Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, June 24, 2016: The
Announcing this at an event to celebrate 40 years of juice leadership of Maaza, Venkatesh Kini, President,
The Company and its bottlers plan to invest aggressively in enhancing brand love, launching new, affordable and value for money juice packs, expanding distribution and augmenting manufacturing capacity to double the sales of Maaza by 2023.
The resource infusion behind Maaza is a part of the USD 5 BN investment plan of The
The
Partners in the success of Maaza, Anil Jain, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Jain Irrigation said, “At Jain Irrigation, we are delighted to be playing our part in celebrating 40 years of Maaza – an iconic juice brand that I actually grew up with. Maaza is now a guiding light and a flagpost for new juice brands on what a good product can do for the entire agri-ecosystem. We anticipated Maaza’s growth and therefore the increased demand for fruit pulp and five years ago launched Project Unnati. Unnati is aimed at a large scale adoption of Ultra High Density Plantation (UHDP) in the country and aims to scale up the project to cover end-to-end fruit supply chain and further optimize delivery. The project to be scaled up over a period of 10 years, is aimed at creating an ecosystem that delivers higher growth and income for farmers and ‘Grove to Glass’ fruit supply chain and optimizing delivery. Project Unnati alone is expected to deliver close to 240 MT of fruit by year 2023 – 24”.
About Project Unnati and UHDP
India is the world’s largest producer of mangoes, but the average yield per hectare of mangoes in India is one of the lowest in the world – even behind countries like Bangladesh and Pakistan. The mango productivity in India is estimated at 8 metric tonnes per hectare while that of Brazil is 16 metric tonnes per hectare. Ultra High Density Plantation is a proven technology, commonly practiced for mango cultivation worldwide and combined with other sustainable agricultural techniques, has the potential to yield upwards of 200% more produce than that by the traditional method.
About Ultra High Density Plantation (UHDP)
Ultra High Density Plantation (UHDP) technique enables plantation of nearly 600 trees in an acre, against the conventional method of planting 40 to 70 trees. In traditional mango cultivation, trees are allowed to grow as high as possible; they are pruned minimally or not at all. In UHDP, canopy is maintained in such a way as to attain maximum light interception and canopy volume per unit area in early years of plantation. This leads to the orchard attaining full potential in 4-5 years. The gestation period in UHDP is less, and the farmer starts getting returns in the early years, as UHDP orchards start commercial bearing from the 3rd to 4th year onwards against the 7 to 9 years required in traditional planting.
The technique further utilizes drip irrigation, offering twin benefits to the farmers by improving yield/acre and simultaneously decreasing the quantity of water used per kilo of mango produced.
This process requires mango grafts of commercial varieties planted close to each other. Special techniques of pruning, fertigation, irrigation and growth promotion lead to the well-rounded growth of mango orchards with sufficient number of branches and shoots. Special care for nutrition management and pest control is also undertaken in the project. Together, these modern techniques are expected to enhance the produce by as high as 200% compared to traditional plantation methods. Ultra-High Density Plantation is a viable solution and can be undertaken in all regions where mangoes are grown traditionally.
About
Coca-Cola India is one of the country’s leading beverage companies, offering a range of healthy, safe, high quality, refreshing beverage options to consumers. Over the last 22 years, ever since its re-entry in 1993, the company has been refreshing consumers with its beverage products –
The
For further information on the company’s India operations and its products, please visit: www.coca-colaindia.com.
COCA-COLA ON SOCIAL