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Equipments for Manufacturing Lac Based Value Added Products

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Title Equipments for Manufacturing Lac Based Value Added Products
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Creator S. C. Sharma
S. K. Pandey
N. Prasad
 
Subject Seedlac, lac products, lac value addition, mechanization in value addition of lac
 
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Lac, a natural resin of insect origin, yields basically three useful materials i.e. resin, wax and dye
and is an important source of livelihood for poor and tribal farmers in the lac growing regions.
Lac growers harvest lac in form of lac stick and lac encrustations attached with sticks are then
scraped which is known as sticklac. Sticklac contains impurities which need to be removed by
converting sticklac in to seedlac through different unit operations under primary lac
processing so that seedlac, a semi-refined product, can be further used in making lac based
value added products i.e. shellac, button lac, bleached lac, aleuritic acid etc. Sticklac converted
into seedlac can be stored like grain in jute/gunny bag or metal bin for longer period. Hence, lac
grower can sell stored seedlac whenever they get remunerative price. Lac resin being natural,
biodegradable and non-toxic, finds application in food, textile, furniture, electrical and
pharmaceutical industries and provides immense employment opportunities. Regular
demand for the materials derived from lac exists in the market due to global trend for use of
natural products. Small scale lac processing unit can be established for conversion of sticklac in
to seedlac in production catchment area at grower's level itself. Similarly, integrated small scale
lac processing unit can also be utilized for conversion of sticklac in to seedlac with reduced
man-power requirement and minimum drudgery. Equipments/machineries developed for
manufacturing value added lac-based products may be encouraged in the country to reduce
time of operation, drudgery and manpower requirement with enhanced capacity of value
addition in lac and to promote entrepreneurship development which may further enhance
employment generation. To ensure the quality of produce, traditional equipments/machineries
needs replacement with new equipments/machineries made of food grade materials coupled
with advanced automation system to the maximum possible extent. Value addition in lac could
be promoted and migration of rural and tribal people to other states in search of employment
could be minimized with adoption of improved equipment and machineries for value addition
of lac at village level so that rural and tribal people may get remunerative price of their product.
Hence, increase in sustainable livelihood of rural and tribal people might be possible with
adoption of lac value addition sector.
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Date 2024-05-22T14:42:45Z
2024-05-22T14:42:45Z
2022-09-30
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Sharma SC, Pandey SK and Prasad N.2022. Equipments for manufacturing lac-based value-added products. Journal of AgriSearch 9(3):249-254
2348-8867 (e) and 2348 - 8808 (P)
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/82912
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Society for Upliftment of Rural Economy, Varanasi