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The Kewra flowers are used for production of Kewra
essence for flavouring of syrup, soft drinks and other food preparations. It
is also used in certain perfume blends. In our country, Kewra is being
cultivated in the coastal belt of Orissa and to some extent in Srikakulam
district of Andhra Pradesh. Ganjam district of Orissa produces 85-90% of
Kewra in our country. It is estimated that around 3 million trees are grown
on about of 5000 ha of land that produces more than 30 million spodices (oil
bearing flowers) per year. The spodices are used for production of Kewra
oil/essence/ruh. With the rapid industrialization and change in the food
habits of the common masses of the country, the consumption of Kewra oil is
increasing day by day. |
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Contact:
Technology Support Centre For Kewra Industry,
B-1, Industrial Estate,
Berhampur-760 008, Orissa
Phone : 0680-290649 |
Presently, the Kewra shrubs are not being cultivated
in a planned manner, the demand is met through wildly grown shrubs. Kewra
shurbs are not available in sufficient quantity, therefore there is a need
to develop proper agronomy and cultivation techniques for increasing
production of Kewra oil. A need is felt to establish a support service
centre to enlarge the growing & collection of Kewra flowers, a technology
support Centre has been established with the following objectives :-
- To take up planned cultivation of Kewra shrub.
- To conduct awareness/training programme for popularizing improved
extraction techniques and quality importance.
- To provide quality control facilities for evaluation of different
Kewra products.
- Utilization of by products.
- To provide Marketing linkages.
Facilities & Status :-
- Office, Quality Control laboratory equipped with instrumental and
chemical facility for testing of Kewra Oil & other essential oils have
been established and made operational.
- Awareness programmes are being organized for popularizing created
facility and importance of quality products.
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