STORAGE ASPECT
PRESERVATION of agricultural produce and other commodities is essential to sustain human life and economy. It binds the other two vital components of a healthy economy viz. PRODUCTION and PROSPERITY. We are committed to make this link even stronger by reducing losses in private storage.
The post harvest losses of food grains in storage alone are very substantial. Such losses thwart our attempt to boost agricultural production and maintain self-sufficiency in food grains.
The primary cause leading to loss in quality and quantity of agricultural produce during its storage are :
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Metabolic activities of insects and mites cause dry heating in the produce.
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Presence of higher moisture contents in the stocks at the time of storage cause sprouting, moulding and heating.
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Various chemical changes take place during storage which cause acidity and deterioration of gluten, vitamins, etc.
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Insects and rodents apart from eating away the produce , pollute it by contamination with their urine, excreta and carcass.
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Insects and mites eat away the germ portion of the grain rendering it unfit for germination
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Mites impart objectionable odor .
Such losses can be avoided by using modern warehousing techniques based on scientific storage.
Scientific storage and preservation of agricultural produce is the only way out to maintain quality and quantity of stocks.HWC is providing facilities of scientific storage and preservation to wide range of depositors like Farmers , Traders, Exporters, FCI, HAIC, HAFED, Fertilizer agencies , etc.
CONSOLIDATED STORAGE CHARGES
Our scientific outlook and work culture has enabled us to handle and efficiently operate a net work of over 100 warehouses of over 1.4 million tonne of storage capacity. The figures of average storage capacity and its occupancy augur well of our success in reducing storage losses to a negligible level by way of scientific storage.
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AVERAGE STORAGE CAPACITY & OCCUPANCY OF WAREHOUSES |
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| 2000-01 |
2002-03 |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
| Total average storage capacity (lakh MT's) | 17.22 | 20.24 | 18.33 | 16.59 | 14.78 | 13.82 | 13.97 | 14.68 |
| Average occupancy in Lakh MT's | 17.89 | 16.23 | 11.79 | 8.47 | 8.53 | 8.38 | 9.69 | 12.21 |
| Average occupancy in percentage | 104 % | 80 % | 64 % | 51 % | 58 % | 61 % | 69 % | 83 % |
WHEAT AND PADDY PROCUREMENT
The Corporation also procures wheat ,paddy and bajra on behalf of State and Central government agencies. The Corporation procured 6.78 lakh MTs of wheat during Rabi,2009 and 0.67 lakh MTs of paddy during Kharif , 2008 for the Central pool.
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WHEAT PROCUREMENT BY HWC AND STATE |
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| Particulars | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 |
| Total Procurement in the State (Lakh Mts.) | 44.97 | 63.99 | 58.88 | 51.39 | 51.16 | 45.90 | 22.29 | 33.46 | 52.31 | 69.11 |
| Share allotted to HWC | 9 % | 10 % | 9 % | 9 % | 9 % | 9 % | 9 % | 9 % | 9 % | 9 % |
| No. of mandis allotted to HWC | 69 | 85 | 60 | 71 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 58 | 62 |
| Total procurement by HWC (Lakh Mts.) | 3.89 | 6.73 | 5.48 | 5.66 | 5.97 | 4.36 | 2.17 | 2.93 | 4.88 | 6.78 |
| PADDY PROCUREMENT BY HWC AND STATE | ||||||||
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Particulars |
2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| Total Procurement in the State ( Lakh Mts.) | 15.75 | 15.41 | 10.21 | 15.17 | 23.45 | 20.46 | 17.84 | 18.19 |
| Share allotted to HWC | 9 % | 9 % | 9 % | 9 % | 9 % | 9 % | 9 % | 9 % |
| No. of mandis allotted to HWC | 38 | 37 | 40 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 30 | 28 |
| Total procurement by HWC (Lakh Mts.) | 1.70 | 1.48 | 1.26 | 1.72 | 2.02 | 1.04 | 0.60 | 0.67 |
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BAJRA PROCUREMENT BY HWC AND STATE |
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Particulars |
2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
| Total Procurement in the State ( Lakh Mts.) | 1.99 | 1.30 | 0.05 | 0 | 1.24 |
| Share allotted to HWC | 9 % | 9 % | 9 % | 9 % | 9 % |
| No. of mandis allotted to HWC | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 |
| Total procurement by HWC (Lakh Mts.) | 0.46 | 0.40 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.39 |
The Corporation is also running two extension schemes viz. Dis-infestation Extension Service Scheme (DESS)and Farmers Extension Service Scheme (FESS). Under DESS , stocks of farmers, co-operatives, traders and other are dis-infested in their own homes/ godowns on "No Profit No Loss" basis.
The other scheme FESS involves visits by our staff to the surrounding villages and teach / demonstrate the benefits of scientific storage to farmers.