Stevia Crop Cultivation Consultancy in India

 Stevia Crop Cultivation Consultancy in India

Stevia is a natural sweetener, sourced from the leaves of the Stevia plant, known as Rebaudioside. It is an excellent alternative to sugar, being 50-200 times sweeter, making it ideal for those seeking a calorie-free sweetener. Given the rising incidence of diabetes, there's a global shift towards natural sugar alternatives, with Stevia emerging as a safe and popular choice. Its unique property of calorie-free sweetness is driving increasing demand, particularly in India, where health consciousness is on the rise. Overconsumption of calories is linked to diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and depression, making Stevia a valuable solution.

Stevia cultivation is well-suited to various climates worldwide, including many Indian states such as Jammu & Kashmir (Jammu region), Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Northeastern states, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Gujarat. As the leading consultancy provider for Stevia crop cultivation in India, we offer comprehensive support for plant selection, farm preparation, irrigation, fertilizer management, harvesting, post-harvest management, and market linkages. Stevia is a perennial crop, typically planted for 4-5 years.

Our Services

• We offer extensive consultancy services across various agricultural domains:
• Stevia Crop Cultivation: Comprehensive support for Stevia farming, from planting to market linkages.
• Agriculture Production: Backward and forward market linkages consultancy.
• Crop Cultivation: Including medicinal, aromatic, and exotic vegetables.
• Tree Plantations and Farm Development: Sustainable practices for diverse crop needs.
• Farm Mechanization: Advanced techniques for increased efficiency.
• Animal Husbandry and Dairy: Expertise in livestock management.
• Protected and Controlled Climate Cultivation: Including greenhouse farming.
• Organic Farming: Certification and sustainable agriculture practices.
• Biofuel Crops: Jatropha, Stevia, and Aloe Vera farming.
• Poultry, Goat, Sheep, and Camel Rearing: Comprehensive livestock consultancy.
• Apiculture and Fisheries: Specialized support for bee farming and aquaculture.
• Agro Processing Projects: End-to-end consultancy for new agro-industries.
• Commodity Procurement Planning: Strategic planning for agriculture value chain development.
• International Trade and Market Development: Support for export-import activities.

About Us

We are Agrotech Agribusiness Consultancy, a leader in agriculture, agribusiness, and agro technology consultancy and extension services. Upholding ethical business practices, our team of highly experienced professionals specializes in various agricultural disciplines. We deliver customized, technically and economically viable solutions tailored to your needs. We believe agriculture is the backbone of the economy and development, advocating for sustainable practices that conserve natural resources and ensure inclusivity for all.

Our Philosophy

Agriculture is vital for economic stability and growth. We emphasize sustainable practices that do not exploit natural resources and promote inclusivity across society. Our goal is to provide innovative, profitable, and cost-effective agribusiness solutions, ensuring complete satisfaction.

Trust Agrotech Agribusiness Consultancy for your agricultural project needs, from feasibility studies and project planning to resource collection and finance arrangement. We support sustainable farming initiatives and provide the latest agricultural technology to help you succeed.

Stevia is a safe alternate for sugar. Market will grow further

It’s common these days to stumble upon one or the other study outlining the ill effects of sugar. A November 2017 report in The New York Times, in fact, reveals how the sugar industry in the 1960s buried research findings suggesting that sugar could be harmful. That sugar promotes obesity, diabetes, heart disease, etc, is common knowledge now—till 2015, there were around 415 million diabetics in the world, with India reporting around 69.1 million cases, as per the International Diabetes Federation. The harmful health effects of sugar were the reasons that led scientists to scout for substitutes, or artificial sweeteners. Saccharin—the first artificial sweetener to be synthesised by chemists Ira Remsen and Constantin Fahlberg—was, in fact, discovered by accident in 1879. Since then, many new substitutes have been discovered—and then dissed owing to their side effects. After all, most popular artificial sweeteners available in the market today—be it aspartame, sucralose or saccharin—are basically chemicals produced in a factory. Some studies have even found them to be possibly carcinogenic.

It’s no surprise then that Lucknow-based nutritionist Aakanksha Khanna refrains from recommending any artificial sweetener to patients looking to go on a diet. “Saccharin is just another form of sugar. The only difference being that it doesn’t give an instant rush of energy,” the 33-year-old says, adding that saccharin, too, eventually gets converted into glucose in the body, negating the effects of avoiding sugar.

So does that mean there’s no escaping the harmful effects of sugar? Thankfully, no. Enter stevia, a sweetener and sugar substitute extracted from the leaves of the plant species, Stevia rebaudiana, which is slowly but surely occupying centrestage in the battle against sugar. What evidently seals the deal in stevia’s case as an artificial sweetener is the fact that it is zero-calorie, zero-fat and 100% natural. Native to South America, the plant is said to have been in use by the Guarani people in the region for centuries.

