SCOPE OF AGRI EXPORT ZONE IN

MAKHANA ( FOXNUTS) in bihar

CONTENTS

• WHAT IS MAKHANA?• HOW IT IS GROWN AND RELATED

ASPECTS.• ECONOMIC VALUE OF THE CROP?• ISSUES WHICH SUPPORTS ITS LARGE

SCALE COMMERCIALIZATION OR AGRI EXPORT ZONE.

• CONCLUSION

WHAT IS MAKHANA• Fox nut/gorgon plant• Aquatic Herb – Family Of Lilly• Seeds – Economic Part• Used for eating in various value added products.• Temperate Crop - Introduced In India,

Bangladesh, China, Japan, Korea etc

CULTIVATION

• In India it is grown in Bihar, Assam, West Bengal, Tripura, Manipur.

• It is cultivated in stagnant water source.

Makhana in Bihar• Bihar accounts for 90% of its production.• Area under production is 0.27 lakh ha• Annual production is 0.15 lakh MT.• 2 lakh people of fishing community is engaged in

production.• Has a unique marketing channel

Scope of Agri export zone• Replete with inefficiencies.• Rigidities in the factor market, including the

weather pond resources .• Absence of new technological packages.• Large intermediaries• Interlinked credit and product transactions

with high element of exploitation.• Weak socio-institutional settings of operation• absence of adequate demand absorptions,

large price and production fluctuations

Scope of Agri export zone• To support the minor and only skilled

community remaining.• To train them with new improved equipments

to harvest and process.• To expose the unexposed valuable crop.• integrated farming can also be done giving

better scope of benefits.• To utilize the better water inventory. • To increase the productivity level.• Storage and high transportation cost.

Continued

• Risk hazards to be maintained.• Legal environment.• Higher production and less export.• High demand in European and American

countries.

REFERENCES• www.Makahanawet.com• Krishi.bih.nic.in• www.unctadindia.org : project report on expt• AGRI EXPORT ADVANTAGE: January 2005, vol.

IV, issue I• Krishi.bih.nic.in/ zones pdf• www.saktisudha.com• www.Icarrcer.org• www.thehindu.com : innovative Makhana

marketing

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PRESENTED BY:ASMITA SHARMAINDIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANTATION

MANAGEMENT- BANGALORE