The Tripura government has released the ‘Tripura AgarWood Policy 2021,’ which aims to double agarwood plantation by the year 2025. The potential of Agar trade in the state is estimated to be around Rs 2000 crore.
About Agar tree?
- Agarwood is known as the wood of the gods; a product of the religious and cultural aroma.
- Agarwood is an economically important and fast-growing evergreen tree species native to North East India.
- Apart from India, the Agar tree’s distribution ranges from the foothills of the Himalayas to Papua New Guinea.
- The Agar species are critically endangered but in Tripura, due to adaptability of the land and low input for management and growth, intercropping adaptation could make Agar a preferred cash crop.
- The most expensive raw material in the world, fragrant Agarwood is formed due to complex biotic, abiotic and stress-induced resin on the Aquilaria trees.
- Aquilaria malaccensis or Agar Tree isn’t just an aromatic plant, it’s a substratum of economic prosperity in the North-Eastern region in India. Now, after Assam, the Tripura government has taken all-out initiatives to encourage farmers for commercial cultivation of agar.
(Source: AIR)
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