Tomato Supply Chain

Production|| Cultivation|| Capacity||Areas

• India is the world`s fifth largest producer of tomato accounting for 6.0% of
world production.
• Tomato is the third most important vegetable of India by sharing 8.5% of total
vegetable production.
• The total tomato production is 8.6 million tonnes and its productivity is 14.0
t/ha which is half of the world productivity.
• Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka are the major tomato growing states.
• Sikkim is gifted with suitable climates for round the year tomato cultivation.
• It is cultivated in the open field during rabi season and under protected
condition during summer and rainy season.
Demand quantities
2016-2017 2017-2018
Tomato Area Production Area Production
Past Data
797000 Ha 20,708,000 789000Ha 19,759,000
MT MT

Reasons for fluctuations:

The cobweb model or cobweb theory is an economicmodel that

explains why prices might be subject to periodic fluctuations in
certain types of markets. It describes cyclical supply and demand in
a market where the amount produced must be chosen before prices
are observed.
WAREHOUSES
Integrated Cold Chain Availability
Platform (ICAP):
• Horticulture Mission for North East
and Himalayan States (HMNEH)
• National Horticulture Board (NHB)
• Ministry of Food Processing
Industries(MOFPI)
• Agricultural and Processed Food
Products Export Development
Authority (APEDA)
• National Cooperative Development
Corporation (NCDC)
• There are some private companies
like ColdMan etc.