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he jackfruit (Artocarpus Theterophyllus or A. heterophylla) is a species of tree in the Artocarpus genus of the family Moraceae. It is native to parts of Southern and Southeast Asia. The name "Jack fruit" is derived from the Portuguese Jaca, which in turn, is derived from the Malayalam language term, Chakka. The fruit is popularly known as ,Kathal, or 'kata-hal' in Bengali and in Hindi. The Malayalam name 'Chakka' was recorded by Hendrik van Rheede (1678–1703) in the Forgotten Kalpavriksha Hortus Malabaricus, vol. iii in Latin. Henry Yule Booklet translated the book in Jordanus Catalani's (1678–1703) Compiled by Mirabilia Descripta: The Wonders of the East. The fruit is Shree Padre called a variety of names around the world, such as "Mít" Editor, in Vietnamese. The common English name jackfruit is a Adike Patrike name used by the physician and naturalist Garcia de Orta Puttur - 574 201 in his 1563 book Colóquios dos simples e drogas da India. Karnataka
Published by Scientific classification National Jackfruit Fest Kingdom Plantae Co-ordination Office: Division Magnoliophyta Santhigram, Kazhuvur P.O; Pulluvila-695 526, Class Magnoliopsida Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, S. India Order Rosales Phone: 0471-2269780, 6452511, 2722151 E.mail: [email protected] Family Moraceae Web : www.jackfruitfest.org. Tribe Artocarpeae Genus Artocarpus Species Artocarpus heterophyllus
Forgotten Kalpavriksha
he jackfruit (Artocarpus Theterophyllus or A. heterophylla) is a species of tree in the Artocarpus genus of the family Moraceae. It is native to parts of Southern and Southeast Asia. The name "Jack fruit" is derived from the Portuguese Jaca, which in turn, is derived from the Malayalam language term, Chakka. The fruit is popularly known as ,Kathal, or 'kata-hal' in Bengali and in Hindi. The Malayalam name 'Chakka' was recorded by Hendrik van Rheede (1678–1703) in the Forgotten Kalpavriksha Hortus Malabaricus, vol. iii in Latin. Henry Yule Booklet translated the book in Jordanus Catalani's (1678–1703) Compiled by Mirabilia Descripta: The Wonders of the East. The fruit is Shree Padre called a variety of names around the world, such as "Mít" Editor, in Vietnamese. The common English name jackfruit is a Adike Patrike name used by the physician and naturalist Garcia de Orta Puttur - 574 201 in his 1563 book Colóquios dos simples e drogas da India. Karnataka
Published by Scientific classification National Jackfruit Fest Kingdom Plantae Co-ordination Office: Division Magnoliophyta Santhigram, Kazhuvur P.O; Pulluvila-695 526, Class Magnoliopsida Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, S. India Order Rosales Phone: 0471-2269780, 6452511, 2722151 E.mail: [email protected] Family Moraceae Web : www.jackfruitfest.org. Tribe Artocarpeae Genus Artocarpus Species Artocarpus heterophyllus
Forgotten Kalpavriksha
The world's largest fruit has many names – kathal, panasa, jaca, nangka, kanoon, mít or Artocarpus heterophyllus, its scientific name. India is considered as the motherland of Jackfruit. 'Chakka', its Malayalam name, according to some, has given birth to the English name jackfruit. India is second biggest producer of the fruit in the world.
