Biocyte Agro Research Centre

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BIOCYTE AGRO RESEARCH CENTER

Submitted by

Mr. VASUDEV.S

(Reg No: 0825G0170)

Under the guidance of

Ms. MAGESWARI, MBA., PGDED.Submitted in partial fulfillment for the requirements for the award of degree of

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT WITHCOMPUTER APPLICATION

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCESV.L.B. JANAKIAMMAL COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE

(AFFILIATED TO BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY)(ISO 9001:2000 CERTIFIED INSTITUTION & ACCREDITED BY NAAC)

COIMBATORE-641042

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I wish to express my sincere thanks and gratitude to Dr. K.Palaniappan, M.sc, Ph.D ,

Secretary, V.L.B Janakiammal College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore for permitting

me to undergo this institutional training.

I sincerely express my profound thanks to honorable Principal Dr.K.Viswanathan ,

M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D . for giving me the opportunity to do this institutional training.

My sincere thanks to Ms. J.Anuradha, MBA., M.Phil, our respected Head of The

Department, for her expert guidance and support all through my training work.

I wish to express my sincere gratitude to my guide Ms. Mageswari, MBA., PGDED,for her constant encouragement and technical advices which helped me for completing

this training successfully.

I would like to express my sincere thanks to the authorities of BIOCYTE AGRO

RESEARCH CENTER for providing me all the details about the company and for

their wholehearted cooperation throughout the training period.

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DECLARATION

This is to declare that the report of Institutional Training done at BIOCYTE AGRO

RESEARCH CENTER submitted to Bharathiar university in partial fulfillment of

requirement for the award of degree of Bachelor of Business Management With

Computer Applications is a record of original institutional training report done by me

during the academic year 2008 2011 at V.L.B Janakiammal College of Arts and

Science, Coimbatore.

Mr.VASUDEV.S

(RegNo: 0825G0170)

Place: Coimbatore

Date:

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CONTENT

Sl.no. Topics Page no.1 Introduction 52 Company profile

2.1.Activities of biocyte agro research center

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3 Objectives of the company 74 Advantages of biofertilizers 75 Commercial prospects 76 Biofertilizer technology 87 Product description 88 Functional departments

8.1. Production department8.2. Marketing department8.3. Human resource department8.4. Finance department

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9 Mushroom production unit 1510 Mushroom production

10.1. Biocyte oyster mushroom10.2. Biocyte milky mushroom10.3. Quality

10.4. Transportation and storage10.5. Marketing

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11 Turmeric production unit11.1. Product11.2. Materials11.3. Production unit11.4. Cultural practices11.5. Manuring

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12 Viability 2013 Conclusion 21

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Introduction

Sustainable crop production depends much on good soil health. Such a much on

good soil health. Soil health maintenance warrants optimum combination of organic and

inorganic components of the soil. Repeated use of chemical fertilizers destroys soil biota.In nature, there are a number of useful soil microorganisms, which can help plants absorb

nutrients. Their utility can be enhanced with human intervention by selecting efficient

organisms, culturing them and adding them to soils directly or through seeds. The

cultured microorganisms packed in some carrier material for easy application in the field

are called bio-fertilizers.

Bio-fertilizers are living microorganisms of bacterial, fungal and algal origin. Their

mode of action differs and can be applied alone or in combination. By systematicresearch, efficient strains are identified to suit to given soil and climatic conditions. Such

strains have to be mass multiplied in laboratory and distributed to farmers. They are

packed in carrier materials like talc, peat, lignite powder in such a way that they will have

efficient life.

Company profile

Biocyte agro research center attempts its serious efforts to provide an alternative

solution to the inorganic chemical and pollution filled agriculture in India. The company

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has set up its laboratory and manufacturing unit in conjuction with a research and

development facility at palakkad, India.

Kanjikode, industrial area,10 km away from palakkad conjunction town of Keralastate is the present location of the firm. Palakkad being one of the major agriculture

producers of the state, and the availability of raw materials at a cheaper rate. Kanjikode

Industrial Area is well developed in terms of infrastructure like power, water and road,

rail & air links. Nearest airport is 40 km away at Coimbatore and nearest seaport is 140

km away at Cochin. Cheaper labour is available in this area and proximity to Coimbatore

will help in procurement of machinery, chemicals and lab wares, thus making a low

production cost.

Activities of biocyte agro research center

a. Manufacturing biofertilizers and organic manures

b. Mushroom production unit

c. Turmeric production unit.

