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3. Value Chain Actors in Nepal Ginger Market
3.1 Input suppliers: Input suppliers provide inputs for ginger production. Seed, FYM and labour are major inputs and are usually managed by farmers. Pesticides are rarely used in ginger and are provided by agro-vets. Chemical fertilizers are supplied by fertilizer dealers. Agencies provide technical knowledge and inputs in some extent; the flow of information and inputs is not satisfactory.
3.2 Farmers: Three types of farmers are engaged in ginger production: small farmers with subsistence production, small commercial farmers and large-scale commercial farmers. Gingers from small farmers usually do not enter the market or enter in a very limited quantity especially in the local retail market. The latter two farmers sell most of their gingers to market intermediaries. Farmers are also engaged in ginger processing especially dried ginger.
3.3 Local processors: Locally ginger is mainly traded in fresh or dried forms. Dry ginger(Sutho) is mostly processed by farmers themselves by using traditional methods. Ginger candy, pickles, squash and other processed products are processed by local cooperatives in very little quantity. Though there is good scope of value addition in Nepal, value addition (especially processing) is not a commercial practice.
3.4 Road-head traders: Road-head traders are located at road-head and collect goods from farmers. These traders usually trade various goods including retailing of grains and foodstuffs. Ginger is collected and sorted to some extent such as removing the decayed and spoiled ginger. Most of the gingers go to exporters and some go to national traders.
3.5 National Traders: National Traders get goods from cooperative and road-head traders. They sell ginger and its products to national markets, national processors/manufacturers and exporters, sometimes directly to Indian commission agents. They also sell ginger to the local markets.
3.6 National processors/manufacturers: these are firms engaged in producing ginger products and other products using ginger as one of the ingredients. Dabur Nepal, Gorkha Ayurved, Singh durbar Vaidyakhana, Male International and local spice companies are some of the examples.
3.7 Exporters: Major part of the fresh and dry ginger goes to India while very small amount of ginger products are exported overseas.
3.8 Commission Agents: Most of the ginger exported to India initially goes to Indian commission agents (CA), who usually take 6-7% of the total sales as commission. Payment of 50 to 70% is made during delivery and the rest is paid once the goods are sold completely by deducting the commission.
3.9 Wholesalers: Wholesalers sell the goods to retailers, hotels, industries, and institutional users.
3.10 Retailers: Retailers get the goods from wholesalers and sell to end consumer.
4. Ginger Product in Nepal Market
4.1 Fresh ginger: Fresh ginger is main traded ginger product in Nepal. Young ginger has mild flavour and pale, thin skin that need no peeling. Fresh rhizomes with low fibre content yet rich in aroma, pungency, fat and protein are preferred for green ginger purposes and seeds.
Fresh ginger goes through only small value addition activities, mainly cleaning and sorting. The cleaning activity starts from the farmers’ level by removing soil and roots. At trader’s level there is no practice of washing and cleaning within Nepal. Due to lack of washing facilities in Nepal, the Nepalese ginger are not receiving better price due to soil content and dirty looks. Simple post-harvest handling practices like cleaning, sorting and grading will make ginger competitive in market.
4.2 Dried ginger (Sutho in Nepali): Dried ginger is second mostly traded product in Nepal. Dried ginger is prepared from mature rhizomes with full aroma, flavour and pungency. Cultivars with medium-sized rhizomes and high curing percentage are preferred. The product is prepared in
western part with minimum evidence in the east.
Sutho is traditional product and farmers make Sutho with traditional skill that is labour intensive and tedious. Therefore farmers only prepare when market price for fresh ginger is low. Dried ginger can be peeled whole, peeled coated whole, split and sliced. All types may be used for oil distillation and oleoresin extraction, but the coated types are the most extensively used. Lack of ginger peeler and the mechanical dryer is the major post-harvest problem. Some processors have been using solar dryers for drying slices which are not good for mass production. Processors are also not getting good ginger slicer machine.
4.3 Ginger powder: Ginger powder is made by pulverizing dry ginger to 50-60 mesh size. The use of ginger powder in Nepal is less and there are limited processors. A small research found that ginger powder can be the best
solution for value addition. First the demand in the world market and Nepal is increasing. Second, ginger powder is convenient for transportation. Because of its land locked geographical position, Nepal is not good at downward stream of supply chain and the transportation cost for fresh ginger and dry ginger is high. 1kg of ginger powder is made up of around 6kg of fresh ginger, so 1 kg transport cost will be exporting 6kg of ginger. Furthermore, powder ginger has less volume and air transport may seem feasible. Third, powder ginger has longer shelf life and can be stored for one and half year, so anywhere in the world, market can be sought. Nepal also imports ginger during off-season as it lacks storage facility and there is power shortage. If powder ginger is made, perennial supply will be possible, ensuring minimal import and stable price. Lastly, soil content and contamination are reduced while drying and processing, ginger powder is more exportable.
