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ALDI Expo 2011
India is predominantly an agricultural country, with 52% of it’s population engaged in agriculture or related sectors. Agriculture accounts roughly 14% - 15% of the national GDP and unfortunately falling further. The need of the hour is that we increase the production using modern scientific approach, without burdening on our natural resource, like water, power and land. Globalisation and modernisations of Indian agricultural sector is one key solution to achieve growth. The Expo has a large exhibit area, which includes both outdoor and indoor exhibits, where visitors will find every imaginable product or service, an agro sector could ever need. In addition to the static exhibits visitors can attend educational lectures, seminars, presentations and demonstrations. The harvesting equipment, irrigation technology and precision agricultural machinery showcased will provide opportunities to see and compare a wide range of equipment. Company representatives and specialists are in the fields to answer visitor questions.
The 3 day exhibition will focus on the following thing,
ALDI Expo on Agriculture: ALDI will exhibit on new technologies in the agribusiness as well as showcase products & knowledge base regarding hybrid seeds, selective crop patterns and other unique opportunities involved in the business. The 3 days event will educate farmers on the latest trends in agriculture both in terms of practice and technology. It will also provides the awareness among the farming community on the natural resource such as land, water and also about the harmful effects of using chemical fertilizers in excess.
Machinery & Equipments With the use on modern technology, Indian Agro-food business has changed a lot in last decade. The yield and profits has increased multi-folds and has a potential to grow further more. ALDI will be exhibiting on a range of equipments from farming sectors, livestock management, dairy, automated food processing, packaging, canning, by-product processing, shorting, cold shortages, transportation etc. The Expo would help implement various business modules in their existing infrastructure and help them grow their business. It will give then a chance to know about the modern infrastructure and techniques used abroad. ALDI Expo on Dairy The Indian, dairy industry has acquired substantial growth from the Eighth Plan onwards, achieving an annual output of over 104.8 million tons (provisional) of milk at the end of 2007-08. India's milk output has not only placed the industry first in world, but also represents sustained growth in the availability of milk & milk products. The Government is implementing following schemes for the development of dairy sector during 2008-09.
Strengthening Infrastructure for Quality and Clean Milk Production (CMP): A centrally sponsored scheme was launched in October 2003, with the main objective of improving the quality of raw milk produced at the village level in the country. Under this scheme, assistance is provided for training of farmers on good milking practices. The scheme is being implemented on 100% grant-in-aid basis to District Coop Milk Unions and State Coop. Milk Federation through the State Governments/UTs for components viz. training of farmer member, detergents, stainless steel utensils, Assistance to Cooperative: The scheme aims at revitalizing the sick Dairy Cooperatives Unions at the District level and Co-operative Federations at the State level. Under the scheme rehabilitation programme are prepared by National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) (External website that opens in a new window) in consultation with Milk Union Federation/State Government. A central grant is released to milk union/Federations through NDDB. To bring about structural changes in unorganized sector, measures like milk processing at village level, marketing of pasteurized milk in a cost effective manner, quality up gradation of traditional technology to handle commercial scale using modern equipments and management skills, a new scheme viz. Dairy Venture Capital Fund was initiated in the Tenth Five Year Plan. The assistance under the scheme is provided to the rural/urban beneficiaries under a schematic proposal through bankable projects with 50% interest free loan component. The scheme is implemented through NABARD and the funds released by GOI to NABARD are kept as revolving fund. Under the scheme the entrepreneur has to contribute 10% and arrange 40% loan from local bank. Government of India provides 50% interest free loan through NABARD. National Dairy Plan: Government is also examining launching a National Dairy Plan with an outlay of more than Rs. 17,300 crore to achieve a target of 180 million tones of Milk producing annually by 2021-22. Milk production is expected to grow at 4% with annual incremental output of 5 million tons in the next 15 years. Under this plan the government is contemplating to enhance milk production in major milk producing areas, strengthen and expand infrastructure to production, process and market milk through the existing and new institutional structures. The plan envisages breed improvement through Al and through nature service, setting up plants to augment cattle feed, bypass protein and mineral mixture. The plan also proposed to bring 65% of the surplus milk produced under the organized sector for procurement as against the present 30%. Efforts are on the tap for World Bank funding for this project.