Objectives of the company

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Use of best-in-class Microbial technology and support of a team of Agriculture

Scientists, ensures that their effort will meet the growing customer demands. Apart from

providing a reliable product to the customers in an affordable price and superior quality,

our attempt is to save the nature from the current threat of chemical fertilizers and

pesticides and its associated pollution. Continuing its constant endeavor to deliver the

best products, BARC is committed to make its .0contribution for conserving the nature

green.

Advantages of Bio-fertilizers

Biofertilizers enhance the nutrient availability to crop plants (by process like fixing

atmosphere N or dissolving P present in the soil); and also impart better health to plants

and soil thereby enhancing crop yields in a moderate way. It is a natural method without

any problems like salinity and alkalinity, soil erosion etc. in view of the priority for the

promotion of organic farming and reduction of chemical residues in the environment,

special focus has to be given for the production of bio-fertilizers.

Commercial prospects

The biofertilizers are mainly purchased by State Agriculture Departments anddistributed to the farmers at concessional rates. It is also purchased by farmers, planters

and farmers growing medicinal crops and fruits. In the context of increasing awareness

about the use of natural products and organic agriculture, these products will have good

scope. Further, the organically grown produces fetch higher prices both in domestic and

export markets.

It is estimated that the production of biofertilizers in the country by the existing units

is about 7500 9000 TPA. This is far below the potential requirement of 7.6 lakh TPA,as estimated by the National Biofertilizer Development Centre (NBDC) Ghazizbad.

Biofertilizer Technology

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The technology used for the production of biofertilizers and organic manure will be

indigenous and the scientific aspects of production are standardized by Agricultural

universities and research laboratories of GOI. Machineries and laboratory equipments are

available from various manufactures and are of BIS standards. Microbial cultures will be

procured from Universities and other Biocontrol laboratories. Regional cultures will

isolated from different soils and mass multiplied and distributed to the farmers.

Plant capacity

The proposed plant has a production capacity of 50 tons of biofertilizer and biocontrol

agents per year.

Product Description

1 Biocyte Tricho ( Trichoderma )

2 Biocyte BioF ( Pseudomonas )

3 Biocyte Azoto ( Azotobacter )

4 Biocyte Spirillum ( Azospirillum )

5 Biocyte Phospho ( Phosphobacteria )

6 Biocyte Pithplus ( Pleurotos sp)

7 Biocyte Brigade ( Metarrizium )

8. Biocyte Biomix

9. Biocyte Nutri+ (Bioenriched Coirpith Compost)

10. Biocyte PC (Coir pith compost)

FUNCTIONAL DEPARTMENTS

PRODUCTION DEPARMENT

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MARKETING DEPARTMENT

HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

Production department

In production department the process is described. Main aim of production department

is reduce the cost of production with high quality finished goods.

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Process descriptionThe pure mother cultures of various strains are being maintained in Agriculture

Universities, IARI, some ICAR institutions, Regional biofertilizer labs etc. The mother

culture in test tubes of desired strain can be purchased from the identified sources. They

have to be further sub-cultured and maintained purely for mass production by adopting

standard techniques under the supervision of trained microbiologist.

In the next stage the culture has to be mass multiplied in shaker flasks and then in

fermenter. The important factor in this is the preparation of growing medium in which the

culture is mass multiplied. After 3-4 days fermentation period, the broth will be ready for

packing in a carrier material, after sterilizing in an autoclave. It is then packed in

polythene bags of desired quantity and sold.

Purchase department is one of the most important department. The main function of

purchase department is to collect the raw materials Talc, Peat humus, Charchol, Lignite

and other biological agents and growth promoters are the ingredients. All materials are

commercially available in the market. We propose to purchase the raw materials from

local chemical suppliers and the cultures from universities.

Other function of the department includes minimizing the cost of purchase and time.

Marketing department

They propose to target potential farmers and agri-business centers in India by direct

marketing initially. In the next stage our products can be sold to State govt. schemes,

which are supplied to the farmers at a subsidized rate. Our associate in Malaysia, Africa

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and Hungary is exploring possible market. Since many countries are now banning the use

of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, there will be a global market for our products,

provided we have international certification. We target to export 50% of our production

initially.

Human resource department

The main aim of human resource department is to maintain staff.

Retirement benefits are given to the personnels.

