Asia Plantation Capital is happy to reveal Stage 1 of a commercial collaboration in India with the nation’s biggest, public sector, agarwood plantation group-a neighborhood based project, extending a cross the whole of Southern India.
Vanadurgi Agarwood India was developed around 10 years back as a cooperative-shareholder business model-providing local farmers and landowners with growing stocks, and support to cultivate agarwood and other money crops. The business has actually grown, and has now developed over 5,000 grower plantations throughout South India; accounting forabout 99 % of agarwood trees currently in South India. In the prime plantation zone at Sringeri, in Karnataka, the business has actually developed an old-model plantation system, an agriculture research study station, an artificial-inoculummultiplying unit, warehousing and a packing and forwarding centre. In addition, a standard, resinous wood extraction facility with alarge scale, primary processing device is being planned here. Also, fully-fledged, main processing devices are planned at: Madikeri, Sakaleshpur, Shimoga, Sirsi, Puttur and Kollur (in Karnataka) with collection centres at Coimbatore (in Tamil Nadu)and at Kalpetta (in Kerala).
After visits by Dharmendra Kumar-the founder of Vanadurgi-to Thailand, and to other countries in South East Asia, to study and establish relationships with other business agarwood plantations, Asia Plantation Capital is pleased that the group have chosen Asia Plantation Capital to work with them on establishing inoculation solutions and the end-processing of agarwood into all the different (and increasing)items it can offer.During early July, a team from Asia Plantation Capital’s Specialist Inoculation and Research Department carried out field trials in India to evaluate the best inoculation systems-based on our experience in perfecting a system in Thailand and Malaysia which has a 100 % success rate in promoting the production of agarwood resin, and which is 100 % organic; similar to oud oils produced in nature. We were overwhelmed to find so numerous individuals who share our interest for establishing the agarwood industry and for utilizing the finest husbandry and socially accountable management practices to advance this huge plantation market in a comsustainable way.
The Asia Plantation Capital team will now be working closely with Vanadurgi to monitor and assess our inoculation processes.All nations (as well as areas)have differing weather and biodiversity conditions-all which have a major effect on the performance of these systems-and itis importantthatwe tailor and research our methods to provide them aximum yield and quality of completion oud that is produced in all the areas.
Phase 2 of the collaboration will certainly see Asia Plantation Capital and Vanadurgi working on end-processing options, purification, and establishing customer products which we can collectively market-creating the world’s biggest, combined producer and supplier of agarwood -with the ability to offer long term, sustainable products of constant quality to the worldwide market place.Asia Plantation Capital chooses, really thoroughly, whomit works with andwith whom it shares its technologies.The benefits fort he largest agarwood plantation group in India-gained byj ointly working with Asia Plantation Capital are the capacity to create the largest, single supplier and grower in the world and to increase the market share for both business. This offers both business the opportunity to benefit from joint research study and technologies; helping to further secure the future market and sustainable materials of agarwood, for both companies and the market.
Notes to Editors: About Asia Plantation CapitalAsia Plantation Capital is an owner and operator of a diverse variety of commercial plantation and farming companies across the Asia-Pacific region-and globally, part of the Asia Plantation Capital Group of associated business. Their focus is on multicultural and diverse plantation tasks, geared to the domestic and commercial needs of the countries where they operate. Working closely with, and supporting local communities is a hidden core concept of the APC business-providing social and cultural support (along with investment)to move these neighborhoods away from logging and illegal logging activities which were previously viewed as a main income in some regions of Asia. Developed formally in 2008, although operating privately since 2002, the group now has plantation and farming projects on four continents-with functional jobs at different stages in: Thailand, Malaysia, China, Laos, India, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Mozambique, The Gambia, North America and Europe.Promoting the usage of licensed wood is the very best method of avoiding deforestation, securing biodiversity and combatting poverty in the Tropical Rainforest regions. For the Yachting Sector, which makes every effort for excellence and which is already involved in environmental efforts, this is also a way of making sure that no wood from unlawful logging is used.
About Vanadurgi
Agarwood The Vanadurgi Agarwood India Limited is a public sector business that is exclusively engaged in the cultivation, production and marketing of agarwood. The business has huge experience, competence and facilities in each and every sector of the agarwood industry. The company has established over 5,000 agarwood plantations and is emerging as among the world’s largest agarwood plantation business. Our goal is to become a one-stop-shop for agarwood raw products, without any parallels in other places in the world. We prepare to fulfill that objective through a mix of experience and partnerships with leading specialists from around the world.The company has established over 5,000 plantations across South India, accounting to about 99 % of trees presently in South India. In the prime plantation zone at Sringeri in Karnataka, the business has actually established an old model plantation, an agriculture research study station, an artificial inoculum increasing system, warehousing, and a packing and forwarding centre. Even more, a conventional resinous wood extraction center with a huge scale main processing device is likewise being planned here. Likewise, full-fledged primary processing systems are planned at Madikeri, Sakaleshpur, Shimoga, Sirsi, Puttur and Kollur in Karnataka, and collection centres at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and at Kalpetta in Kerala