How much jackfruits we waste? Nobody knows for sure. Some say 75 per cent. Kerala wastes around 35 crore jackfruits annually. If you Google, you won't get state-wise area and production figures for jackfruit. When nobody knows how much is produced, how will we gauge how much is wasted? Still, assuming one jackfruit costs Rs 3 and the national wastage is 50 per cent, India is losing Rs 214.4 crore worth of food every year. In Mysore, Bangalore and Mumbai, you might have to pay Rs 100 for a single jackfruit. But in Ratnagiri or Kerala, it costs next to nothing. In Kerala, farmers used to hang a board on their jackfruit tree saying, “Anybody can pluck jackfruit from this tree.” Medicinal Values processing is no problem at all. In India mango is the king of fruits. In Southeast Asia it is Durian. Others This fruit is rich in B-complex vitamins, also vitamins C. Jackfruit contains argue that mangosteen is the king. In Hawaii, Ohelo berry and poha are the minerals, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, thiamin, considered kings” If all these are kings, then jackfruit is the kingmaker.” niacin, and sulfur. Jackfruit is high in calories, with around 80-100 per average size fruit. Most of the calories are in the seeds. Studies have shown this fruit to contain numerous antioxidant rich flavonoids, such as Key for Food Security Artocarpanone and Artocarpus, which inhibit the grow of melanin and melanoma cells in human skin. Another study demonstrated that jackfruit's “Jackfruit is the real Kalpavriksh. It can fulfill the hunger of an entire yellow pulp is a good source of provitamin A, carotenoids, although not as family. Imagine a Jackfruit (JF) tree in your homestead garden. It gives good as papaya. The flavonoids in jackfruit are anti-inflammatory, anti- shade. Keeps your micro climate cool. Sheds bagful of dry leaves for you to bacterial and anti-tumor. Jackfruit could also help to control diabetes. mulch your vegetable and flower plants. Green leaves and roots are used as Indeed, it has a higher hypoglycemic effect than some antidiabetic drugs. medicine. Goats relish these leaves. The tree remains for centuries and offers very valuable timber when grown. Jack timber, very expensive and Marketing Problems durable, is used in making furniture and musical instruments etc. If the timber is its owner's fixed deposit, think of the rate of interest it 'pays' Organised direct marketing has always been difficult. Jackfruit is not every year without any gap. Even if we don't irrigate, don't put any manure, cultivated as a monocrop. It is planted in homesteads, as windbreakers or even in years of less rainfall, it doesn't fail the owner. You get anything from shade trees in a scattered way. Panruti taluk in Tamilnadu is the only one quintal to a ton of food crop from the tree. exception for this. The peak crop season is the monsoon. Harvesting and transporting fruits from different trees where roads don't exist is difficult. Apart from its nutritive and medicinal properties, you won't get a parallel to Then, fruits on a tree don't mature simultaneously. Selective harvesting this fruit in versatility. It has about four levels of maturity, the tender, makes it more complex. For an individual farmer, carting a few jackfruits to a slightly grown, unripe and ripe. If earlier three stages can be used as a distant city is not practical. vegetable, the last one has many value addition possibilities like desserts, squash, pulp etc. Tender Jackfruit is a very tasty vegetable. Our grandmas The biggest problem jackfruit growers' face is lack of a supply chain and have mastered the art of making variety of curries from 'Chakka thoran' processing facilities. In villages there is a shortage of labour. There is hardly (Jackfruit stir fry) to 'puzukku' and even dosa. Fruit can be eaten fresh. anyone willing to pluck jackfruit, deseed and collect the flakes. Even if that 'Chakka Varatty' made from fruit is a raw material for many more deserts. is done, no one bothers to transport the produce to the city. Further Forgotten Kalpavriksha
The world's largest fruit has many names – kathal, panasa, jaca, nangka, kanoon, mít or Artocarpus heterophyllus, its scientific name. India is considered as the motherland of Jackfruit. 'Chakka', its Malayalam name, according to some, has given birth to the English name jackfruit. India is second biggest producer of the fruit in the world.
