Practice Name:

Manufacturing Jaggery from Sugarcane

Details
Category	Crop Protection
Crop	Sugarcane
Crop Family	Poaceae
Scientific Name	(Saccharum officinarum)
Vernacular Name	Shardi
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	"khati bhindi" (Hibiscus sabdariffa)
Details of Innovation	Farmer Bhimabhai Kamadiya also operates a jaggery manufacturing unit in Junagadh district, Gujarat. The process involves collecting sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) juice using "chichodo", a sugarcane crusher and heating it in large vessels till it forms into thick liquid. When this liquid is allowed to settle and cool, it forms into coarse browm sugary lumps, known as jaggery. Some additives are necessary to remove impurities and to get pure and good quality jaggery. Many manufacturers use alum and other chemical additives but Bhimabhai adds crushed "khati bhindi" (Hibiscus sabdariffa) fruits (a variety of ladys finger) while heating sugarcane juice. This makes the wastage and impurities found in sugarcane to segregate and float on the surface, to be collected and thrown away. Bhimabhai also cultivates "khati bhindi" in his field for this purpose.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Bhimabhai Bhojabhai Kamdiya
City / District	Junagadh
KVK District	Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Ambuja Foundation, Ambuja Cement Plant, Kodinar (Dist. Junagadh-Gujarat)
Address	Junagadh ,Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	362225

PAS_1	"Jaggery Making Process from Sugar Cane \| Gur Manufacturing."https://www.sugarprocesstech.com/jaggery-making-process/
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Arid western Plains (5.1), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) South Saurashtra Zone (GJ.7)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000004201
Reference	Junagadh/96/6
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1080
Reference	Junagadh/96/6
Scout	HBN