Farmers of Kondagaon in Bastar are beaming, thanks to the 'Aromatic Kondanar' campaign for the cultivation of aromatic medicinal plants in the Chhattisgarh district.
An official communication said on Friday that the farmers now earn almost 10-fold more compared to the earlier paddy crop.
A field distillation unit has been established in Rajagaon in the district to extract the aromatic oils from these aromatic crops. This process will help the farmers to get 10 times more profit than traditional crops.
The extracted aromatic oil is used in making perfumes, essential oils, medicinal oils, soaps, liquid hand wash, sanitizers and mosquito repellents.
The marketplace for selling the product has also been marked to make the selling process easy. Aromatic crops are taken by individual farmers and forest rights clusters of the district.
Harishchandra Koram of Indira Van Mitan Group, said that in the wake of a MoU between the district administration and Sunflag Agrotech, it will be easy to reach the markets of Indonesia, Europe and the US where these oils can fetch good profits.