In this company there are 18 workers including the senior officers. There are 6

workers in production department, 4 workers in marketing department, 3 lab technicians

and 1 senior assistant with 2 other assistants and 2 helpers.

Finance department

Undertakes all financial activities like managing the fund resources and contacting all

bankers, financiered etc.

Working capital facilities have been renewed by the companys bankers.

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Total estimate for starting a small biofertilizers production unit is shown below:

Total estimate for starting a small biofertilizer production unit(Production capacity: 50 tons/year)

Investment

S1. No. Particulars AmountA. Partners Investment 1,25,000B. Bank Loan towards working capital 1,75,000

Sub total (A) 3,00,000

S1. No. Particulars AmountA. Expenditure

a. Equipment and apparatus 35,000b. Recurring contingencies 85,000c. Working capital 1,30,000d. Administrative expenses 15,000e. Interest on loan/depreciation 20,000f. Lease amount 15,000

Sub total (A) 3,00,000

Expenditure details

S. No. Particulars Number Amounta. Equipment and apparatus

1. Shaker 1 10,0002. Laminar flow chamber 1 5000

3. Autoclave 1 4000

4. Microscope 1 60005. Physical balance 1 50006. Balance for packing 1 1000

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7. Sealing machine 1 15008. Trays (Plastic) 10 5009. Plastic cans 20 2000

Sub total (a) 35,000

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Particulars Number Amount

b. Recurring contingencies1. Salary for staff and labourers 75,000

2. Traveling expenses 10,000 Sub total (b) 85,000

c. Working capital

1. Cost of mother culture 10,000

2. Purchase of glasswares 20,000

3. Purchase of chemicals 20,000

4. Polythene bags (Packing) 25,000

5. Carrier materials for 10 tonne 30,000

6. Miscellaneous expenditure 10,000

7. Advertising expenses 15,000

Sub total 1,30,000

Grand Total (a + b + c) 2,50,000

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Mushroom Production Unit

Biocyte research center has introduced a new product Biocyte Mushrooms , a

superior quality Oyster and Milky mushrooms produced hygienically and scientifically.

Well furnished Microbiology laboratory of the firm provides the seeds for the mushroom

production.

MushroomsMushrooms belong to a separate group of organisms called fungi. Some are edible

and they lack the visual green matter. They absorb the nutrition through the mycelium.

The market for mushrooms continues to grow due to interest in their culinary, nutritional,

and health benefits. They also show potential for use in waste management.

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Production MushroomMushroom production is completely different from growing green plants.

Mushrooms do not contain chlorophyll and therefore depend on other plant material (thesubstrate) for their food. The part of the organism that we see and call a mushroom is

really just the fruiting body. Unseen is the myceliumtiny threads that grow throughout

the substrate and collect nutrients by breaking down the organic material. This is the

main body of the mushroom. Generally, each mushroom species prefers a particular

growing medium although some species can grow on a wide range of materials.

The mushrooms produced are again converted into two products. One is dried

mushrooms. The mushrooms are dried in driers to make them moisture free. This

increases the life up to two months under normal conditions. They are equipped with

state of art drying technology to serve the purpose.

The next product is Mushroom powder. The dried mushroom is made into fine

powders which is a new product in market. They are also equipped with the state of art

Pulvarisation technology. It has high market demand too. It is used in curries, sausages,

masalas, soups etc.

Biocyte Oyster Mushrooms

Biocyte Oyster mushrooms ( Pleurotus species) are easier to grow than many of the

other species, and they can be grown on a large scale. Although commonly grown on

sterile straw from wheat or rice, they will also grow on a wide variety of high-cellulose

waste materials. Some of these materials do not require sterilization, only pasteurization.

Another advantage of growing oyster mushrooms is that a high percentage of the

substrate converts to fruiting bodies, increasing the potential profitability. Oyster

mushrooms can become an integral part of a sustainable agriculture system.

Many types of organic wastes from crop production or the food processing industry can

be used to support oyster mushroom production.

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Biocyte Milky Mushrooms

Our other product is Milky mushrooms. This mushroom is umbrella shaped andresembles button mushroom. The sporphores are robusts, attractive and milky white in

colour. The method of production is slightly different from that of Oyster mushroom.

Quality

Biocyte Agro Research Centre ensures its finest quality of Mushrooms. Their

scientific strength includes qualified PhD degree holders and Microbiologists, ensuring

least contamination of the final product. Each packet undergoes quality and quantity

check to ensure their best produce. All the mushrooms are produced hygienically in

closed rooms where temperature and moisture are controlled.

