8 Best Agro-processing business ideas for you.
The agriculture sector has been increasing in market share and profitability. With this sector being so important to the nation’s economy, it provides a money-making opportunity to anyone out there that is willing and devoted to look around it and make money. These best agro-processing business ideas can help do just that. You can earn big in agriculture in many ways one of them being Agro-processing.
There are many more ways such as rearing livestock, gardening, and more. You can do some reading about these on our blog post on the top gardening and livestock rearing ideas. These will give you better ideas in those. For those that can’t get along with those, here is a list of top Agro-processing business ideas. You can make good money by processing the perishable agricultural product and sale them later during scarcity. Some products just need processing to convert them into forms they are consumed. This article is just about that. Let’s get along.
We’ve discussed a lot on how to get money in the agricultural sector. Some of these ways include livestock rearing, gardening, and more. But, Agro-processing is the king of all of them.
This is why.
- It is a means of adding value to the goods hence fetching more money. How to earn extra cash is our concern at “the side hustles” so this meets our criteria of choosing it over the latter.
- Some of the biggest problems with agribusinesses are price fluctuations. It’s to a lesser extent with the best Agri-processing ideas. You always have your assured price. Though this may slightly fluctuate but not like that of the raw agriproducts.
- It extends the life of agriproducts. And gives you the freedom to sell at the right time.
- You can bag good money by looking out for the price tag. It’s a good idea to always find cheaper sources for raw materials while doing Agro-processing. And later sell your products at the highs.
- Generally processed agriproducts fetch higher cash, last longer, and are preferred to the unprocessed. Given that Agri- processing industries are emerging and growing on the African continent if you are thinking about a side hustle, you can start one in this category. Below is a list of the top Agri-processing business ideas you can start with.
Best Agro-processing business ideas
Yogurt, ghee, ice cream, and all milk products.
It’s Milk again at the top of Agro-processing business ideas. One of the most consumed liquid foods by babies and adults. The problem with milk is it goes bad so fast. If you produce milk on a large scale, you can process it to these different products such as ghee, yogurt, powder milk, and more. This idea is not limited to milk producers. Anyone interested in making extra income can give it a try. You can find cheap milk at wholesale price, purchase it in bulk, process it, sell it and make good money.
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Biscuits, cookies crisps, and all dried ready-to-eat foods.
People eat dry ready to eat foods a lot while traveling, watching a movie, and more. Their ready market is assured. All you need to do is start making these foods and supply them to different retail units and supermarkets for people to find them easily. The startup capital can range from small to big depending on your scale though starting small is always the best idea. All these dry food processing ideas don’t require a lot of skill to start. You can employ an expert for the start and learn the skills along. Give them a try.
Honey and bee’s wax.
This is one of the easiest small scales Agro-processing business ideas you can start. It doesn’t involve the purchase of super expensive machinery and doesn’t require heavy startup capital. If you don’t have hives, you can buy the honey from the locals, process it, pack it and distribute it to supermarkets, retail shops, and more. Remember, Natural quality honey is preferred by most people, so avoid adulteration to the quality of honey during processing.
Read also: How to start a beekeeping business in Uganda.
Juice processing and packing.
This is another of the Agro-processing business ideas. Fresh juice is good and is taking over preference due to its natural form. But given that fresh juice goes bad so quickly, it cannot sustain the demand for juice. Starting a juice processing and packing business is an alternative to meet the demand for juice. Most people look at this hustle as one that requires a lot of capital but that isn’t the case. The capital requirements can vary depending on the scale of production from small to big. You can start this as a side hustle on a small scale.
Dry foods such as packed posho and rice.
A lot of cities are emerging in developing countries. These cities house a lot of people who don’t do any crop production. But they eat. Processing dry foods such as rice and posho and transporting them to urban centers is a super profitable idea. It requires medium capital to start. And you can never go wrong with food. People have to always eat. Give it a try.
Tomato sauce.
The demand for fast foods is growing especially in urban areas. These are usually consumed with tomato sauce hence its demand rising too. If you are a tomato farmer, you can take this up to add value to tomatoes and earn more. If you aren’t one, you can still buy tomatoes from the farmers and wholesale prices, add value to them, and earn a profit.
Spices for food.
Spice is all that you add to food to give it a unique appealing taste. So, there is no one that doesn’t eat spices. Most people zero them down to a particular set. That’s all they consider as spices. Whatever you choose to consider. The facts are that many of you won’t enjoy food that lacks spices. Spices sound simple and one may reject the idea as they cost small money, but the fact is you can make good money from many sales of spices.
Coffee and tea.
This is yet another of the agro-processing business ideas. Most people take tea in the evening or morning and coffee/tea leaves are some of the spices added to the tea to make it tasty and smell good. You can process tea and coffee on a small scale, pack Iran’s distribute it to retail shops and supermarkets. Making different blends and adding different herbs to the tea such as rosemary can fetch you more money.
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Conclusion
These days there are many options when it comes to buying your favorite produce at grocery stores because farmers have more than one way they can get their products on shelves with better shape, longer life, and tastier. All this is through Agri-processing. If you have any supplements as far as the best Agro-processing business ideas not discussed above, feel free to share them in the comment box.
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