Business Plan for Large packing house for fruits and Vegetables 458 tons per day

A packing-house or Packhouse can be defined as a designated facility where fresh produce i.e. fruits and vegetables is pooled and prepared in order to preserve them or meet the minimum requirements of high end and export markets using 4 basic processes – removal of unmarketable material, sorting by maturity and/or size, grading, packaging. However, other processes such as ripening and waxing of the fruits or vegetables can be added to respond to specific market objectives. Pre  cooling and short term cold storage could also form part of the integrated service. An estimated 60% of fruits and vegetables harvested in Nigeria are wasted due to lack of preservation and packing house facilities. This feasibility report is for a 458 tons per day packing house with cold storage facilities in Lagos State.