Knowledge about different breed and their advantages, selective breeding of milching and draft animals, artificial insemination, Livestock feed and its advantages, veterinary & health management in livestock, show case equipments like latest incubators, humidifiers, vaccine manufacturing technology and poultry processing equipment etc. Expo will encourages that scientists and research scholars to contribute study/research paper, presentations and educational poster in the presentation area. ALDI aims at integrating technological advancements, environmental & ecological stewardship & technical knowledge for the farming community & other consumers’ under one roof. The livestock sub sector has emerged as one of the key components of agricultural growth in developing countries in recent years.The Indian livestock system is the endeavor of small holders and it is a centuries old tradition. As a result of gradual transition from subsistence to market system, the economic dimensions of livestock keeping have assumed increasing significance in household behaviour. Over 70 percentage of the rural households in India depend on livestock farming for supplementary income. The sector is highly gender sensitive and over 90 per cent of activities related to care and management of livestock are carried out by family’s women folk. Though livestock sub sector makes significant contribution to the State’s economy, it is facing serious constraints due to inadequate fodder base as a result of sharp and continuous decline in the area under livestock-supporting seasonal crops especially paddy and the limited scope for fodder cultivation in the State. The biggest challenge faced by the State in the livestock sector is the threat of foot and mouth disease because of large-scale inflow of cattle from the adjoining states. Logistics is a quite an old concept, it has been becoming very efficient only after the wave of 1990s globalization. With the advent of intense competition coupled with globalization and liberalization forced both public and private firms committing themselves to make available to the customers, the right condition material, at the right place, at the right time, at the very lowest cost-may be a product or a service. Based on a worldwide survey of freight forwarders and express carriers, the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) is a benchmarking tool developed by the World Bank that measures performance along the logistics supply chain within a country. Allowing for comparisons across 155 countries, the index can helps in identify challenges and opportunities and improve their logistics-performances. Technological progress and worldwide trade and investment liberalization are presenting new opportunities for countries to harness global markets for growth and poverty reduction. But with the advent of global supply chains, a new premium is being placed on being able to move goods rapidly, reliably, and cheaply. The ability to connect to the worldwide logistics web depends on a country’s infrastructure, service markets, and trade processes.
The government and the private sectors in many developing countries should improve these areas - or face the large and growing costs of exclusion, said a World Bank report. There are several factors are responsible for the growth of the logistics industry •The emergence of organized retail. Food Processing Industry Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food or to transform food into other forms for consumption by humans or animals either in the home or by the food processing industry. Food processing typically takes clean, harvested crops or butchered animal products and uses these to produce attractive, marketable and often long shelf-life food products. Similar processes are used to produce animal feed. Extreme examples of food processing include the delicate preparation of deadly fugu fish or preparing space food for consumption under zero gravity. Benefits More and more people live in the cities far away from where food is grown and produced. In many families the adults are working away from home and therefore there is little time for the preparation of food based on fresh ingredients. The food industry offers products that fulfill many different needs: From peeled potatoes that only have to be boiled at home to fully prepare ready meals that can be heated up in the microwave oven within a few minutes. Modern food processing also improves the quality of life for people with allergies, diabetics, and other people who cannot consume some common food elements. Food processing can also add extra nutrients such as vitamins. Processed foods are often less susceptible to early spoilage than fresh foods, and are better suited for long distance transportation from the source to the Consumer. Fresh materials, such as fresh produce and raw meats, are more likely to harbor pathogenic micro-organisms (e.g. Salmonella) capable of causing serious illnesses. Trends in modern food processing Cost reduction •Profit Incentive drives most of the factors behind any industry; the food industry not least of all. Health concerns are generally subservient to profit potential, leading the food processing industry to often ignore major health concerns raised by the use of industrially-produced ingredients (partially-hydrogenated Vegetable oils, for example, a well-known and well-researched cause of heart disease, which is still commonly used in processed food to increase profit margin.) •Consumer pressure has led to a reduction in the use of industrially-produced ingredients in processed food, but the (often slight) potential for increased profits has barred widespread acceptance by the industry of recognized health problems caused by over-consumption of processed foods. •Often farmers take most of the burden in cost reduction because they're usually submitted to a monophony by food processing industries. Meat is the most valuable livestock product and for many people serves as their first-choice source of animal protein. Meat is either consumed as a component of kitchen-style food preparations or as processed meat products. Processed meat products, although in some regions still in their infancy, are globally gaining ground in popularity and consumption volume.
Meat processing has always been part of FAO’s livestock programmes, not only because of the possibility of fabricating nutrient-rich products for human food, but also owing to the fact that meat processing can be a tool for fully utilizing edible carcass parts and for supplying shelf-stable meat products to areas where no cold chain exists. Moreover, small-scale meat processing can also be a source of income for rural populations. In the mid eighties to early nineties of the last century, FAO published two books on meat processing (Animal Production and Health Series No. 52 and 91) in order to familiarize food processors in developing countries with meat processing technologies. However, due to the time elapsed since then they no longer fully reflect current techniques and processing procedures used in the meat sector. FAO initiated two major projects in this sector. In the mid nineties and in early 2000, in cooperation with the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) and the German Development Agency GTZ/CIM, FAO ran two comprehensive regional training and development projects on meat processing technology, the first one in sub-Saharan Africa and the second one in Asia. |