How much jackfruits we waste? Nobody knows for sure. Some say 75 per cent. Kerala wastes around 35 crore jackfruits annually. If you Google, you won't get state-wise area and production figures for jackfruit. When nobody knows how much is produced, how will we gauge how much is wasted? Still, assuming one jackfruit costs Rs 3 and the national wastage is 50 per cent, India is losing Rs 214.4 crore worth of food every year. In Mysore, Bangalore and Mumbai, you might have to pay Rs 100 for a single jackfruit. But in Ratnagiri or Kerala, it costs next to nothing. In Kerala, farmers used to hang a board on their jackfruit tree saying, “Anybody can pluck jackfruit from this tree.” Medicinal Values processing is no problem at all. In India mango is the king of fruits. In Southeast Asia it is Durian. Others This fruit is rich in B-complex vitamins, also vitamins C. Jackfruit contains argue that mangosteen is the king. In Hawaii, Ohelo berry and poha are the minerals, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, thiamin, considered kings” If all these are kings, then jackfruit is the kingmaker.” niacin, and sulfur. Jackfruit is high in calories, with around 80-100 per average size fruit. Most of the calories are in the seeds. Studies have shown this fruit to contain numerous antioxidant rich flavonoids, such as Key for Food Security Artocarpanone and Artocarpus, which inhibit the grow of melanin and melanoma cells in human skin. Another study demonstrated that jackfruit's “Jackfruit is the real Kalpavriksh. It can fulfill the hunger of an entire yellow pulp is a good source of provitamin A, carotenoids, although not as family. Imagine a Jackfruit (JF) tree in your homestead garden. It gives good as papaya. The flavonoids in jackfruit are anti-inflammatory, anti- shade. Keeps your micro climate cool. Sheds bagful of dry leaves for you to bacterial and anti-tumor. Jackfruit could also help to control diabetes. mulch your vegetable and flower plants. Green leaves and roots are used as Indeed, it has a higher hypoglycemic effect than some antidiabetic drugs. medicine. Goats relish these leaves. The tree remains for centuries and offers very valuable timber when grown. Jack timber, very expensive and Marketing Problems durable, is used in making furniture and musical instruments etc. If the timber is its owner's fixed deposit, think of the rate of interest it 'pays' Organised direct marketing has always been difficult. Jackfruit is not every year without any gap. Even if we don't irrigate, don't put any manure, cultivated as a monocrop. It is planted in homesteads, as windbreakers or even in years of less rainfall, it doesn't fail the owner. You get anything from shade trees in a scattered way. Panruti taluk in Tamilnadu is the only one quintal to a ton of food crop from the tree. exception for this. The peak crop season is the monsoon. Harvesting and transporting fruits from different trees where roads don't exist is difficult. Apart from its nutritive and medicinal properties, you won't get a parallel to Then, fruits on a tree don't mature simultaneously. Selective harvesting this fruit in versatility. It has about four levels of maturity, the tender, makes it more complex. For an individual farmer, carting a few jackfruits to a slightly grown, unripe and ripe. If earlier three stages can be used as a distant city is not practical. vegetable, the last one has many value addition possibilities like desserts, squash, pulp etc. Tender Jackfruit is a very tasty vegetable. Our grandmas The biggest problem jackfruit growers' face is lack of a supply chain and have mastered the art of making variety of curries from 'Chakka thoran' processing facilities. In villages there is a shortage of labour. There is hardly (Jackfruit stir fry) to 'puzukku' and even dosa. Fruit can be eaten fresh. anyone willing to pluck jackfruit, deseed and collect the flakes. Even if that 'Chakka Varatty' made from fruit is a raw material for many more deserts. is done, no one bothers to transport the produce to the city. Further Forgotten Kalpavriksha
Thousands of value added products can be made from this and jack seed to sell in the market. Beyond 30 years, the timber is ready for sale any time. flour will be a popular commercial product in the next decade. At this stage, the farmer can easily earn Rs 10,000 per tree.
Jackfruit is the biggest organically grown fruit. It dons various roles starting from a vegetable to a table fruit, raw material for desserts and a number World Leader in JF Fruit Chips two staple that can be preserved in households for year round use. No doubt, it is forgotten Kalpavriksh of India.
Panruti, the 'Jackfruit Paradise'
Panruti, the lesser known 'Jackfruit Paradise' of India is a showcase of the real production capacity of this wonderful tree. It has many unique features in Jackfruit farming.
