Ginger Processing Plant

Ideathon

Team: SAB-G
Sandesh
Aashraf
Bishwa
Why?
 USD 6 Million export (2015/2016)
 4th ginger producer worldwide
 24 thousand MT
 75 % of Nepalese ginger in fresh form
 25% in processed form (Sutho and powdered ginger)
 400,000 farmers
Trend of production quantity of top 10
ginger producing countries

Source: FAOSTAT 2014

Problem Statement

 Current processing techniques are not effective.

 Manual labor for peeling, slicing and drying.
 Small scale dryers hence high processing costs.
 Not competitive in market.
Marketing

 Media (newspaper, radio)

 Expos
 Training and awareness programmes for farmers
 Stating cost benefits to trader(manual vs processing)
 Discount schemes
Entrepreneurial Scope

 Large scale processing for reduced processing cost

 Job creation
 Community benefits
 Simplified operation for traders
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