Stevia Plantation in West Bengal

[subratasarkar]

I am new to this forum and reading since last one week about Stevia and got interested for it’s potential to replace sugar as a sweetener in our day to day life.

Whereas sugar cane is now being considered to produce ethanol for mixing with fossil fuel due to increase in crude price and price of sugar are going to be high in near days there is a possibility to replace sugar with stevia.

While going through the discussions and various literature I have understand that the content of stevioside and Rebaudioside A are the cause of sweetness of this plant and also prices are determined by the content of it. Higher the percentage of stevioside and Rebaudioside A higher the price of stevia leaves. But I have noticed that most of the buyers are interested to know about the percentage content of stevioside and not Rebaudioside A, whereas Rebaudioside A is much sweeter than stevioside.

I want to know that what are the factors that drive the content of stevioside and Rebaudioside A and why Rebaudioside A content is not considered along with stevioside and then deriving at net sweetener content.

Also I am interested to grow this herb, I am staying in Murshidabad, West Bengal, which is 80 kilometer north of tropic of cancer, please tell me the feasibility to grow stevia in this region. The land is now producing traditional crops.

Regards,

Subrata Sarkar

[seetharam annadana]

Stevioside is more temperature stable than Reb-A so generally people do not consider the Reb-A content while determining the total glycosides content. This is a old system and now most of us we test for both glycosides. Secondly most Indian material have 80% stevioside and 20% Reb-A. However plants with the reverse is now available as well.

Thew factors that determine the content of these two glycosides and theri ratio are

1. Variety
2. Hours of day length
3. Time of harvest
4. PHT

Red soils, acidic PH, good drainage, Temperature range of 15-40C, lots of water available, than you can try 1000 plants to start with.

Regards

[davekaushal]

hello sir,, i am a farmer of north gujarat,, i am having 30 acres land with drip irrigation,, i want to cultivate stevia but i dont have the selling or export link for that,, so may i have some information regarging this please?

[bhupen13]

Originally Posted by subratasarkar

I am new to this forum and reading since last one week about Stevia and got interested for it’s potential to replace sugar as a sweetener in our day to day life.

Whereas sugar cane is now being considered to produce ethanol for mixing with fossil fuel due to increase in crude price and price of sugar are going to be high in near days there is a possibility to replace sugar with stevia.

While going through the discussions and various literature I have understand that the content of stevioside and Rebaudioside A are the cause of sweetness of this plant and also prices are determined by the content of it. Higher the percentage of stevioside and Rebaudioside A higher the price of stevia leaves. But I have noticed that most of the buyers are interested to know about the percentage content of stevioside and not Rebaudioside A, whereas Rebaudioside A is much sweeter than stevioside.

I want to know that what are the factors that drive the content of stevioside and Rebaudioside A and why Rebaudioside A content is not considered along with stevioside and then deriving at net sweetener content.

Also I am interested to grow this herb, I am staying in Murshidabad, West Bengal, which is 80 kilometer north of tropic of cancer, please tell me the feasibility to grow stevia in this region. The land is now producing traditional crops.

Regards,

Subrata Sarkar

Dr.sarkar. I am in bandel. cont. for stevia cultv. We gave all consultancy . Krishna Agro.

[bhupen13]

Dr sarkar, we supply stevia plant and gave consultancy.pl. cont. Jwahar lal Das. With warm Regards .Krishna Agro.

[krishanb]

We are an ISO 9001 2000 and FDA certified NGO organization, engaged in manufacturer, exporter and supplier of organic pesticides, organic manures and planting material. We are also working in the stevia cultivation in Punjab and other states. Till now we have cultivated stevia arround in 500 acres. We do Buy Back agreement with the farmers for stevia. We can provide you planting material and stevia plants and fertilizers and maures etc. If you are interested you may contact us feel free now.



Contact Person; Mr. K.C. Bansal

[krishnaraj1000]

dear sirs
i am intrested in cultivation of stevia.my place is 18 kms before pondicherry on dindivanam-pondicherry road in tamil nadu(15kms from sea shore).first i want to try for 1/4th to 1/2 an acre and then scale up.my place is red soil,with slight acidity,temp 30C to 40C.
I can go for shadenet and microsprinklers.kindly inform me on

1) if stevia can be cultivated here
2) labour required for cultivation in 1/2 acres(how many men/ how many women)
3) cost of saplings
4) total cultivation costs (with split up) for the first 6 years
5) pests and fungal diseases
6) do you have consultants in the south who can visit my farm and give guidance
7) do you have buy back schemes(contract farming)
kindly reply at the earliest,
yours faithfully
R.krishnaraj

[jenfp]

Send me your contact information.

Originally Posted by krishanb

We are an ISO 9001 2000 and FDA certified NGO organization, engaged in manufacturer, exporter and supplier of organic pesticides, organic manures and planting material. We are also working in the stevia cultivation in Punjab and other states. Till now we have cultivated stevia arround in 500 acres. We do Buy Back agreement with the farmers for stevia. We can provide you planting material and stevia plants and fertilizers and maures etc. If you are interested you may contact us feel free now.



Contact Person; Mr. K.C. Bansal

[jenfp]

Send me your contact information.

Originally Posted by bhupen13

Dr sarkar, we supply stevia plant and gave consultancy.pl. cont. Jwahar lal Das. With warm Regards .Krishna Agro.

[cnyagna]

Originally Posted by krishanb

We are an ISO 9001 2000 and FDA certified NGO organization, engaged in manufacturer, exporter and supplier of organic pesticides, organic manures and planting material. We are also working in the stevia cultivation in Punjab and other states. Till now we have cultivated stevia arround in 500 acres. We do Buy Back agreement with the farmers for stevia. We can provide you planting material and stevia plants and fertilizers and maures etc. If you are interested you may contact us feel free now.



Contact Person; Mr. K.C. Bansal

Dear sir we are having lands in karnataka state. If buy back agreement is available we are interested in cultivating stevia up to in 30 acres of land .our land is red soil with agood water source. please let us know if you are interested. Thanking you.