Pankaj Oudhia's Blog on Stevia Farming in India

Since year 2005 we are discussing different aspects of Stevia Globally through Yahoo group Stevia People. You can join this group by visiting this link http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevia_people/

In past two months I have saved the hard earnings of over 50 farmers planning to grow Stevia in hundreds of acres. They were purchasing it from a so-called reputed firm of Chhattisgarh. I found the rates very- very high. They claimed about Stevia varieties developed by them. Its just fake claim as there varieties are not evaluated or even known by reputed research organisations like Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur.  The quality of plant material is very poor. The buy back scheme is full of ifs and buts. Not single Technical Hand is available with the firm. From Agronomy to Post Harvest Management they know nothing about it. There are many loop holes. At last but not the least, this firm was involved in infamous Safed Musli scam of India and banks are still taking action for recovery. So, be aware if you are planning to take Stevia from Chhattisgarh.   You can send the queries at pankajoudhia@gmail.com . Please write “Consultation” as subject. 

Pankaj Oudhia’s Reply to your Stevia related Queries -12114 Your Question: We are planning for large scale Stevia farming in Central India. The internet search is resulting in lots of confusion. The planting material is available @5-8 Rs. per plant. Many are talking about tissue culture plants whereas some are claiming about self developed Stevia varieties. No one is available for genuine guidance. Agricultural Universities have no information on this new crop. Please guide us regarding planting material. Pankaj Oudhia: Thanks for your message and interest in new crop Stevia. For profitable Stevia farming the cost of planting material must be near 50 paise to 1 Rupee per plant. If it is from tissue culture then price must be lesser than 50 paise per plant. In well established tissue culture plant you can raise Stevia plants at very low cost. It is main advantage of tissue culture technique. It is always good to check whether Stevia grower’s claim is true or not? I visited m

Agronomical experiments with Stevia rebaudiana: Use of Herbal Solutions. 1. ICD/U based Herbal Solution No.66. Pankaj Oudhia Introductory Note Stevia rebaudiana is establishing as promising crop in India but still not much information about its improved farming is available. Farmers are cultivating it as per their traditional crop growing knowledge or using literatures given in Internet. It is bare fact that not much work has been done on different aspects of Stevia cultivation in India. With the help of innovative Stevia growers I got opportunities to conduct series of experiments on Stevia using hundreds of herbs and herbal solutions. Ecofriendly pest management, improved crop growth to production of medicinally rich Stevia were the targets. The present series is an effort to give preliminary information about these Agronomical experiments. Let’s hope that this information will encourage the researchers as well as farmers around the world to use these promising Herbal

Pankaj Oudhia on Stevia-1501 http://yourlisten.com/channel/content/16949540/Pankaj_Oudhia_on_Stevia_1501

Stevia rebaudiana Cav. in India: Important Ingredients of Promising Herbal Solutions beneficial for Organic Farming from Pankaj Oudhia’s Agriculture Database –Part-134 http://www.flickr.com/photos/pankajoudhia/8121279537/in/photostream/ Stevia rebaudiana is establishing as promising crop in India but still not much information about  its improved farming is available. Farmers are cultivating it as per their traditional crop growing  knowledge or using literatures given in Internet. It is bare fact that not much work has been done  on different aspects of Stevia cultivation in India. With the help of innovative Stevia growers I  got opportunities to conduct series of experiments on Stevia using hundreds of herbs and herbal  solutions. Ecofriendly pest management, improved crop growth to production of medicinally rich  Stevia were the targets.  The present series is an effort to give preliminary information about these Agronomical  experiments. Let’s hope that this information

Stevia rebaudiana Cav. in India: Important Ingredients of Promising Herbal Solutions beneficial for Organic Farming from Pankaj Oudhia’s Agriculture Database –Part-133 http://www.flickr.com/photos/pankajoudhia/8121293970/in/photostream/ Stevia rebaudiana is establishing as promising crop in India but still not much information about  its improved farming is available. Farmers are cultivating it as per their traditional crop growing  knowledge or using literatures given in Internet. It is bare fact that not much work has been done  on different aspects of Stevia cultivation in India. With the help of innovative Stevia growers I  got opportunities to conduct series of experiments on Stevia using hundreds of herbs and herbal  solutions. Ecofriendly pest management, improved crop growth to production of medicinally rich  Stevia were the targets.  The present series is an effort to give preliminary information about these Agronomical  experiments. Let’s hope that this information w

Stevia rebaudiana Cav. in India: Important Ingredients of Promising Herbal Solutions beneficial for Organic Farming from Pankaj Oudhia’s Agriculture Database –Part-132 http://www.flickr.com/photos/pankajoudhia/8121293002/in/photostream/ Stevia rebaudiana is establishing as promising crop in India but still not much information about  its improved farming is available. Farmers are cultivating it as per their traditional crop growing  knowledge or using literatures given in Internet. It is bare fact that not much work has been done  on different aspects of Stevia cultivation in India. With the help of innovative Stevia growers I  got opportunities to conduct series of experiments on Stevia using hundreds of herbs and herbal  solutions. Ecofriendly pest management, improved crop growth to production of medicinally rich  Stevia were the targets.  The present series is an effort to give preliminary information about these Agronomical  experiments. Let’s hope that this infor

Stevia rebaudiana Cav. in India: Important Ingredients of Promising Herbal Solutions beneficial for Organic Farming from Pankaj Oudhia’s Agriculture Database –Part-131 http://www.flickr.com/photos/pankajoudhia/8121276293/in/photostream/ Stevia rebaudiana is establishing as promising crop in India but still not much information about  its improved farming is available. Farmers are cultivating it as per their traditional crop growing  knowledge or using literatures given in Internet. It is bare fact that not much work has been done  on different aspects of Stevia cultivation in India. With the help of innovative Stevia growers I  got opportunities to conduct series of experiments on Stevia using hundreds of herbs and herbal  solutions. Ecofriendly pest management, improved crop growth to production of medicinally rich  Stevia were the targets.  The present series is an effort to give preliminary information about these Agronomical  experiments. Let’s hope that this inform

Stevia rebaudiana Cav. in India: Important Ingredients of Promising Herbal Solutions beneficial for Organic Farming from Pankaj Oudhia’s Agriculture Database –Part-130 http://www.flickr.com/photos/pankajoudhia/8121290960/in/photostream/ Stevia rebaudiana is establishing as promising crop in India but still not much information about  its improved farming is available. Farmers are cultivating it as per their traditional crop growing  knowledge or using literatures given in Internet. It is bare fact that not much work has been done  on different aspects of Stevia cultivation in India. With the help of innovative Stevia growers I  got opportunities to conduct series of experiments on Stevia using hundreds of herbs and herbal  solutions. Ecofriendly pest management, improved crop growth to production of medicinally rich  Stevia were the targets.  The present series is an effort to give preliminary information about these Agronomical  experiments. Let’s hope that this inf

Indigenous Species beneficial for Stevia Cultivation. Part-4 © Pankaj Oudhia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpyglrHEB70