National strategy for enhancing lac production
Dr. R. Ramani, Director, IINRG

India is the leading lac producing country in the world and it continues to maintain its leadership despite the fluctuations in production.

 

  

Role of NGO’s for development of lac production
 Binju Abraham, PRADAN, Jharkhand

Lac has been a traditional source of livelihood for thousands of tribal families living in the forest fringes of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa.
   

Lac exports Vs production issues and remedial measures
Roshanlal Sharma, Tajna Shellac Private Limited, Khunti, Jharkhand

Lac being a natural organic resin having biodegradable properties is one of the many gifts of nature given to mankind.
   
Role of lac industries to promote lac production
 Gajanan Agarwal, Central India Lac Development Society, Gondia, Maharashtra
   
Importance of lac in domestic uses  – At a glance
 Subash Agarwal, Dhamtari, Chattisgarh
   
Private participation - A solution to improve lac production base

Y. D. Mishra and Balajee Mishra Laksha, Namkum, Ranchi
   
Price support for lac growing farmers- A practical solution
Irfan Ozair, Additional Registrar, Cooperative Society, Jharkhand (Former Managing Director, JHASCOLAMPF, Ranchi)
   
Scope of lac production through intensive cultivation on quick plantations of bushy hosts
T. Bhattacharya i MAP, Midnapur, West Bengal
   

Supply of lac: Importer's perspective
Burkhard Volbert, Stroever GmbH & Company KG, Bremen, Germany

SSB was founded 1893 as Bernhards & Stroever in Bremen and started with trading of seedlac and Copal. SSB developed a special production process for shellac.
   
Capacity building on lac production technologies – Status and future thrusts

A. K. Jaiswal, Head, TOT Div., Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Production of lac is fairly simple, but requires timely execution of cultivation operations.
 

Lac production issues at Farmers level
 Jaidev Mehto Putidih, Purulia
   

Jharkhand: current status of lac production issue, remedial measures and support system for development

Ram Bharat,  District Forest Officer, Jharkhand Forest Dept. Palamau, Jharkhand
   
Madhya Pradesh: Current status of lac

production, issues, remedial measures and support system for development
Moni Thomas, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
   
West Bengal: Current status of lac production, issues, remedial measures and support system for development
R. K. Middya, Joint Director, Micro and Small Scale Enterprises (P&S), Government of West Bengal
   
Lac cultivation in Maharashtra
C.L. Pardhi, Gayatri Lac Production Centre, Balaghat
   
Gujarat: Current status of lac production, issues, remedial measures and support system for development
S. K. Dwivedi, ACF, Rajpipla, Gujarat
   
Orissa: Current status of lac production, issues, remedial measures and support system for development
Prafulla Kumar Panda, Regional Manager, TRIFED, Bhubaneswar
   

Uttar Pradesh: Current status of lac production,

issues, remedial measures and support system for development

B. K. Diwedi, Bioved Research Institute of Agriculture & Technology, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
   
Jammu: Current status of lac production

issues, remedial measures and support system for development
R. K. Gupta† and Md. Monobrullah*, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Jammu
   
Nationalization of lac in Madhya Pradesh: lessons learnt
Moni Thomas†, Ravi Shrivastava* and V. R Khare¨, †Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh *Add. Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh Minor Forest Produce (Trade and Development) Co-operative Federation Limited ¨Ex Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, GoMP, Bhopal & Advisor to GoMP