Rajkot: Immediately, The Globe will sunbathe in the aroma of Sayana Saurashtra.
Although it may still need time for the area competing with a sandalwood basket in the south, but the promises of their popularity have been in an effort.
In recent years, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Devbhumi Dwarka, district farmers began experimenting with sandalwood agriculture.
While they have to wait a decade more to smell success, efforts seem to be in the right direction.
And go with claims of nursery people, at least 2,000 farmers in the Saurashtra area expecting to fill their cash on sweet fragrances.
Madhu Changani has run a sandalwood nursery in Dhutarpar Village, Jamnagar District for the past few years.
He brought seeds from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and maintained this in a greenhouse in a controlled environment.
Animi is transplanted later in the field.
“Nearly 2,000 farmers in Saurashtra have brought my tillers and managed to grow sandalwood connected with me.
In the forest, the sandalwood tree takes 30 years to mature, but if it is cultivated in a planned way, the tree matured in half in 15 years, “Changani toi said.
Sandalwood occupies a premium place in Indian culture and has extensive use in various rituals.
Not only wood, but the extracted oil from it also enjoys the big market in the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, aromatherapy and perfumery industries.
According to farmers, there is a special market market in Karnataka for sandalwood sales.
One kilo wood takes whatever between Rs 5,000 and 7,000 prices while the oil is sold for Rs 1.5 lakh per kg.
However, the cost of Dandalwood cultivation is very high.
Gordhan Lakkad, Dhoraji Taluka farmers who are respected by the Forestry Social Forestry Circle, the Ministry of Forestry said, “After sowing is complete, it only requires Rs of 5,000 to Rs 10,000 every year for maintenance.” Suresh Moradiya, a Patanvav Dhoraji Taluka Village Farmer in Rajkot District has cultivated 600 sandalwood trees in the past five years.
“This is a one-time cultivation investment that costs around Rs 20,000 per Acre – from digging a hole to provide fertilizer.
However, farmers who have the right irrigation facilities can only take sandalwood farms, not those who depend on Monsun,” said Moradiya, farmers Bhogabhai Dharevada from Lalpur Taluka in the Jamnagar district has planted 700 sandalwood trees.
He said, “For farmers who have broad barren land, this tree comes as a blessing.
Even horticultural farmers can grow it as long as they can set aside several hectares for this tree.” Deputy Forest Conservator, Rajkot Ravi Prasad Radhakrishna told Tii, “This tree needs this tree Special care is due to vulnerable to environmental fluctuations.
Even if some trees do not develop heatwood, normal wood also has a good market as used in rituals.
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