| Being
a agro-tech product the success of papain production lies to a great
extent in agriculture. Though technology is vitial as part of the backward
integration programe the company undertakes total cultivation of papaya
under different forms of collective farming. Over the past several years
of agriculture, the farmers have found papaya cultivation a big boost
in augmentig thier agriculture income. In many areas where papaya has
been introduced by the company it was found more profitable than even
Banana and Sugarcane. Presentaly the area under cultivation exceeds
900 acres and more areas are added every year as per the over all corporate
planning for the papain industry.
Location
The
manufacturing plant in located very close to the papaya cultivation
area and no plantation is further than 30 kms from the factory. It is
situated just off the main Tamilnadu - Kerala National Higway No. 47,
admist the lush green surrounding where abudant ground water and other
necessary infrastructure are avaliable. The main city Coimbatore, it
is well connected with a good international Airport and Road Terminals.
The temperate climate is most suitable for the cultivation of this particular
variety of papaya known as CO2, which yields the best latex for papain
processing. |