Chhattisgarh Minor Forest Produce Co-Operative Fedration Ltd.

.: Trade of NWFP

.: Non Nationalised Non-Wood Forest Produce

          Non-Nationalized Non-Wood Forest Produces are the one on which the state does not have any monopolistic control. Nevertheless, the state develops these resources through enabling policy. M.F.P. federation promotes their in-situ conservation, ex-situ cultivation and propagation, value addition, processing and marketing to provide maximum benefits to the local communities.

          The state has realized the importance of the fast growing medicinal plant sector and the global preference towards the Indian System of Medicine. Realizing the potential of medicinal plants and other non nationalised NWFP, their availability and economic utility in the state, an interdisciplinary Task Force has been constituted in the Federation for conservation and nondestructive harvesting of NWFP on sustainable basis.

          The Task Force is responsible for timely and effective management of non-nationalized non-wood forest produce including medicinal, aromatic and dye plants through implementation of various projects that are being undertaken from time to time. At the field level, the Managing Director of the District Union executes the various projects.

Collection and Trade of Non-Nationalized NWFP By Federation.

MFP Federation has well distributed network for the collection of superior quality Non-nationalized NWFP.
Various NWFP is being conserved and production trends are effectively being monitored through In-situ conservation area established in each forest division. Currently about 1 Lac Hectares has been brought under In-situ conservation.
The Federation does not collect the Non nationalized NWFP unless demand for the produce comes in advance of collection season.
The industries or agencies can place their indent for particular produce giving the specifications and rate offered before the collection season of the produce.
Accordingly the MFP Federation, Raipur gives its consent after negotiation with the party about rate and sale conditions.
Then demand for the produce is intimated to concerned district union and primary societies for collection, storage and transhipment of the produce to the purchaser.
The purchaser is required to deposit the 20% of the expected sale value in advance.
The purchaser takes delivery of the produce after paying the sale value including taxes.
After taking the delivery of the produce the purchaser is free to transport the same on transit pass of forest department to the desired destination.

Collection and Trade Practices of Non-Nationalised NWFP

The villagers collect the forest produce from forest areas and sell in the local haat-bazars or to the petty traders in the nearest town.
Some petty traders purchase the forest produce from the villagers, visiting their homes or villages at regular intervals.
Main traders of forest produce collect this produce from petty traders or agents appointed by them for the purpose at village or haats.
The produce collected by the petty traders or agents of main traders is graded / primarily processed.
The graded / primarily processed material is sold in near by Mandis or to the main traders at Jagdalpur, Bilaspur, Dhamtari and Raipur markets in Chhattisgarh.
The main trader, if required, further processes/grades the material according to the market need and sells the same in bigger markets of the country.
The main markets out side the state for the forest produce of Chhattisgarh are in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh states.
The mode of trade with main traders is based on traditional market linkages and fixation of rates is based on the samples sent to the customer.

The following table gives the potential NWFP species and their volume of trade. These species can be considered for market tie-ups by the Federation.

Non-wood (Non- Nationalised)Forest Produce in Chhattisgarh
Estimated Quantities for Marketing

S. No.	Name of NWFP
S. No.	Local Name	Botanical Name	Annual Potential (in qtl.)	Approximate Value (In Lakhs)
1	2	3	4	6
MEDICINAL
1	Aonla Dry	Embilica officinalis	10000	200.00
2	Aonla Green	Emblica Officinalis	500	1.50
3	Van Tulsi	Ocimum Gratissimum	30000	180.00
4	Bel Pulp	Aegle Marmelos	30000	180.00
5	Bel Fruit	Aegle Marmelos	3000	6.00
6	Vanjira	Vernonia Anthelmintica	3000	96.00
7	Baibadang	Embelia Ribes	3000	90.00
8	Dhawai Flower	Wooddfordia fruticosa	25000	87.50
9	Kalmegh	Andrographis paniculata	15000	75.50
10	Bhelwa Fruit	Semicarpus anacardium	10000	70.00
11	Baheda	Terminalia belerica	35000	70.00
12	Nagarmotha	Cyperus esculentus	10000	60.00
13	Malkangani	Celastrus paniculatus	3000	60.00
14	Tikhur	Maranta arundinacea (Curcuma angustifolia)	1000	60.00
15	Kali Jiri	Vernonia anthelementica	2000	50.00
16	Honey	-	1000	45.00
17	Rohina Fruit	Soymida febrifuga	5000	45.00
18	Safed Musli	Chorophytum tuberosum	1000	40.00
19	Satawar	Asparagus racemosus	2000	40 .00
20	Gataran	Caesalpinia bonduc	1000	25.00
21	Bhui Aonla	Phyllanthus amarus	4000	24.00
22	Patalkumhda	Pueraria tuberosa	2000	20.00
23	Vai Kumbhi	Caryea arbofea	2000	18.00
24	Dikamali	Gardinia gummifera	1500	18.00
25	Nirmali	Strychnos potatorum	2000	16.00
26	Arjun Bark	Terminalia arjuna	1000	15.00
27	Ghotiya Fruit	Zizyphus xylopyra	3000	15.00
28	Kaladana	Ipomoea nil	2000	12.00
29	Marorphalli	Helicteres isora	1500	9.00