4.4 Ginger paste: Ginger is usually made into paste at household level and used in curry etc. Ginger paste is commercially available in the market and mostly imported.
4.5 Ginger candy: Processors manufacturing ginger candy are very limited. Ginger candy is mostly produced by microenterprises run by cooperative. The major problems are inefficient technology and high use of labourers. Besides, the marketing activity is also very limited.
4.6 Ginger oil: Ginger oil is produced by steam distillation of freshly ground dry ginger or fresh ginger peelings. The potential for ginger oil production is limited since quality of the Nashe variety is low due to high fibre content and inadequate farming methods.
4.7 Ginger oleoresin: Ginger oleoresin is obtained by extraction of powdered dry ginger with suitable organic solvents. There are very few industrial units for oleoresin in Nepal. However, the production may present a better opportunity as it is less sensitive to the quality of produce and has widespread uses.
4.8 Ginger squash: Ginger squash is prepared by using fresh ginger mixing with water and preservatives. Ginger squash has short life and the popularity is also very less.
5. Ginger Processing Equipment Suitable for Nepali Market
5.1 Ginger Washing Machine
Ginger spray washing machine adopts high-pressure water flow for washing ginger, having high cleaning capacity and impurities reduction efficiency. Brush type washing and peeling machine integrates the functions of washing and peeling, available for independent cleaning as well as simultaneous cleaning and peeling.
5.2 Ginger Slicing Machine
Ginger garlic slicing machine can cut ginger into slices with high efficiency. The thickness of the slices can be adjusted freely. And the slices have uniform thickness, smooth surface and no breakage.
5.3 Ginger Drying Machine
Hot air circulation drying oven takes advantage of circulated hot air in the oven to get the ginger dried. We have offered drying machines with different capacities like single door hot air drying ovens, double-door hot air ovens and large scale drying ovens to meet customers’s specific demands.
5.4 Ginger Powder Crushing Machine
This machine crushes the dry ginger slice by the impact & grind function of the relative motion between active and fixed fluted discs, and impact between the materials. The fineness can be adjusted by changing different sieves.
5.5 Ginger Paste Making Machine
Ginger paste making machine can cut ginger into paste, having good cutting effect and uniform cutting thickness. The small dimension makes it suitable for household use.
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3. Value Chain Actors in Nepal Ginger Market
3.1 Input suppliers: Input suppliers provide inputs for ginger production. Seed, FYM and labour are major inputs and are usually managed by farmers. Pesticides are rarely used in ginger and are provided by agro-vets. Chemical fertilizers are supplied by fertilizer dealers. Agencies provide technical knowledge and inputs in some extent; the flow of information and inputs is not satisfactory.
3.2 Farmers: Three types of farmers are engaged in ginger production: small farmers with subsistence production, small commercial farmers and large-scale commercial farmers. Gingers from small farmers usually do not enter the market or enter in a very limited quantity especially in the local retail market. The latter two farmers sell most of their gingers to market intermediaries. Farmers are also engaged in ginger processing especially dried ginger.
3.3 Local processors: Locally ginger is mainly traded in fresh or dried forms. Dry ginger(Sutho) is mostly processed by farmers themselves by using traditional methods. Ginger candy, pickles, squash and other processed products are processed by local cooperatives in very little quantity. Though there is good scope of value addition in Nepal, value addition (especially processing) is not a commercial practice.
3.4 Road-head traders: Road-head traders are located at road-head and collect goods from farmers. These traders usually trade various goods including retailing of grains and foodstuffs. Ginger is collected and sorted to some extent such as removing the decayed and spoiled ginger. Most of the gingers go to exporters and some go to national traders.
3.5 National Traders: National Traders get goods from cooperative and road-head traders. They sell ginger and its products to national markets, national processors/manufacturers and exporters, sometimes directly to Indian commission agents. They also sell ginger to the local markets.
3.6 National processors/manufacturers: these are firms engaged in producing ginger products and other products using ginger as one of the ingredients. Dabur Nepal, Gorkha Ayurved, Singh durbar Vaidyakhana, Male International and local spice companies are some of the examples.
3.7 Exporters: Major part of the fresh and dry ginger goes to India while very small amount of ginger products are exported overseas.
3.8 Commission Agents: Most of the ginger exported to India initially goes to Indian commission agents (CA), who usually take 6-7% of the total sales as commission. Payment of 50 to 70% is made during delivery and the rest is paid once the goods are sold completely by deducting the commission.
