Chhattisgarh Minor Forest Produce Co-Operative Fedration Ltd.

.: Trade of MFP

.: Non Nationalised MINOR Forest Produce

   Non-Nationalized Minor 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, 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 MFP, their availability and economic utility in the state, an interdisciplinary Task Force has been constituted in the Federation for conservation and nondestructive harvesting of MFP 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.

Salseed

Sal seed is obtained from the species shorea robusta, and contains 13-14% of oil. The oil is used as a substitute of cocoa butter and also in confectionaries and eatables. The oil cake remaining after oil extraction contains 10-12% of protein and is used as high protein chicken feed. It is also used as organic manure in agriculture. The production of Sal seed varies too much from year to year. Collection season lasts from May 15 to July 15 each year.

Sal Seed Collection and Trade Practices

The entire area of collection is divided into different units.

These units are sold in advance through tenders and auctions by MFP Federation, Raipur.
The funds for collection of the sal seed are made available to the District Unions by the state level M.F.P. Federation. The District Unions provide funds for procurement to the Primary Societies.
The Sal seed collected by collectors are purchased an bagged by the Phad Munshi of Primary Society at every collection centre.
Each family is given a collectors card. The daily collection of the collector is entered in the card by Phad Munshi. The payment of collection charges of seeds is made weekly and the entry of the payment is made in the card.
The collection of Sal seed and the payment of the collection wages to the collector is done by the Primary Co-operative Society only.
The purchaser is required to deposit the 20% of the sale value calculated on the basis of notified quantity in the tender notice as security deposit.
The Managing Director, District Union informs regularly the purchaser about the collected quantity of Sal seed at different collection centres.
The purchaser takes delivery of the Sal seed from different collection centres after paying the sale value including taxes.
If the purchaser fails to take delivery of the collected Sal seed timely then he is liable to pay the supervision charges @ Rs. 0.50 per qtl. per day.
After taking the delivery of Sal seed the purchaser is free to transport the Sal seed to the desired destination for processing.
Govt. of India decided scheme for purchase of Salseed under “Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) and Development of Value Chain for MFP”.The collection rates for Salseed is Rs. 1000/- per quintal for the year 2014.

The collected Sal seed in the units unsold in advance is transported from collection centres to the permanent godowns by the District Union.The godowned quantity of Sal seed is disposed off by e-Tenders /e-Auctions by MFP Federation, Raipur.

The collection and sale of Sal seed in past fourteen years is given in the following table.

Year	Collected Quantity (Lac Qtls.)	Collection wages (Rs. Crores)	Sale Value (Rs. Crores)	Balance Quantity forSale (In Qntls.)
2001	4.77	15.28	19.60	---
2002	1.38	4.84	7.95	---
2003	8.55	42.74	21.80	---
2004	1.25	6.24	5.35	---
2005	9.24	46.22	30.56	---
2006	0.488	2.44	3.59	---
2007	6.06	30.32	59.09	---
2008	0.899	8.99	12.64	42.35
2009	8.864	88.64	51.07	---
2010	1.34	6.72	6.76	---
2011	0.392	2.94	3.74	---
2012	7.13	35.72	44.89	---
2013	0.0129	0.10	0.11	---
2014	1.257	12.57	16.60	1913.19

HARRA

Harra popularly known as myrobolan is fruit obtained from the species Terminalia chebula. Harra is used in tannin and Pharma Industries. It is one of the ingredients of Triphala powder prescribed in the Ayurvedic prescriptions. The approximate potential production of Harra in the state is about 50,000 qtl/year but production of Harra varies from year to year.

Harra Collection and Trade Practices

· The entire area of collection is divided into different units.

· These units are sold in advance through tenders and auctions by MFP Federation, Raipur to facilitate the collection of Harra.

· The purchaser is required to deposit the 10% of the sale value, calculated on the basis of notified quantity in the tender notice, as security deposit.

· The collection charges to the collectors at collection centres are paid by the purchaser at the rate fixed by the Govt.

· Govt. of India decided scheme for purchase of Harra under “Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) and Development of Value Chain for MFP”.The collection rates for Harra is Rs. 1100/- per quintal for the year 2014-15.

· After making the payment to the collectors of the collection charge and the difference amount of sale rate and collection rate in the District Union, the purchaser is allowed to transport the collected Harra wherever he desires.

