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Lavender brings profit for Doda farmers

Posted on March 3, 2021 by admin1  48

In News –Income of farmers  had quadrupled   after shifting from maize to lavender across villages in Doda .

Background

  • Lavender was introduced by Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine in the temperate regions of the Jammu division under CSIR-Aroma Mission in 2018 and tried to popularise it in Doda, Kishtwar, and Rajouri districts.
  • The farmers get help from IIIM-Jammu to sell their produce.
    • There are four distillation units set up by CSIR-IIIM Jammu in Doda and two more have been proposed to meet the increased demand.
    • On February 9, 2021, CSIR-IIIM-Jammu announced Aroma Mission phase 2 after the success of the first phase.
  • Outcomes –
  • Lavender oil sells for at least Rs 10,000 per litre which helps  in increasing farmers  incomes.
  • It also provided employment to the district’s women farmers.

About Lavender

  • Lavender, (genus Lavandula), genus of about 30 species of the mint family (Lamiaceae), native to countries bordering the Mediterranean.
  • Lavender species are common in herb gardens for their fragrant leaves and attractive flowers.
  • Lavenders are small evergreen shrubs with gray-green hoary linear leaves.
  • The purple flowers are sparsely arranged on spikes at the tips of long bare stalks and produce small nut let fruits.
  • At present, large-scale lavender cultivation is limited to J&K but governments in Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand are also encouraging their farmers to take up lavender.
    • Small scale farming of the plant is already underway in these states.

Usage –

  •  The plants are widely cultivated for their essential oils, which are used to scent a variety of products.
  • The dried flowers, for example, have long been used in sachets to scent chests and closets, and the ancient Romans used lavender in their baths.
  •  Lavender is sometimes also used to flavour beverages and sweets and has a number of applications in herbal medicine
  • Lavender oil, or lavender flower oil, is obtained by distillation of the flowers and is used chiefly in fine perfumes and cosmetics.

Aroma Mission

  • It was launched  in 2016 to boost cultivation of plants like lavender which have aromatic medicinal properties through new technology developed by Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR).
  • It is envisaged to bring transformative change in the aroma sector through desired interventions in the areas of agriculture, processing and product development for fuelling the growth of aroma industry and rural employment.

Benefits

  • The mission will promote the cultivation of aromatic crops for essential oils that are in great demand by the aroma industry.
  • It is expected to enable Indian farmers and aroma industry to become global leaders in the production and export of some other essential oils on the pattern of menthol mint.
  • This is expected to provide substantial benefits to the farmers in achieving higher profits, utilization of waste lands and protection of their crops from wild and grazing animal

Source :DTE


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