· It is only at Panruti one can see hundreds of pure Jackfruit orchards – monoculture plantations – ranging from one acre to twenty. · Jackfruit is available here round the year. · Considerable numbers of farmers irrigate and manure regularly. ' · Thinning' – a very interesting agronomic practice – can be compared to family planning - is followed here by all farmers. It ensures bigger fruits with good fill and better taste. Insect menace is less. Natural weak fruits are Countries like Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and even cut off. our neighboring Sri Lanka have gone far ahead in better utilization and · Panruti produces what may be the biggest jackfruits of the world – farming of jackfruit. though so far claims to Guinness Book of Records have not been made for this title. One jackfruit recently harvested weighed a whopping 81 kgs. Vietnam is the world leader in jackfruit products. It has 20 units that make chips. Among them Vinamit Trading Corporation is the biggest. In Vietnamese, mit means jackfruit. This 20-year old company does fruit Useful Practice of Thinning processing, produces fruit chips and is a giant in that field. Jackfruit is main among all the fruits that it value adds. Vinamit is perhaps the world leader in Jack fruit value addition. It exports jackfruit chips to countries like the A simple technique called thinning produces bigger fruits. At a tender stage, US, Japan, Germany, Russia and China. excessive fruits are cut off allowing only selected ones to grow. The formula followed is to retain two fruits per age of the tree. Consequently, only “For big landowners in Vietnam growing rubber is profitable. But for small average sized and big fruits flow into the market. You won't see fruits farmers, jackfruit fetches them more money than rubber,” says Nguyen Lam smaller than 15 kg in the market. Vien, CEO of Vinamit. “Profit from jackfruit is about $ 8,000 to $12,000 per hectare per year.” The company has jackfruit orchards in about 10,000 After thinning, farmers get between Rs 50 to Rs 75 for each fruit sold to hectares. It has entered into an eight year purchase contract with farmers. middlemen. This price doubles in the market. By the time the fruit reaches As a result, 300 new jackfruit orchards from five hectares to 100 hectares metro cities, its price increases four-fold. A few farmers send fruits as 'part have been developed. load' on lorries to Chennai's wholesale market. They get double the Panruti rate, but have to cough up a fat 15 per cent commission. Nguyen Lam Vien built his company from scratch through sheer hard work. When all the Taiwanese business people he contacted refused to buy his fruit Which other crop can ensure a farmer a steady income of Rs 60,000 per chips, he sat on the footpath and offered samples to all and sundry. In acre? It is drought-resistant, evergreen and helps in groundwater recharge. China's crowded passenger trains, he followed the same strategy. It requires hardly any labour. Its leaves are food for goats. If properly used, jackfruit provides food in various forms for the grower's family and enough Forgotten Kalpavriksha
Thousands of value added products can be made from this and jack seed to sell in the market. Beyond 30 years, the timber is ready for sale any time. flour will be a popular commercial product in the next decade. At this stage, the farmer can easily earn Rs 10,000 per tree.
Jackfruit is the biggest organically grown fruit. It dons various roles starting from a vegetable to a table fruit, raw material for desserts and a number World Leader in JF Fruit Chips two staple that can be preserved in households for year round use. No doubt, it is forgotten Kalpavriksh of India.
Panruti, the 'Jackfruit Paradise'
Panruti, the lesser known 'Jackfruit Paradise' of India is a showcase of the real production capacity of this wonderful tree. It has many unique features in Jackfruit farming.
· It is only at Panruti one can see hundreds of pure Jackfruit orchards – monoculture plantations – ranging from one acre to twenty. · Jackfruit is available here round the year. · Considerable numbers of farmers irrigate and manure regularly. ' · Thinning' – a very interesting agronomic practice – can be compared to family planning - is followed here by all farmers. It ensures bigger fruits with good fill and better taste. Insect menace is less. Natural weak fruits are Countries like Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and even cut off. our neighboring Sri Lanka have gone far ahead in better utilization and · Panruti produces what may be the biggest jackfruits of the world – farming of jackfruit. though so far claims to Guinness Book of Records have not been made for this title. One jackfruit recently harvested weighed a whopping 81 kgs. Vietnam is the world leader