spokes along with respective aggregation points are provided below:

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12.1.1  Cluster I 

Raver taluka is the most prominent banana cluster and accounts for about 52 percent of district’s and 36 percent of State’s total production of Banana. Total area under Banana in the cluster is estimated at about 29000 Ha with a total production of 1.76 mn tonnes. On the basis of production base and area spread, two spokes are proposed be set up in the cluster at Vivra and Chinnawal. The details of each spoke and respective aggregation points are as follows.

Spoke I: Anturli 

Anturli is located in Raver taluka of Jalgaon district. It is 4 Kms off Barhampur Road . The spoke will be fed by aggregation points spread in a radius of about 25 km from Anturli. The annual throughput at the spoke would be about 10000 MT of Banana.

12.1.2 Cluster II 

The cluster comprises of Chopda and Yawal taluka and accounts for about 23 percent of district’s total production and about 16 percent of State’s total production of Banana. This is

the second largest cluster followed by Raver in terms of production. The total area under Banana in the cluster is estimated at about 13000 Ha with a total production of 780 thousand tones. The cluster is located along Burhanpur-Ankleshwar highway which further connects to National Highway-3 at Shirpur which is about 50 km from Chopda. The details of spoke are as follows.

Spoke I:  Padalasa 

Padalasa is located in Yawal taluka of Jalgaon district. It is located along Bhusawal- Burhanpur state highway and is well connected to other villages in taluka. It is proposed to set up seven mobile collection centres in Yawal taluka and eight mobile collection centres in Chopda which shall cater to proposed pack house at Padalasa. These aggregation points are spread in a radius of 30-35 km from Padalasa.

The estimated annual throughput of the pack house is estimated to be about 10000 MT.

Spoke II: Galangi 

Galangi is located in CHopada taluka of Jalgaon district. It is well connected to other villages and is located close to Ankleshwar-Burhanpur state highway. It is proposed to set up seven mobile collection centres which shall cater to proposed pack house at Galangi. These aggregation points are spread in a radius of 30-35 km from Galangi.

The estimated annual throughput of the pack house in MT is expected to be about 10000 MT.

12.1.3 Cluster III 

The cluster comprises of Pachora and Bhadgaon taluka and accounts for about 7 percent of district’s total production and about 5 percent of State’s total production of Banana. This is the third largest cluster in Jalgaon in terms of production. The total area under Banana in the cluster is estimated at about 4000 Ha with a total production of 0.24 mn tonnes. The cluster is located at about 30 km from national highway-6 (Mumbai-Nagpur) and 75 km from national highway-3 (Mumbai-Agra) which provides connectivity to potential consumption markets.

Spoke: Kajgaon 

Kajgaon is located in Bhadgaon taluka of Jalgaon district. It is well connected to other villages and is located close to national highway-6 (Mumbai-Nagpur) and national highway-3 (Mumbai-Agra) which provides connectivity to potential major markets. It is proposed to set up seven mobile collection centres in Bhadgaon taluka and eight mobile collection centres in Pachora taluka which shall cater to proposed pack house at Bhadgaon. These aggregation points are spread in a radius of 50 km from Bhadgaon. The details of spoke and respective aggregation points are outlined below.

The estimated annual throughput of the pack house in MT is as follows:

   Spokes  Aggregation Points  Crop   Targetable  Volume  for Spoke(MT)  Cluster  III  Kajgaon  Taluka Bhadgaon: Bhadgaon, Pandhard, Nimbora,  Bodhardi, Korgaon, Gondgaon, Tandulwadi  Taluka Pachora: Khajola, Pimpri, Vadgaon, Mulane,  Nagardevla, Tarkheda, Kinni, Lohtar  Banana  8000 

 Spokes  Jan   Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec  Anturli        Padalasa                       Galangi                                      Kajgaon                                 Lean          Peak 

The seasonality of production confirms round-the-year availability of produce which would ensure maximum capacity utilization of proposed facilities at the pack house.

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It is proposed to set up a banana pack house at each spoke. Facilities have been designed on the basis of requirement of the crop, to induce better and efficient handling practices and faster evacuation of fresh produce to the consumption markets so as to ensure better quality to the consumer. While deciding on the capacities, existing facilities, their capacities and utilization has also been taken into account. Details of proposed facilities are as follows:

12.2.1 Pack House  

A pack house with a capacity of 50 MT per day is proposed at each of the spokes. Various components of proposed facilities in the pack house are outlined below.

1. Receiving De-handing Area 2. Preliminary Wash Tank 3. Secondary Flotation Tank 4. Air Brush, Weighing 5. Retail Packing, Stickers 6. Box inspection

7. Palletisation Area

8. Dispatch – direct or mobile pre- cooler

It is expected that such a facility would employ 165 workers over two shifts. The process flow of material handling at the pack house is outlined below.

