1 Economics of value addition in Oleoresin: Implications for Access and Benefit Sharing of Byadagi Chilli in Karnataka Report submitted to The Karnataka Biodiversity Board Ground Floor, Vanavikas 18th Cross Malleshwaram Bangalore 560003 Email:
[email protected] By MG Chandrakanth1, Shrikantha Mulimani1, H Karibasappa1, H Sadhana2, RS Kulkarni3, Khalil Shah4, AV Manjunatha4, MH Tatagar5, A Mohan Rao6, Mahadev G Bhat7 and Ramachandra Bhatta2 1. Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore 2. Department of Fishery Economics, Fishery College, Mangalore 3. Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding (Retd), UAS Bangalore 4. Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore 5. Professor of Entomology, UAS Dharwad 6. Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding, UAS Bangalore 7. Professor of Environmental Economics, Florida International University, Miami Contact email:
[email protected] Phone number: 9449486018 Sep 2015 2 Contents Economics of value addition in Oleoresin: Case study of Byadagi chilli in Karnataka Particulars Page No. 1 Preamble 3 2 India leads in Chilli Exports 3 3 Study Objective 4 4 Oleoresin 4 5 Trends in area, production, productivity of Chilli in Karnataka 4 6 Spurt in production of chilli due to demand for oleoresins 6 7 Major chilli producing districts of Karnataka 6 8 Area and production of chilli in Bellary 6-7 9 Figures of area, production, productivity 8-9 9 Economics of rainfed chilli cultivation in Karnataka 10 10 Economics of irrigated chilli cultivation in Karnataka 11