3.9 Wholesalers: Wholesalers sell the goods to retailers, hotels, industries, and institutional users.
3.10 Retailers: Retailers get the goods from wholesalers and sell to end consumer.
4. Ginger Product in Nepal Market
4.1 Fresh ginger: Fresh ginger is main traded ginger product in Nepal. Young ginger has mild flavour and pale, thin skin that need no peeling. Fresh rhizomes with low fibre content yet rich in aroma, pungency, fat and protein are preferred for green ginger purposes and seeds.
Fresh ginger goes through only small value addition activities, mainly cleaning and sorting. The cleaning activity starts from the farmers’ level by removing soil and roots. At trader’s level there is no practice of washing and cleaning within Nepal. Due to lack of washing facilities in Nepal, the Nepalese ginger are not receiving better price due to soil content and dirty looks. Simple post-harvest handling practices like cleaning, sorting and grading will make ginger competitive in market.
4.2 Dried ginger (Sutho in Nepali): Dried ginger is second mostly traded product in Nepal. Dried ginger is prepared from mature rhizomes with full aroma, flavour and pungency. Cultivars with medium-sized rhizomes and high curing percentage are preferred. The product is prepared in
western part with minimum evidence in the east.
Sutho is traditional product and farmers make Sutho with traditional skill that is labour intensive and tedious. Therefore farmers only prepare when market price for fresh ginger is low. Dried ginger can be peeled whole, peeled coated whole, split and sliced. All types may be used for oil distillation and oleoresin extraction, but the coated types are the most extensively used. Lack of ginger peeler and the mechanical dryer is the major post-harvest problem. Some processors have been using solar dryers for drying slices which are not good for mass production. Processors are also not getting good ginger slicer machine.
4.3 Ginger powder: Ginger powder is made by pulverizing dry ginger to 50-60 mesh size. The use of ginger powder in Nepal is less and there are limited processors. A small research found that ginger powder can be the best
solution for value addition. First the demand in the world market and Nepal is increasing. Second, ginger powder is convenient for transportation. Because of its land locked geographical position, Nepal is not good at downward stream of supply chain and the transportation cost for fresh ginger and dry ginger is high. 1kg of ginger powder is made up of around 6kg of fresh ginger, so 1 kg transport cost will be exporting 6kg of ginger. Furthermore, powder ginger has less volume and air transport may seem feasible. Third, powder ginger has longer shelf life and can be stored for one and half year, so anywhere in the world, market can be sought. Nepal also imports ginger during off-season as it lacks storage facility and there is power shortage. If powder ginger is made, perennial supply will be possible, ensuring minimal import and stable price. Lastly, soil content and contamination are reduced while drying and processing, ginger powder is more exportable.
4.4 Ginger paste: Ginger is usually made into paste at household level and used in curry etc. Ginger paste is commercially available in the market and mostly imported.
4.5 Ginger candy: Processors manufacturing ginger candy are very limited. Ginger candy is mostly produced by microenterprises run by cooperative. The major problems are inefficient technology and high use of labourers. Besides, the marketing activity is also very limited.
4.6 Ginger oil: Ginger oil is produced by steam distillation of freshly ground dry ginger or fresh ginger peelings. The potential for ginger oil production is limited since quality of the Nashe variety is low due to high fibre content and inadequate farming methods.
4.7 Ginger oleoresin: Ginger oleoresin is obtained by extraction of powdered dry ginger with suitable organic solvents. There are very few industrial units for oleoresin in Nepal. However, the production may present a better opportunity as it is less sensitive to the quality of produce and has widespread uses.
4.8 Ginger squash: Ginger squash is prepared by using fresh ginger mixing with water and preservatives. Ginger squash has short life and the popularity is also very less.
5. Ginger Processing Equipment Suitable for Nepali Market
5.1 Ginger Washing Machine
Ginger spray washing machine adopts high-pressure water flow for washing ginger, having high cleaning capacity and impurities reduction efficiency. Brush type washing and peeling machine integrates the functions of washing and peeling, available for independent cleaning as well as simultaneous cleaning and peeling.
Ginger garlic slicing machine can cut ginger into slices with high efficiency. The thickness of the slices can be adjusted freely. And the slices have uniform thickness, smooth surface and no breakage.
5.3 Ginger Drying Machine
Hot air circulation drying oven takes advantage of circulated hot air in the oven to get the ginger dried. We have offered drying machines with different capacities like single door hot air drying ovens, double-door hot air ovens and large scale drying ovens to meet customers’s specific demands.
5.4 Ginger Powder Crushing Machine
This machine crushes the dry ginger slice by the impact & grind function of the relative motion between active and fixed fluted discs, and impact between the materials. The fineness can be adjusted by changing different sieves.
5.5 Ginger Paste Making Machine
Ginger paste making machine can cut ginger into paste, having good cutting effect and uniform cutting thickness. The small dimension makes it suitable for household use.
Email: amisylinda@gmail.com
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