The presentation is from the one day workshop on ‘Pulses for Nutrition in India: Changing Patterns from Farm-to-Fork’ organized on Jan 14, 2014. The workshop is based on a few studies conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute under the CGIAR’s Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health. These studies covered the entire domain of pulse sector in India from production to consumption, prices to trade, processing to value addition, and from innovations to the role of private sector in strengthening the entire pulse value chain. These studies were designed to better understand the drivers of changing dynamics of pulses in the value chain from farm-to-fork, and explore opportunities for meeting their availability through increased production, enhanced trade and improved efficiency.

1. Pulse Processing in India:
Performance and Prospects
Dr. Anirban Dasgupta
South Asian University
&
Ms. NavneetManchanda
Jawaharlal Nehru University

2. Introduction
• Empirical study of pulse processing in India using both
secondary data & primary case studies
• Uses data for both the organized (ASI) as well as
unorganized sector (NSS)
• Data from three NSS rounds on
unorganized/unincorporated manufacturing carried
out in 2000-01, 2005-06 & 2010-11
• Corresponding data for the organized sector from ASI
for the relevant years(2009-10 instead of 2010-11)
• Two case studies carried out in Kotra district in
Rajasthan & Gulbarga district in Karnataka

3. Number of Organized and Unorganized Pulse Processing Mills
9000
8000
7000
Frequency
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
2000-01
2005-06
2010-11
NSS
7896
8496
8034
ASI
703
1295
1265

4. Rural-Urban Distribution of Unorganized Enterprises
7000
6000
5000
Frquency
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
Rural
Urban
2000-01
2005-06
2010-11
4041
2344
5900
3855
6152
2134

5. 1400
Rural-Urban Distribution of Organized Enterprises
994
842
1200
1000
800
Urban
530
Rural
600
423
400
301
200
173
0
2000-01
2005-06
2010-11

6. Nature of Operations(unorganised units)
9000
8000
7000
6000
5000
Perrenial
Seasonal
4000
Casual
3000
2000
1000
0
2000-01
2005-06
2010-11

10. Some Economic Features of the unorganized sector

11. Some Economic Features of the organized sector
2000-01
PlantSize
Receipts
Exp
GVA
Worker/Ent
GVA/Worker
K/L
Freq
Small
5130434
4608695
518840
6
86473.33
127536
267
Medium
3.29E+07
3.10E+07
1905882
16
119117.6
105294
170
Large
1.44E+08
1.34E+08
9843750
33
2.98E+05
92578
256
Total
6.32E+07
5.89E+07
4303795
18
1.73E+05
109166
693
2005-06
PlantSize
Receipts
Exp
GVA
Worker/Ent
GVA/Worker
K/L
Freq
Small
6803118
7524366
-730994
10
-70821
42495
493
Medium
3.38E+07
3.22E+07
1494923
15
1.03E+05
45177
394
Large
1.41E+08
1.35E+08
5601023
22
2.49E+05
99744
391
Total
5.62E+07
5.41E+07
2.10E+06
15
8.06E+04
60837
1278
2009-10
PlantSize
Small
Receipts
Exp
GVA
Worker/Ent
GVA/Worker
K/L
Freq
6053811
5246636
789237
7
1.13E+05
45989
441
Medium
33976608
31637427
2304093
12
192007
83906
171
Large
1.92E+08
1.80E+08
10873950
23
4.73E+05
146326
595
Total
9.46E+07
8.87E+07
5.36E+06
11
2.33E+05
72133
1207

12. Undertaken any activity on Contract basis
9000
8000
7000
Frequency
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
2000-01
2005-06
2010-11
Yes
232
466
0
No
7664
8030
8034

13. Case Study 1: Kotra Daal Mill
• Single daal mill set up by a well-known NGO, SevaMandir in remote
area of Kotra district in 2009
• Main objective was to help out the local producers in getting
remunerative price without having to travel to nearest market in
Gujarat
• Basic technology used in processing supplemented by local part
time labour
• Widely used by producers in the area because of hassle-free
procurement as well as high prices
• However, there is a major institutional deficit at the community
level in terms of the capacity to run the operations
• Financial sustainability is also an issue
• Replication of this model without the help of a mentor NGO is
suspect
• Employment potential of such processing units is limited

14. Case Study 2: Gulbarga District, Karnataka
• Gulbarga is one of the leading tur (pigeon pea) producing district
• Long history of pulse processing in and around Gulbarga town to
service local production
• Currently 308 registered units in the district operating across different
scales
• Recent establishment of several large units with latest imported
machinery, although they have not started working at full capacity
• At the same time there is evidence of distress among some of the
smaller mills due to problems of procurement as well as working
capital (to be elaborated)
• Restrictive trade policies of the Indian government was criticized
universally by the individual processors as well as the daal mill
association
• No evidence of contractual arrangements either with producers or
marketing agents
• Overall, a situation that warrants cautious optimism
• Employment potential is limited irrespective of the scale of operation