MANAGEMENT OF FOOD PROCESSING UNITS-A CASE OF ROLLER FLOUR MILLS IN BIJAPUR DISTRICT (KARNATAKA)
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2001-08-09
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE
Abstract
India is one of the principal wheat producing and consuming
country in the world, wheat forms and staple food to most of the
population in the world. Wheat flour based products such as chapathi are
part of the staple diet in most part of central and northern India. Nearly
10.5 million tonnes of wheat is processed every year. The leading flour
producing states are, Uttara Pradesh, Maharashtra, Kamataka, Tamil
Nadu, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Haryana and Punjab.
The overall objective of the study was to analyse the performance of
roller flour mills in Bijapur district of Karnataka. The two units located in
the Bijapur district were selected for the study. Further, they were
categorised into small and medium scale units based on their installed
capacity The primary data was collected for the year 1999-2000. ;
The results showed that the investment in both categoiy of roller n
flour mills was financially feasible and economically viable. The per
quintal total cost of processing was Rs.908.99 and Rs.959.53 in small and
medium scale units respectively. The value added as a result of
processing activity at an overall average level was Rs.220.85 per quintal of
wheat processed. The marketing cost per bag of maida (90 kgs) was high
in chsmnel-I (Rs.34.70). Among items of cost incurred sales tax accounted
for 57.06 per cent of the total cost of marketing. The industry on an
average utilised only 37.62 per cent of installed capacity-. Break even
quantity of output in small and medium scale units was 15.468.84
quintals and 1.37,757.17 quintals respectively. The labour intensity was
very low in both the units, capital iniensity and efficiency was higher in
medium scale unit. Problems regarding marketing, processing,
government policies and procurement were considered as the most
important problems.
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