in jackfruit products. It has 20 units that make chips. Among them Vinamit Trading Corporation is the biggest. In Vietnamese, mit means jackfruit. This 20-year old company does fruit Useful Practice of Thinning processing, produces fruit chips and is a giant in that field. Jackfruit is main among all the fruits that it value adds. Vinamit is perhaps the world leader in Jack fruit value addition. It exports jackfruit chips to countries like the A simple technique called thinning produces bigger fruits. At a tender stage, US, Japan, Germany, Russia and China. excessive fruits are cut off allowing only selected ones to grow. The formula followed is to retain two fruits per age of the tree. Consequently, only “For big landowners in Vietnam growing rubber is profitable. But for small average sized and big fruits flow into the market. You won't see fruits farmers, jackfruit fetches them more money than rubber,” says Nguyen Lam smaller than 15 kg in the market. Vien, CEO of Vinamit. “Profit from jackfruit is about $ 8,000 to $12,000 per hectare per year.” The company has jackfruit orchards in about 10,000 After thinning, farmers get between Rs 50 to Rs 75 for each fruit sold to hectares. It has entered into an eight year purchase contract with farmers. middlemen. This price doubles in the market. By the time the fruit reaches As a result, 300 new jackfruit orchards from five hectares to 100 hectares metro cities, its price increases four-fold. A few farmers send fruits as 'part have been developed. load' on lorries to Chennai's wholesale market. They get double the Panruti rate, but have to cough up a fat 15 per cent commission. Nguyen Lam Vien built his company from scratch through sheer hard work. When all the Taiwanese business people he contacted refused to buy his fruit Which other crop can ensure a farmer a steady income of Rs 60,000 per chips, he sat on the footpath and offered samples to all and sundry. In acre? It is drought-resistant, evergreen and helps in groundwater recharge. China's crowded passenger trains, he followed the same strategy. It requires hardly any labour. Its leaves are food for goats. If properly used, jackfruit provides food in various forms for the grower's family and enough Forgotten Kalpavriksha
Malaysia – Forging Ahead in Fresh Fruit Marketing Sri Lanka will Never Starve Jackfruit is available round the year in Malaysia. In recent years, among other local fruits, Malaysia has given top priority for the development of Jackfruit is a part and parcel of Sri Lankan life for centuries. It is known as Jackfruit. It is included in its National Agriculture policy. 'Bath gasa' or Rice tree in Sinhala language.
Jackfruit plays an important role in the country's economy. Extensive Mature fruit is boiled and eaten with coconut. This is almost a staple food planting is done for local and export markets. FAMA, Federal Agriculture among most rural people. It is cheapest as well. Jack curry occupies a Marketing Authority, a marketing agency established by the Government prominent place even in weddings. 'Kos Mama's campaign succeeded in under the Ministry of Agriculture is offering good marketing infrastructure making Srilankans aware about the importance of JF in local food security. and support to farmers. MARDI, Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute has developed Minimal Processing technology that has In recent decades, Sri Lanka has gone far ahead in the value addition of opened new doors for its fresh fruit exports. Jackfruit. Rural Enterprises Network, a voluntary organization is producing about ten tonnes of unripe JF flakes. This apart from being sold locally is Minimally processed jackfruit can be kept for 3 weeks at 2°C, 1 week at being exported to even countries like Europe. Preserving in brine is also 10°C and 2 days at 25°C. The achievable storage life provides sufficient followed commercially on large scale. Polos (tender Jackfruit) in brine, Jack marketing planning for distribution both for local and export markets. seeds in brine are some of the commercial products. Sri Lanka has at least a dozen companies that among other products produce value additions of Jackfruit for export. Ready to Eat Polos Curry in tin/bottles is a very popular product that is exported to several countries like Australia, California and US etc.
In Sri Lanka, you can find minimally processed form in many urban areas. Since JF value additions of Sri Lanka are low-tech and has given more emphasis in using it as a vegetable, it is more doable and ideal for India.
Untapped Potential
Unfortunately, we in India have taken the potential of this Kalpavruksha, Jackfruit – for granted. More than half of the fruits go waste without even harvesting. Once it ripens, the soft fleshed type – koozhachakka has practically no takers at all.
