Palm Sugar & Palm Products an
Alternative
Presentation to Govt of Bihar
KVIC Seminar: 5th , 6th June 2016, PatnaBy
Arun Kumar PandeyChairman & Founder Trustee - PPRPF
3rd May 1939Brindawan, Bihar
Mahatma Gandhi’s inaugural speech…
Today…. 5th / 6th June 2016..after 77 years!!
We have gathered in ‘Bihar’ to discuss..…How to harness potential of ‘Neera’?? …
• During these years – world has progressed fast >> >>
• Today: Philippines, Indonesia, Malyasia, Thailand, Sri Lanka etc produce 10-15lakh tons ‘palm sugar’ per year!!
• Indonesia and the Philippines market palm sugar with Mahatma Gandhi as their brand ambassador with his words inscribed on the packets …
Khejur Taal
Non-Edible Palm Products
Problem??
Most Neera tapped today is allowed to become ‘Toddy’?
What is it that makes this ‘Toddy’ model so successful & accepted among farmers-consumers? …
Alcohol consumption (low/high) causes ‘cirrhosis’ of liver …
Neera Cures Liver Diseases“de-toxifies”
Even with medicinal/nutritional benefits of neera…it can’t shoot to lime-light immediately!!
Neera can be successful ‘only’ through Value addition…..
How? …
Mechanism in “Soda Hub”
water CO2 orange
cola
litchi
Flavours
‘Neera Hub’
• Replace water with Neera Concentrate + Water. Punch it with actual fruit juices or flavours. Thus creating a ‘healthier’ drink!!
• Neera Concentrate:– During season Neera is concentrated using Reverse
Osmosys (RO) and sterilized using UV– Concentrated (70%) form makes it more stable &
self preserving. Less weight to transport– The pure water extracted through RO is bottled and
sold as pure “Palm Water”. Eco-friendly!! …
Neera That Ferments?
• Convert / process it to vinegar• Palm vinegar is believed to have medicinal
properties• Also make:
– ‘Sawan’ vinegar– ‘Brown rice’ vinegar – These have international, local demand …
• Look at local market / customer preferences• Look at available farmer’s skill-set,
acceptable methods • Look at existing parallel/ similar industries
General Approach
• Khejur Gur: has local market• Taal Gur: out side market ( build local mkt)• Litchi industry is well established – borrow
technology, extend expertise from them
Existing Market Scenario
Starting & Moving ahead…
1) Using what we have?
Training & creating infrastructure / market to use existing palm resources to produce:
Palm Jaggery / Palm Sugar / Candy / othersNeera CateringPalm Fruit & derivatives ( Pulp, Squash, Jam etc )Leaf articlesCreating awareness/ market on ‘medicinal
properties’ of Palm Jaggery …
Using the Palmyrah Fruit:“ice apple”
• The ‘raw fruit’ canned in palm sugar syrup– learning from established ‘lichi industry’ in
Bihar. Export potential• The ripe fruit goes waste• The pulp can be extracted - processed –
freezed (retort packaging) and marketed in SE-Asia, India, others
• Can be used as a source for squash …
Infrastructure: Palm Sugar
• Palm Sugar Plant • Common facility center• Individual furnace/ boiling pan• Neera Catering unit …
Palms are ‘Fungible’
• Means every part of Palm is useful to farmer ( ‘Kalpavriksh’ ) of every level big/ marginal / landless
• Large farmers can plant more• Marginal can plant on boundaries• Landless can plant in home compound• Every member of the family gets work …
Improved Gud Making Set-up
Common Facility Center
2) Scaling by Plantation
• Planting Palms by scientifically choosing the right variety
• Right land index ( spacing )• Around fields, around houses/ in compound
– World Bank: living fence program• Care (water/manure/tilling) - faster maturity• Effective orchard floor utilization …
5th A.D to 1197 A.DNalanda
Site of Global Learning“Knowledge Creation”
Bihar was “Jagat guru”…
To bring about real development & change
We need “Knowledge Creation” through R&D, long term vision and dedicated focus from all levels on implementation …
3) Scaling by R&D
• Improving yield by selective hybridization• Genetic improvements & research• Protecting the improved varieties ( IPR )• Potential to reach enormous proportions of
sugar yield several times of sugar cane/ hectare
• Established sugar crop even in dry areas• Ex: oil palm industry in south-asia…
Yield ??
• Our target is to achieve 24.0 Tons of ‘refined sugar’ per hectare
• With small improvements/ inputs we can achieve 20.0 Tons / Hectare of ‘gur’ from a stand of 500-trees
• In current unimproved form we can get 9-18 tons of ‘gur’ per hectare
Extending R&D efforts
Hi-value agriculture with Palms at the center:• Sugar cane (improving)• Pulses• Fiber crops• Horticulture etc …
R&D Who / Where?
• Who?– Distinguished scientists of global repute– US / Japan / India– Various plant sc specializations in US
• Where?– Most research in USA– Implementation in India …
International Cooperation
Japan
Taiwan
SE-Asia
World-Bank
World-Bank FAO
Indo-US
Future Challenges
• 2050 with rising population
• Food production needs to ‘go up’ by 60%
• We will have further pressure from population rise in Bangladesh, neighbors
• Climate, rains will be unpredictable adding to the problem …
*Source FAO
World efforts
• Agriculture / Plant science will be very important in future amidst depleting global climate
• China has aquired Syngenta for 43$ Billion ( 4300 $ Crores = Rs. 2.795 Lakh Crores )
• Syngenta is world’s biggest agrochemicals/ crop protection company
• Its India business FY15 Rs. 2904.75 Cr ...
Importance of Research
• Given the global & future challenges– Research in plant science is must to meet our
requirements of Food, Fiber, Fuel, Feed– India: 50% population in agriculture. Still
import heavily: pulses, edible-oils– MNCs are siphoning money in the name of 2nd
green revolution• Marginal land holdings made profitable …
Avoid Mis-match
• Water thirst crops like sugarcane, rice, cotton must not be grown in water scares regions
• Drought tolerant crops like Palms, Millets can be grown both in dry, water deficient
• Mis-match must be avoid: it leads to disastrous consequences …
About us?
Palm Sugar & Palm Products Research & Promotion Foundation (PPRPF)
“Explaining the Logo”
“Farmers Welfare” “Plant Science Research”
“Eco-Friendly Sustainable Development”
Contact usOffice: 635, 7th Street, Sector-D, Anna Nagar West Extn, Chennai – 600 101Ph: 044 – 26155460 e-mail: [email protected] URL: www.pprpf.org
Contact: 1. Arun Kumar Pandey, Chairman – PPRPF Mob: 09550305460 e-mail: [email protected]. K. Mohan Raju, Secretary – PPRPF Mob: 08754551911 e-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]
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Thank you!!