Journey so far

Coincidentally, Italian scientist Moises Santiago Bertoni came across a stevia plantation while conducting research in eastern Paraguay in South America. He first described the plant and its sweet taste in a botanical journal in the late 19th century and named it after the chemist Rebaudi who identified the plant’s sweet component. Since its discovery, the pros and cons of stevia have been the subject of several scientific studies, not all of which held out.

Interestingly, early testing, which aimed to validate the potential benefits of stevia, was unsuccessful, raising questions about its safety. It wasn’t until glycosides—which account for its sweet taste—such as stevioside and rebaudioside A/B were isolated from the plant, purified and made available for modern scientific testing by the 1930s that the world at large took any note of it.

Once the highly purified stevia leaf extract became available, several tests and clinical studies were completed, testing every aspect or side effect of the plant extract, from its impact on blood sugar level to whether it’s carcinogenic or not. Satisfied by the results, various food safety agencies around the world approved the use of stevia as a sugar substitute.

The United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) categorised stevia leaf extract as ‘Generally Regarded As Safe’ (GRAS) in 2008, following which other governments around the world, too, gave it their approval, including the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), World Health Organisation, Health Canada, etc. “No study has been able to accurately claim that stevia is harmful to users whether diabetic or non-diabetic,” says physician Abhinav Agarwal, who considers stevia to be a better alternative than other artificial sweeteners in the market. “It may not help in reducing blood sugar levels, but in no way does it aggravate them either,” the Ghaziabad-based 38-year-old doctor says, adding that he does, however, suggest a moderate daily intake when it comes to using sugar substitutes.

Lucknow-based endocrinologist Debnondon Choudhary agrees with Agarwal. “A little amount of sugar is far superior to any artificial sweetener… stevia, however, comes as a close second alternative,” says the 56-year-old.

Adoption in F&B

Not just doctors and health professionals, the global food and beverage industry, too, is slowly waking up to the commercial possibilities of stevia. Many artificial sweeteners currently being used may soon be substituted by stevia, as per Ajay Chandran, senior director, global key accounts, PureCircle, a Malaysia-headquartered company that produces stevia sweeteners for the global food and beverage industry.

Chandran might be right. In 2015, global fizzy drinks giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo started offering stevia-based alternatives—Coca-Cola Life and PepsiCo True, respectively—in the US. These products are marketed as low-calorie alternatives with natural sweeteners and the same ‘great’ taste. On being asked if they plan to bring these products to India, both Coca-Cola and PepsiCo refrained from commenting.

But how was stevia, also known for its bitter aftertaste, incorporated into these products? PureCircle, which was enlisted by PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, had a big role to play in that. “Our research and development team grew multiple batches of stevia to narrow down on the plants with a sweeter-tasting leaf to bring down the bitterness in the next batch of plants,” explains Chandran.

PureCircle is now eyeing the Indian food and beverage industry and is in talks with a number of key players in the market, as per Chandran. It, in fact, collaborated this year with popular artificial sweetener brand, Sugar Free Natura (which uses sucralose and is available in almost every retail and online store in India), and launched a stevia variant called Sugar Free Green, which is available in the market now. But there already is a lot of competition in the Indian market, with many local pharmaceutical companies, such as Herboveda India, Herbo Nutra, Green Haven, Navchetana Kendra, etc, also in the playing field with their stevia products.

A major reason behind this sudden boom is growing awareness among people. “People weren’t cautious enough to use preventive products before, such as flaxseed oil, olive oil, etc, but there is definitely a change in that attitude,” says Dolly Kumar, director, Gaia, a company that manufactures health and fitness products such as yogurt, muesli, dietary supplements, etc.

Gaia’s products, made using natural ingredients, come in three ranges—sport, organic and lite—each designed for a specific user subset. “We source stevia from a Malaysian company. But to promote local suppliers, we have a technical collaboration with Herboveda India and also source from pharmaceutical company Kanha Biogenetic,” says Kumar, adding that acquiring stevia from Indian manufacturers is difficult, as their scale of production is not as high as required.

Stevia Cultivation In India

Stevia cultivation in India is a new. The plantation started 6-7 years before.  We went through an article on medicinal plant. The article highlighted the benefit of the stevia. We stuck with crop and try to find out the information on stevia cultivation. Before 5-6 years the content on stevia was not available so much in context to India.  We got some seed from one importer of the stevia seed from Brazil. We started the cultivation the results were as per the expectations. We approached some farmers for the stevia cultivation. Initially it was very hard to make them to cultivate stevia.  We could able to fill the confidence in two three growers for the stevia cultivation. Those 2-3 growers were agree to cultivate the Stevia. They were happy to see the crop in the field. Since the crop was new so there was no one to assist us on the problems in the stevia cultivation. We harvested the crop. It was very tough for us to find the buyer. We got some contact and sold out the stevia. The selling part was very tough. No one knew, to should we sell it.

