Vol. 7, Issue 2 (2019)
Red gram milling unit as a rural entrepreneurship in tribal areas: Economics and food sustainability
Author(s): Y Praveen Kumar, Poshadri A, Shiva Charan G, Raghuveer M, Sunil Kumar M and Rama Devi A
Abstract: Pulses milling is second largest agro food processing industry in Adilabad district of India after cotton ginning industries. Dehusking and splitting of Red gram into dhal is an essential process as Red gram dhal is an important food ingredient in the regular vegetarian meals of Indians. The most influential factors in dhal milling enterprise are production and productivity of red gram, minimum support prices (MSP) for raw red gram, dhal yield during processing and the market prices for dhal. The commercial dhal mill operators and dhal milling units run by farmer’s producer’s organisations are participating in the open tender system and sourcing the raw red gram at 42-45% lesser price ranging from Rs. 3000 to 3500 when compared to minimum support price of raw red gram. Then the cost of production of red gram dhal in commercial dhal milling units is reduced from Rs.2300 to 2500 and benefit cost (B:C) ratio is 1.12:1. Value-addition to red gram and other pulses at small and medium scale will not only enable cheaper dhal based food products available to rural population, but also address the protein energy malnutrition problems among rural population and strengthen the rural economy.
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Y Praveen Kumar, Poshadri A, Shiva Charan G, Raghuveer M, Sunil Kumar M, Rama Devi A. Red gram milling unit as a rural entrepreneurship in tribal areas: Economics and food sustainability. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(2):2093-2098.