· The collection and payment to the collectors in units unsold in advance is done by Primary Societies through Phad Munshies and transportation to the permanent godowns is done by District Union.

· The godowned quantity of Harra is disposed off by tenders/auctions by M.F.P. Federation Raipur.

The collection and sale of Harra in the past fifteen years is given in the following table.

Year	Collected Quantity (Qtls.)	Collection Wages (Rs. Lakhs)	Sale Value (Rs. Lakhs)	Balance Quantity for Sale (In Qntls.)
2001-02	60634.45	181.90	150.74	---
2002-03	85264.86	213.16	216.32	---
2003-04	63085.63	157.71	167.50	---
2004-05	60606.48	151.52	153.68	185.325
2005-06	44116.75	110.29	118.64	4.000
2006-07	59904.615	149.76	166.45	114.510
2007-08	42535.30	116.97	144.59	---
2008-09	49651.86	186.19	215.06	---
2009-10	33159.55	124.35	137.44	5.00
2010-11	16343.76	73.55	98.04	---
2011-12	71480.28	714.80	662.19	---
2012-13	29734.23	237.87	258.38	20.25
2013-14	15803.06	102.72	129.75	83.77
2014-15	33315.50	366.47	---	33315.50

Collection and Trade of Non-Nationalized MFP By Federation.

MFP Federation has network for the collection of superior quality Non-nationalized MFP.
The Federation does not collect the full production of Non nationalized MFP. Only estimated quantity of marketable MFP is purchased.
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 MFP

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 MFP species and their volume of trade. These species can be considered for market tie-ups by the Federation.

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

S. No.	Name of MFP
S. No.	Local Name	Botanical Name	Annual Potential (in qtl.)	Approximate Value (In Crores)
1	2	3	4	6
MEDICINAL
1	Aonla Dry	Embilica officinalis	31000	15.37
2	Van Tulsi	Ocimum Gratissimum	44000	4.40
3	Bel Pulp	Aegle Marmelos	15600	2.23
4	Baibadang	Embelia Ribes	11300	10.14
5	Dhawai Flower	Wooddfordia fruticosa	26250	3.70
6	Kalmegh	Andrographis paniculata	13950	2.11
7	Bhelwa Fruit	Semicarpus anacardium	12250	0.85
8	Baheda	Terminalia belerica	26700	1.73
9	Nagarmotha	Cyperus esculentus	14800	2.15
10	Malkangani	Celastrus paniculatus	3200	0.80
11	Tikhur	Maranta arundinacea (Curcuma angustifolia)	1800	2.09
12	Kali Jiri	Vernonia anthelementica	6800	1.70
13	Honey	-	3750	3.42
14	Safed Musli	Chorophytum tuberosum	1000	6.50
15	Satawar	Asparagus racemosus	2600	1.82
16	Arjun Bark	Terminalia arjuna	1000	0.11
17	Kaladana	Ipomoea nil	2000	0.16
18	Marorphalli	Helicteres isora	1500	0.10
19	Inder Joo	Hollarhena antidisentrica	200	0.88
20	Giloy	Tinospora cordifolia	800	0.12
TOTAL				60.38

S. No	Name of MFP
S. No	Local Name	Botanical Name	Potential (in qtl.)	Approximate Value (In Crores)
NON-MEDICINAL
1	Imli	Tamarindus indica	510000	161.68
2	Chironji	Buchanania Lanzan	51200	44.29
3	Mahua Flower	Madhuca intifolia	500000	110.00
4	Mahua Seeds	Madhuca latifolia	302000	50.17
5	Kusum Lac	Lac Cell	10000	10.00
6	Kusum Seed	Schleichera oleasa	27000	2.70
7	Kosa	Tassar	113009644	24.92
8	Chirota	Cassia tora	700000	42.00
9	Palas Lac	Lac Cell	10000	4.00
10	Palas seeds	Butea monosperma	2000	0.12
11	Palas Flower	Butea monosperma	22000	1.54
12	Mahul leaves	Bauhinia vahlli	52000	5.20
13	Phulbahari	Thysanoloena maxima	15000	1.50
14	Baichandi	Dioscorea hispida	2700	0.29
TOTAL				458.41

.: Nationalized Non-Wood Forest Produce

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