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IINRG Vision 2050

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Title IINRG Vision 2050
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Creator Director ICAR-IINRG, Ranchi
 
Subject Natural Resins and Gums, Lac, Gum Karaya, Guar Gum
 
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Preparing Vision 2050 for the Institute was a highly challenging task.
Visualizing how the sector is likely to evolve during the time frame set,
based on a sound projection of the overall local, national and global
scenario, is sine qua non for developing an appropriate strategy. We
also had to consider the factors which would directly influence the
production and consumption of the NRGs based on the current and
emerging trends. Envisioning the projected demand of the commodities
addressed will be the obvious basis for developing the road map of
vision document. The task is relatively easier with regard to food
commodities which could be based on projections of population growth
as well as changes in food preferences. Envisaging demand for non-food
produce like natural resins and gums (NRGs) after about four decades
is rather complex. Consumption of NRGs is linked to quality of human
life, as their strong areas of consumption are in food, cosmetics and
pharmaceutics. Safety considerations are expected to positively impact
on the demand for NRGs; development of novel areas of consumption
will also push it up further. Thus a multifold increase in demand is
envisaged necessitating concomitant increase in NRG production.
India is a major global player in NRG production at present and
a substantial portion of its production is exported to various countries.
The estimated production of NRGs in the country during 2013-14
was around 8.9 lakh tonnes. It is hoped that the demand would grow
stronger due to increased worldwide interest on use of natural products.
The world would move towards environment-friendly production
technologies and safer raw materials that are renewable and can be
produced on sustainable basis. NRGs like seed gums and lac have
immense potential for production enhancement as per demand growth,
whereas for exudate gums it is limited. Lac, derived from specific
lac insect species, is unique, as it is a source of multiple products of
commercial value, such as resin, dye and wax and can be used for
versatile applications.
NRG production is inherently vulnerable to climatic conditions,
leading to fluctuations in supply and price, both of which are vital
for maintaining a sustainable demand. All the R&D efforts should be
to achieve higher and sustainable productivity with optimal inputs,ensuring high quality of NRGs and development of novel and specialty
applications especially in low-volume high-value products; emergence of
new frontier areas would trigger paradigm shift in application domains.
Biotechnological tools would enable harnessing genes for mass production
of useful molecules in bio-factories. Such production systems would
complement rather than replace the conventional production systems;
drastic changes are nevertheless foreseen with introduction of highly
organized plantations with advanced parameter monitoring, automated
management systems for precision farming for sustainable production.
IT-enabled advanced information and communication systems would lead
to management of production systems at national level, for demandproduction
matching, on annual basis. Strong linkages and partnerships
with stakeholders: farmers; domestic and overseas industries related to
processing and consumption and production counterparts, is cardinal
for the Institute to achieve the goals being set.
Growth of NRGs can’t be achieved solely by technology
development and therefore R&D institutions have only a limited role
to play in this regard. The key domains that contribute to state and
growth of any such sector are: (i) production strategy, mechanism and
status; (ii) procurement and price management; (iii) commodity value
chain including supply and quality assurance; (iv) innovative application
development and consumption promotion. All these components are
like the links of a chain; a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Therefore, realization of goals set in this vision would entail involvement
of stakeholders in unison with coordination as a consortium. The pace
of technological strides has tremendously increased in recent decades
and this trend would continue during the forthcoming decades as well.
Barriers of distance would be broken by ICT. Inter-country marketing
channels would become more open, globalizing the markets, which
would tremendously impact such export-oriented commodities.
Besides, the institute could in future move on to related area such as
biopolymers, derived especially from agrowastes, ushering new domains
of research. Thus, even a realistic portrayal of the roadmap and sector
scenario by 2050 in the NRG sector is likely to read like a science
fiction. This document may therefore be viewed as rather a conservative
picturization of NRG sector by 2050 and R&D framework to a meet
the requirements that would emerge.
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Date 2018-09-24T11:02:56Z
2018-09-24T11:02:56Z
2015-07-01
 
Type Vision Document
 
Identifier IINRG Vision 2050, Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums, Ranchi, India. 34 pp.
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/7225
 
Language English
 
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Publisher ICAR-IINRG