Today, three Malaysian companies are using the technologies for commercial Though we are growing a huge amount of jackfruit, efforts to commercialize handling of minimally processed jackfruit for export markets. Minimal the same is next to nothing. How many branded jackfruit products we have? Processed fruits are exported to Europe, Middle East and Singapore, UK, Only around a dozen. Even these products never cross the boundaries of the Thailand etc. The technology has a potential for export not only by air but producing state. To name a few: Kerala has three brands of Jack Varatty – also by sea shipments to markets such as Hong Kong, China and Taiwan as Saj, Saras and Double Horse. Amar brand of tinned tender jackfruit from traveling time is only between 5-7 days. Maharashtra is the only product of that kind. So is vacuum fried fruit chips produced by Gokul fruits of Karnataka. The only modified atmosphere Malaysia's per-capita consumption of jackfruit fruit is expected to increase packed jackfruit chips come out of Aditya agro foods of Lucknow. Mayoora from 0.8 kg/person /yr in 2000 to 1.0 kg in 2010. Production area of brand jackfruit papad from Kadamba marketing co-operative of Sirsi and jackfruit is expected to increase from 6,000 hectares in 2000 to 55,000 Chirag brand of papads from Shivapura, Karnataka are two branded papads hectares in 2010. in the country. Jackfruit jam from Grandmas, pickle from some north- eastern states, fruit papad, burfi etc from Yojak Associates of Ratnagiri are Forgotten Kalpavriksha
Malaysia – Forging Ahead in Fresh Fruit Marketing Sri Lanka will Never Starve Jackfruit is available round the year in Malaysia. In recent years, among other local fruits, Malaysia has given top priority for the development of Jackfruit is a part and parcel of Sri Lankan life for centuries. It is known as Jackfruit. It is included in its National Agriculture policy. 'Bath gasa' or Rice tree in Sinhala language.
Jackfruit plays an important role in the country's economy. Extensive Mature fruit is boiled and eaten with coconut. This is almost a staple food planting is done for local and export markets. FAMA, Federal Agriculture among most rural people. It is cheapest as well. Jack curry occupies a Marketing Authority, a marketing agency established by the Government prominent place even in weddings. 'Kos Mama's campaign succeeded in under the Ministry of Agriculture is offering good marketing infrastructure making Srilankans aware about the importance of JF in local food security. and support to farmers. MARDI, Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute has developed Minimal Processing technology that has In recent decades, Sri Lanka has gone far ahead in the value addition of opened new doors for its fresh fruit exports. Jackfruit. Rural Enterprises Network, a voluntary organization is producing about ten tonnes of unripe JF flakes. This apart from being sold locally is Minimally processed jackfruit can be kept for 3 weeks at 2°C, 1 week at being exported to even countries like Europe. Preserving in brine is also 10°C and 2 days at 25°C. The achievable storage life provides sufficient followed commercially on large scale. Polos (tender Jackfruit) in brine, Jack marketing planning for distribution both for local and export markets. seeds in brine are some of the commercial products. Sri Lanka has at least a dozen companies that among other products produce value additions of Jackfruit for export. Ready to Eat Polos Curry in tin/bottles is a very popular product that is exported to several countries like Australia, California and US etc.
In Sri Lanka, you can find minimally processed form in many urban areas. Since JF value additions of Sri Lanka are low-tech and has given more emphasis in using it as a vegetable, it is more doable and ideal for India.
Untapped Potential
Unfortunately, we in India have taken the potential of this Kalpavruksha, Jackfruit – for granted. More than half of the fruits go waste without even harvesting. Once it ripens, the soft fleshed type – koozhachakka has practically no takers at all.
Today, three Malaysian companies are using the technologies for commercial Though we are growing a huge amount of jackfruit, efforts to commercialize handling of minimally processed jackfruit for export markets. Minimal the same is next to nothing. How many branded jackfruit products we have? Processed fruits are exported to Europe, Middle East and Singapore, UK, Only around a dozen. Even these products never cross the boundaries of the Thailand etc. The technology has a potential for export not only by air but producing state. To name a few: Kerala has three brands of Jack Varatty – also by sea shipments to markets such as Hong Kong, China and Taiwan as Saj, Saras and Double Horse. Amar brand of tinned tender jackfruit from traveling time is only between 5-7 days. Maharashtra is the only product of that kind. So is vacuum fried fruit chips produced by Gokul fruits of Karnataka. The only modified atmosphere Malaysia's per-capita consumption of jackfruit fruit is expected to increase packed jackfruit chips come out of Aditya agro foods of Lucknow. Mayoora from 0.8 kg/person /yr in 2000 to 1.0 kg in 2010. Production area of brand jackfruit papad from Kadamba marketing co-operative of Sirsi and jackfruit is expected to increase from 6,000 hectares in 2000 to 55,000 Chirag brand of papads from Shivapura, Karnataka are two branded papads hectares in 2010. in the country. Jackfruit jam from Grandmas, pickle from some north- eastern states, fruit papad, burfi etc from Yojak Associates of Ratnagiri are Forgotten Kalpavriksha
some other products worth mentioning. Parayil Food products of Kottayam is minimally processed or processed form. Preservation techniques have to be exporting a dozen of jackfruit products like tender jackfruit thoran (stir fry), standardized to make the seasonal fruit available round the year. Varatty etc.
