I will give you few examples then you will understand what Agri supply chain means
echoupal procures over 2 million tons of wheat every year … No one private players procures even 1/10 of this quantity …
There are over 200 varieties of wheat - What Koltatta likes is different from what Hyderabad or New Delhi likes … ITC creates blends of wheat from these 200 varieties so that each area …
ITC creates Wheat Seed Relevant bank so that MP wheat can be grown in Rajasthan so that if there is crop failure in MP still supply chain is not impacted …
Rest all including Patanjali buys wheat from traders at large market like Delhi, Kota , Indore etc which are Mixed wheat without origin so you cannot create unique Atta blends to cater to different tastes …
ITC is one of largest wheat and now Maida supplier , plus one of largest wheat exporter .
In coffee it supplies coffee to international brands like Lavassa , Nescafe and many more …
Similarly it has large Natural Mango and other fruit juice processing centers many of which are certified have organic certification - for export to Europe - It is also one the largest in India
eChoupal has Potato seed plant and is largest supplier of seed in India and it also export the same - It supplies these seed to even lays for their contract farming …
These supply chain generates very high T/o and profits on standalone basis … Look at Agri business Profits and ROCE