Khagaria banana value-add processing unit

Khagaria's floodplains are a major banana belt, and like most concentrated fruit zones it suffers price crashes at peak harvest because there is little local processing to absorb the glut. The sharper single thread (over a generic rice-plus-makhana mashup) is a banana value-add unit producing fried and vacuum banana chips, banana flour, and graded ripened branded packs, capturing the raw-fruit-to-processed gap directly. It builds on the district's banana cultivation belt, with the maize floodplains as a possible second feedstock later. Honest constraints: bananas are highly perishable so procurement and throughput must be tightly synced to harvest, chip frying needs consistent oil and moisture control for shelf-life, and FSSAI compliance plus reliable packaging are non-negotiable for branded retail. Brand-building against established snack labels is the slow part. Buyers are regional snack distributors, value e-commerce, and bulk flour buyers (gluten-free and institutional). Start with banana chips — the simplest, highest-turn SKU that mops up glut fruit — then add flour and ripened packs as procurement and quality stabilise.