We have a rich tradition and knowledge of using jackfruit of different Off-Season Orchards growths for hundreds of food purposes. First of all, we have to shed our mental block or inferiority complex about this wonder fruit. Let us start Another thrust area is identification and popularizing off season, twice using it at our homes, in weddings and even in social functions etc. We have bearing and early season bearers. Studies in Kerala and Karnataka have to start a conscious 'Eat well – waste nil' attitude about JF. Let us introduce clearly shown that we have such genotypes in the respective states. Story is the fruit to our children, and sensitize them about the importance of a not different in Maharashtra or Tamil Nadu. All season and early season fruits bountiful & nutritive fruit like Jackfruit. will bring higher revenue for farmers.
From consumers' point of view, major constraint in utilizing jackfruit is the It would be wise to develop jackfruit orchards with all season and off season cumbersome process involved in cutting and scooping out the bulbs and bearers in low rainfall areas. Consider this marketing potential of Panruti making it ready. Another problem is its huge size. No family can finish it in a jackfruits that is untapped till now. By arranging a steady supply chain day. through night-bus or trains, sourcing jackfruits from Panruti, super markets in Trivandrum, Kochi, Bangalore, Mysore, Coimbatore, Madurai, Chennai etc can sell fresh jackfruits in cling wrapped packets round the year. RTC & RTE Packs for Cities One immediate step towards this goal is making conscious efforts to increase domestic consumption of jackfruit. 'Eat well, waste nil' should be our objective. With proper utilization of this local fruit in many ways, we can bid good-bye to vegetables and fruits that has to come from hundreds of kilometers away and most of them with pesticide residues.
If all of us join hands, we can ensure a deserving place for this fruit. Better utilization and stopping its wastage is the first step towards its development.
Making jackfruit in Ready to eat (RTE) and Ready to cook (RTC) forms is the only solution for these two problems. Making selected and branded fruit bulbs in take home packets is a good idea. Such efforts have begun in many super markets in the country. But it has to be still geared up.
The process of making the fruit ready to cook/eat is called as 'Minimal processing.' This in a small way has started in cities like Goa, Thiruvananthapuram etc even for unripe jackfruit to be used for vegetable. In Singapore, leading hyper markets do this in a very systematic and hygienic manner.
It is high time for agencies to come up to minimal process and supply jackfruit in ripe/unripe and tender forms to super and hyper markets. Some R & D is necessary to extend the shelf life of this highly perishable produce. Have more awareness programs and make available in urban areas in Forgotten Kalpavriksha
some other products worth mentioning. Parayil Food products of Kottayam is minimally processed or processed form. Preservation techniques have to be exporting a dozen of jackfruit products like tender jackfruit thoran (stir fry), standardized to make the seasonal fruit available round the year. Varatty etc.
We have a rich tradition and knowledge of using jackfruit of different Off-Season Orchards growths for hundreds of food purposes. First of all, we have to shed our mental block or inferiority complex about this wonder fruit. Let us start Another thrust area is identification and popularizing off season, twice using it at our homes, in weddings and even in social functions etc. We have bearing and early season bearers. Studies in Kerala and Karnataka have to start a conscious 'Eat well – waste nil' attitude about JF. Let us introduce clearly shown that we have such genotypes in the respective states. Story is the fruit to our children, and sensitize them about the importance of a not different in Maharashtra or Tamil Nadu. All season and early season fruits bountiful & nutritive fruit like Jackfruit. will bring higher revenue for farmers.