ƒ Banana incoming in bunches or as pre-cut clusters from farms/aggregation points. ƒ Bunches are cut into hands and crown flower removed.

ƒ Treatment of hands in preliminary wash tank to eliminates field dirt, latex overruns and pesticide residue.

ƒ Secondary wash tank; fungicide wash is affected- Before treatment in secondary tanks, each bunch is cut into packing clusters and inspected.

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ƒ At end of secondary wash, bananas shall be placed into trays onto roller conveyors.- Each tray is weighed and holds a packing unit load.

ƒ As it moves down the conveyor, material shall be air dried, and stumps can be sealed with paraffin wax.

ƒ Thereafter the box packing takes place and palletisation and subsequent staging is done.

ƒ A separate box making room is provided – where boxes are formed from collapsed cardboard.

Diagrammatic representation of process flow is depicted in the picture below. As banana pack house utilizes

water as transport mode (design pack house uses 50,000 ltrs daily), appropriate water treatment and recharge systems are incorporated. The recycled/treated water can be used for sanitary purposes or stored for field irrigation uses. To introduce cable conveyor system, the receiving area would

incorporate a rotating cable array. Here the hands would be unloaded and suspended from the cable, leading to the de-handing workers. The stake is returned on cable for subsequent disposal. Organic waste can be returned to banana fields to be converted to humus.

A separate passage bypassing the wash tanks is provided, for pre-selected produce that directly leads to weighing and packaging area.

Technology  / Facilities  Description  Packaging   • Post‐harvest handling facility for quality check and wash.  • Sorting and grading – On the basis of finger length, shape, color, etc.  • Retail package (branded) or unitized transport units are formed.   Ripening   • Received in small unitized retail packs from pack house.  • Ripening temperature is 15 ºC ‐20 ºC with 90‐95% RH).   • Ethylene is generated in the room to give uniform ripening.  Storage   • Banana storage is at a temperature of 13 ºC ‐ 14 ºC for a maximum of 3 weeks in ethylene  free air.  • CA storage is practiced for added shelf life up to 6 weeks at 14 ºC.  

Transport   • For  domestic  purpose,  transportation  through  both  modes  –  80%  by  rail wagons  and  rest  

20% is through road in normal trucks (8‐9MT). 

• For export, Reefer containers are used for sea transportation.  

Pack House Logistics  

The produce will come to the pack house from aggregation points and farms in various modes of transport such as trucks (4-5 MT), vans, etc. Expected peak arrival of vehicles is about 10 to 12. Typically banana would be pre-cooled only for exports and that too in transit containers. Where bananas are for domestic consumption, they would move to destination ripening centres. Where bananas are meant for local consumption, they would move directly to ripening chambers at spokes.

Aggregation Mechanism 

The pack house will establish direct relationship with farmers in the catchment area and shall facilitate extension and training support to them for best farming practices, post harvest handling practices, efficient use of inputs and technology transfer etc. The pack house will develop aggregation mechanism and send mobile collection vans to the aggregation points. In addition, farmers in the catchment area of spoke will be encouraged to come together to form producer companies and set up and manage aggregation points wherever possible. Pack house may also invest in developing infrastructure at aggregation points such as platforms, sheds etc

12.2.2 Banana Ripening Facility 

A banana ripening facility is proposed. Capacity of the ripening chamber will be 10 MT per day. The ripening chamber can also be used for other fruits such as mango, if required. Ripening would be done using ethylene as the catalyst (see Annexure for further technical details). Ethylene generators would be utilized for appropriate dosing of the catalyst.

Where ripening facility is located adjoining the pack house, conveyor rollers are optioned to carry the crates directly to ripening area.

The Banana ripening facility could adjoin a separate receiving and de-handing shed to allow for locally sourced direct farm produce to be input for local ripening requirements. A waste disposal area to cater to ripening room is specially designated.

Material handling pallet mover is provided for the daily operations. The receiving shed is covered to protect from direct sunlight and weather. Though only one chamber will output daily, sufficient space is provided to cater for dispatch staging as well as incoming marshalling of the produce.

The ripening facility is envisaged to output into smaller vehicles for tertiary dispatch and a separate designated parking lot for the same is designed.

12.2.3 Other Facilities 

Business Centre 

A Business Centre is proposed in the spoke that would accommodate administrative unit as well as provide space for other offices.

The centre will incorporate bank, post office and other office support services. A common testing lab can also be included in the business centre. Local district level government offices will also ensure utility and regular interaction at location. These could include local passport offices, tax centre, land records office, family planning centre, etc.

Apart from the above facilities, other amenities proposed in the spoke are: ƒ Parking Area

ƒ Canteen ƒ Weigh Bridge

ƒ Water Supply Facilities ƒ DG Rooms

ƒ Solid Waste Management Area ƒ Other Amenities