Value Ingredients
Backward Integration – IPM
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Programmes!
Key highlights of our backward integration programme are as below:
Organic Spice Programme: We work with more than 150 turmeric/Ginger/Pepper farmers to offer certified organic spices meeting NPOP/NOP/EU organic standards. The products we offer are traceable right upto the farm level using our cloud based sourcing app.
IPM Programme
Digitized supply chain for pesticide residue guaranteed chillies( IPM )
- Our Purpose
- Programme Highlights
- IPM Concepts
- Traceability
- Biological Control of Pests
- Post Harvest Processing
- Social Responsibility
❖ Red Pepper/Chillies/Cumin/Ginger meeting USFDA/EU/Australian norms on pesticide residues/Aflatoxins
❖ Sustainable farming model incorporating IPM practices/Organic cultivation
❖ Farmer welfare with 5-7% higher price realization for the farmers
❖ Farmer ROI improvement through reduction in cost of cultivation because of lesser chemical usage/sprayings etc.
❖ Farmer engagement through continuous training and education
❖ Transparent supply chain with full online traceability from delivery back to the farm, full visibility of agronomic practices, inputs used with pictures of operations and price realization at the farm level
❖ 4 locations across Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telengana in India
❖ 2000 Acres under cultivation, expected yield of 4000-4500 MT for 2020 season
❖ Field team of 1 programme manager, 4 field assistants
❖ Agronomic support with implementation of package of practices created by Industry experts from Tamil Nadu Agriculture university
❖ Controlled Post Harvest processing to prevent aflatoxin and mould formation
❖ Multiple rounds of testing to ensure compliance with EU/USFDA/Australian norms on pesticide residues
IPM Concepts Used In Farming and Key Pillars of IPM Programme :
❖ Sustainability
❖ Farmer Welfare
❖ Consumer Health
❖ Start with our lot number or QR Code and access full crop history and traceability of the lot online at our cloud based sourcing app.
( Not practiced in organic, used only for IPM programmes)
❖ Very limited usage of chemical pesticides, used as absolute last resort, only contact pesticides used, no systemic pesticides are used in the programme
❖ Carefully selected list of approved chemicals which
• Have very short half life periods, they degrade and decompose fast
• Which cause the least harm to beneficial insects
• Which have higher MRLs prescribed as per EU/USFDA norms etc.
❖ Pesticide holidays after fruiting
❖ Drying on clean dis infected tarpaulins, aflatoxin risk reduced
❖ Established drying protocol covering thickness, overturn schedule, moisture test using field kits helps eliminate aflatoxin and ochratoxin risks
❖ Material is tested and approved for compliance with EU/US MRLS for pesticide residues and moved to cold store on approval
❖ Temperature of 5-8 degrees maintained at cold store
❖ Material tested again before crushing/grinding
❖ Farmers receive 5-8 percent premium over regular market prices
❖ Farmer profitability is higher due to lower cost of inputs,
❖ Inputs are bought bulk with price discounts and distributed to farmers
❖ Chemical usage reduced by 80% compared to traditional farming of chillies
❖ Yield levels maintained close to yield realised using conventional farming techniques
❖ Safer and cleaner food for consumers
Our Promise
❖ Fully Integrated supply chain from Farming – Processing- Shipment and delivery
❖ Sustainable farming model incorporating reduced or Zero usage of chemicals
❖ Farmer welfare with 7-10% price premium for Pesticide free ( IPM) and upto 25% higher price realization for Organic spices
❖ Transparent supply chain with full online traceability from delivery back to the farm, full visibility of agronomic practices, inputs used with pictures of operations and price realization at the farm level
Programme Highlights
5000 plus farmers under our contract cultivation programmes
10,000 plus Acres under cultivation
Concepts used in Backward Integration (BI)
Key Pillars of our farmer programmes
❖ Farmer Welfare
❖ Consumer Health
Vendors
Key Elements of BI Programme
Mechanical Control of Pests
Weed removal
continuously
Key Elements of BI Programmes
Soil Analysis
Determine Nutrient requirement and prepare a plan in package of practices to address nutrient deficiencies, improve fertiliser usage efficiency
Identify pollutants or chemical growth inhibitors and plan corrective actions
Helps in formulating best management practices including weeding cycle, irrigation plans, sowing time, tillage plan etc..
Prevents over fertilisation and thus limit damage to environment
Maintain appropriate PH conducive to Chilly growth
Key Elements of IPM Programme
Biological Control of Pests
Bio Pesticides
❖ Bacillus Thuringiensis @ 200 to 400 gm per acre
for Lepidopteran pests
❖ Seed treatment with Trichoderma
❖ Verticilium licani for sucking pests
❖ Metarhizium anisopliae for root grubs
Natural Pesticides
❖ Neem oil
❖ Tobacco solution
❖ NSKE ( Neem seed kernal Extract) Spray at early
stage
Organic formulations like Jeevamrutham