From consumers' point of view, major constraint in utilizing jackfruit is the It would be wise to develop jackfruit orchards with all season and off season cumbersome process involved in cutting and scooping out the bulbs and bearers in low rainfall areas. Consider this marketing potential of Panruti making it ready. Another problem is its huge size. No family can finish it in a jackfruits that is untapped till now. By arranging a steady supply chain day. through night-bus or trains, sourcing jackfruits from Panruti, super markets in Trivandrum, Kochi, Bangalore, Mysore, Coimbatore, Madurai, Chennai etc can sell fresh jackfruits in cling wrapped packets round the year. RTC & RTE Packs for Cities One immediate step towards this goal is making conscious efforts to increase domestic consumption of jackfruit. 'Eat well, waste nil' should be our objective. With proper utilization of this local fruit in many ways, we can bid good-bye to vegetables and fruits that has to come from hundreds of kilometers away and most of them with pesticide residues.
If all of us join hands, we can ensure a deserving place for this fruit. Better utilization and stopping its wastage is the first step towards its development.
Making jackfruit in Ready to eat (RTE) and Ready to cook (RTC) forms is the only solution for these two problems. Making selected and branded fruit bulbs in take home packets is a good idea. Such efforts have begun in many super markets in the country. But it has to be still geared up.
The process of making the fruit ready to cook/eat is called as 'Minimal processing.' This in a small way has started in cities like Goa, Thiruvananthapuram etc even for unripe jackfruit to be used for vegetable. In Singapore, leading hyper markets do this in a very systematic and hygienic manner.
It is high time for agencies to come up to minimal process and supply jackfruit in ripe/unripe and tender forms to super and hyper markets. Some R & D is necessary to extend the shelf life of this highly perishable produce. Have more awareness programs and make available in urban areas in Some Useful Webpages http://www.itfnet.org/index.jsp?page=1&process=11&mid=1&fid=22 http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/jackfruit_ars.html http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/jackfruit.html http://www.bijlmakers.com/fruits/jackfruit.htm http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/jack_fruit.html http://www.virtualherbarium.org/tropicalfruit/jackfruit-recipes.html http://www.tarladalal.com/glossary-raw-jackfruit-739i
Blogs http://panasamwonders.blogspot.com/ http://www.jackfruitfest.org/ http://greenjackfruit.blogspot.com/
Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1L8gJHZUhc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLwGJyVDPRk http://www.videokeralam.com/kerala-videos/peeling-of-jack-fruit- video_e209fc9b0.html (Malayalam) http://www.malayalamtube.com/component/hwdvideoshare/viewvideo/11 85/-/2-day-jackfruit-festival-in-ernakulam#axzz1MtCk7GTz (Jack Fest – Malayalam)
Other References http://www.icuc-iwmi.org/files/News/Resources/Factsheets/jackfruit.pdf http://www.agroforestry.net/tti/A.heterophyllus-jackfruit.pdf http://www.da.gov.ph/tips/jackfruit.pdf http://www.tropicananutritioninstitute.in/swf/jackfruit.pdf Some Useful Webpages http://www.itfnet.org/index.jsp?page=1&process=11&mid=1&fid=22 http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/jackfruit_ars.html http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/jackfruit.html http://www.bijlmakers.com/fruits/jackfruit.htm http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/jack_fruit.html http://www.virtualherbarium.org/tropicalfruit/jackfruit-recipes.html http://www.tarladalal.com/glossary-raw-jackfruit-739i
Blogs http://panasamwonders.blogspot.com/ http://www.jackfruitfest.org/ http://greenjackfruit.blogspot.com/
Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1L8gJHZUhc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLwGJyVDPRk http://www.videokeralam.com/kerala-videos/peeling-of-jack-fruit- video_e209fc9b0.html (Malayalam) http://www.malayalamtube.com/component/hwdvideoshare/viewvideo/11 85/-/2-day-jackfruit-festival-in-ernakulam#axzz1MtCk7GTz (Jack Fest – Malayalam)
Other References http://www.icuc-iwmi.org/files/News/Resources/Factsheets/jackfruit.pdf http://www.agroforestry.net/tti/A.heterophyllus-jackfruit.pdf http://www.da.gov.ph/tips/jackfruit.pdf http://www.tropicananutritioninstitute.in/swf/jackfruit.pdf t s e F t i u r f k c a J l a n o i t a N
National Jackfruit Fest Co-ordination Office: Santhigram, Kazhuvur P.O; Pulluvila-695 526, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, S. India Phone: 0471-2269780, 6452511, 2722151 E.mail: [email protected] Web : www.jackfruitfest.org.