Abstract
Among the loose flowers the jasmine is very important and remunerative crop. Multiuse of these flowers like used as loose flowers as well as for extraction of essential oil makes it more remunerative. The Indian J. grandiflorum compared favorably with that of Spanish jasmine, both in yield and quality of oil. The flower is in high demand in places such as Mumbai, besides the coastal region. Local traders collect jasmine flowers from the farmers directly. Jasmine begins to flower in the second year onwards or sometimes even earlier, but economic yields are obtained only from the third year. Prices are decided at the auction centre. Poor women in other cities across India can adopt jasmine cultivation as an activity to earn income and eradicate poverty. Moreover, this activity takes place early morning and the women are free to undertake other work during the day. Though the jasmine is a high capital intensive crop but its cultivation is quite profitable. The investment in jasmine is economically feasible and financially sound. Jasmine is labour-intensive crop, it provide more man days labour per year.
Highlights
The jasmine is an important flower crop grown in open field throughout India
Rural women are involved in home scale cultivation, post-harvest management, value addition, marketing and export promotion of this crop
For export packaging (CFB) for Dubai the Jasmine fresh flowers treated with boric acid @ 4% are packed in ventilated corrugated fiber board (CFB) boxes
Summary
The jasmine is an important flower crop grown in open field throughout India. The world famous jasmine oil is extracted from flowers of the Spanish jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum). France supplies 50% of the estimated world production of 5000kg of jasmine concrete to the international perfumery trade. Netherlands, Italy, Algeria, Turkey, Morocco and Tunisia are the other important jasmine oil producing countries of the world jasmine are traditionally used for decorating hair. Main concrete importers countries are France, Germany and Belgium. Jasmine flowers owe their fragrance to a volatile oil present in the epidermal cells of the inner and outer surface of the petals and sepals. The Indian J. grandiflorum compared favorably with that of Spanish jasmine, both in yield and quality of oil
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