Transportation and storage

The final product can be transported by refrigerated parcel service providers so that

the mushrooms will not decay due to the high temperature inside. Mushroom shelf life is

reduced dramatically by using containers that do not allow rapid cooling. Also, frost-free

refrigerators tend to dry mushrooms excessively. It is important that the mushrooms be

stored at 10 degrees.

Marketing

The products will be marketed to M/s Patil Exports Mushrooms, Belgaum. They

have agreed to buy our products @ 50 Rs/Kg. It can also be supplied to local market at

even better price.

Turmeric Production Unit

The project aims at cultivation of 6 acre (4 Tonnes of Rhizomes) of high quality

export oriented varieties of turmeric rhizomes. Turmeric ( Curcuma longa ), the ancient

and sacred spice of India is a major spice produced and exported from India. Turmeric is

used as condiment, dye and cosmetic in addition to its use in religious ceremonies. India

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is the leading producer, consumer and exporter of turmeric in the world. The plants will

be raised and will be harvested, stored and transported using appropriate technology.

Product

It is proposed to cultivate turmeric, which is a spice. The curcumin extracted from

the root of turmeric is a medicinal supplement and also has various uses in dying and

cosmetic industry.

Materials

Quality planting materials is obtained from local dealers.The new variety of turmeric

Prathiba is a high yielding and has more curcumin content Subsequent multiplication of the material can be done in the farm itself.

Production Unit

While preparing the land, minimum tillage operations may be adopted. Beds of 15 cm

height, 1 m width and of convenient length may be prepared giving at least 50 cm

spacing between beds. Solarisation of such beds is beneficial in checking the

multiplication of pests and diseases causing organisms. The polythene sheets used for soil

solarisation should be kept away safely after the work is completed.

At the time of planting apply 25 g powdered neem cake and mix well with the soil in

each pit taken at a spacing of 20-25 cm within and between rows. Seed rhizomes may be

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Plant protection

Pests

Regular field surveillance and adoption of phytosanitary measures are required for

pest management. If shoot borer incidence is noticed, such shoots may be cut open and pick out larvae and destroy them. Spray neem oil 0.5% at fortnightly intervals if

necessary.

Diseases

No major disease is noticed in the crop. Leaf spot and leaf blotch can be controlled

by restricted use of Bordeaux mixture 1%. Application of Trichoderma at the time of

planting can check the incidence of rhizome rot.

Harvest

Turmeric is to be harvested at correct maturity. Depending upon the variety, the

crop is ready for harvest.

Usually the land is ploughed and the rhizomes are gathered by land packing or the

clumps are carefully lifted with a spade. Harvested rhizomes are cleared of mud and other

extraneous matter adhering to them. The average yield per hectare comes to 20-25 ton of

green turmeric.

Fingers are separated from mother rhizomes. Mother rhizomes are usually kept as

seed material. The fresh turmeric is cured for obtained dry turmeric. Curing involve

boiling of rhizomes in fresh water and the drying in the sun.

Marketing

They are having a by back arrangement with m/s Sami labs of Bangalore and m/s

herbal India cases, Bangalore. They have agreed to buy their product at prevailing marketrate. Hence there is no difficult in selling the products.

Viability

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Our product will be cost and quality competitive in the market. However, the

growing awareness among the people and farmers to adopt organic farming will help us

in selling the products easily. As per the calculations the production cost is Rs. 25/Kg,

and the market price of the products are 50% more.

Considering the above facts, it is evident that these projects have a very good

payback and market exist and are likely to grow and technology is already proven. This

project also provides future expansion.

Conclusion

The institutional training done by me as a part of the curriculum has been of great

importance to me and my forthcoming future. This training undergone at BIOCYTE

AGRO RESEARCH CENTER was a valuable visit and has given me practical

knowledge about the functioning of various departments in the organization. It has also

enabled me to understand the practical implementation of various methods, policies,

procedures, and the other aspects of the management in the organization.

It gave me immense knowledge about how a company is formed, what are the general

requirements for that, how it is functioning efficiently and effectively towards achieving

its short term as well as long term objectives etc.

Also I came to know that the computerization and coordination of various sections

has greatly contributed to the efficient performance of the organization. I understood that

the staff and employees of BIOCYTE AGRO RESEARCH CENTER acts as their

backbone and keenly help the company to bring up their overall performance to the top.

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