The problem is still with the farmers that to whom they should sell their produce. The market is not open as the general agriculture commodity. The demand is there in the market but no one knows where it is??

Slowly and slowly we involved more farmers we became confident toward the cultivation side.  We could able to understand the package of practices of the stevia crop in the Indian conditions. We clearly made a small cultivation guideline on the stevia crop. Mean while we came in contact with some other person who were involved in the stevia cultivation. The govt also started to assist the stevia crop under medicinal crop plantation.

Stevia cultivation In India

 Stevia is a successfully crop which can be grown in In india. The Climatic condition of India. suits the stevia cultivation. We can provide you the complete consultancy for the stevia cultivation. Our representative will help you the get your farm developed. We will also provide you the stevia plants at very competitive rate. We have contact with the stevia processing unit in India. Stevia is a very profitable crop. Once it is grown it can be harvested for five years. The stevia leaves are used for the making of the calorie free sweetener. There is huge demand of the natural calorie free sweetener in India due to the Diabetes Disease..  

STEVIA  (Stevia rebaudiana ) CULTIVATION

The current stevia demand in market is increasing day by day

We can provide you the best price of your stevia leaves. Please contact immediately. This is one of the best times to start the stevia cultivation. Please send me your  message with contact information we will contact you very soon.

STEVIA ......A NATURAL CALORIE FREE SWEET HERB

Stevia is a natural sweetener, calorie free alternate of sugar. The extract of stevia is known as stevioside. The plant is native to (Paraguay) South America. It is grown throughout the world in little to large level. Stevia cultivation in India is growing day by day.We provide solution for stevia cultivation, processing and marketing.

Stevia is most profitable crop for the coming future. It is having the Stevioside content, the 300 time calorie free sweeter  alternate of the sugar. The demand is increasing day by day due to the calorie free property. Which is good for the diabetic patients. 

We have complete solution of setvia plantation knowledge and technology to buyback, including planting material to farm input. 

Besides this we will also take you on field visit of stevia crop. Then you will get an exposure. It will easy to you to understand the crop. We can supply you good quality planting material. We can also assist you in installation of drip system. We can also supply you the organic manure. The most important one that we will give you buy back for your crop production. 

As per financial assistance is concerned. It vary from state to state and district to district.  We will work out on it after you will register yourself with us. 

We are young brains motivated to make the Agriculture sustainable and profitable. Strong practical field knowledge and excellent academic knowledge are strong pillars of our organization. We have a strong team of agriculturists with core competencies in cultivation practices, plant protection, input management and agriculture economics. We try to limit our scope toward sustainable agriculture practices.  Agriculture is not a profit centric business for us. It is our culture which is governed by ethics and moral values. We don’t link the profit with blind exploitation of natural resources. Our profit is linked to the best management practices, effective and efficient utilization of available resources.

Your assignment will be well evaluated & monitored and it will be completed for your satisfaction. Your suggestions and instruction will lead us to provide satisfaction next to you. We will be always positive toward your suggestions and queries.

Stevioside extraction plant

We provide consultancy for the stevioside extraction plant. Please contact us for the complete business proposal for the stevioside business planning. We will give you complete project report from the raw material production to the processing, packaging and the marketing of the stevia product in the market. contact for complete project report.

Stevia Cultivation training

Please contact us for the stevia cultivation training. We provide training on the stevia cultivation.  We will take you on field visit of stevia cultivation farm and you can ask your queries from the growers.

In the training we will cover the following topics

·         Introduction of the stevia

·         Planting material for stevia

·         Field/Land preparation for stevia

·         Planting of the stevia saplings

·         Water management in stevia crop

·         Nutrient management for stevia

·         Pest and disease management

·         Harvesting and post harvesting

·         Marketing of the stevia leaves

·         Stevia Filed Visit

As per discussion with you. We will charges Rs 10,000 for two candidates

STEVIA IN INDIA - NATURAL SWEETNER

Stevia is a very good source of sweetener. I don't know why the govt is lazy on this issue when steviosid is approved in many developed of countries. We are seeing that the no Govt research institute is doing research toward the development of the stevia quality in India. If we compare with china, the quality is not so good but due to the promotion and assistance of China Govt, China is far advance in stevia cultivation and stevioside manufacturing.

I am using stevioside I did not find any bitter taste or health problem. One more thing no any big player/ business house is engaged in stevia /stevioside promotion. Still there is a question mark on GOVT side that why the GOVT are not approving stevia as a sweetener. If govt is finding that some thing is hazardous then put the paper in front of public that this is the problem that why govt is not approving the stevioside as a sweetener. Any way we have to go a long. I hope that the govt will approve it very soon. 

As a diabetic capital of world, India itself has a very good nice Market for the setvioside consumption. But it would be very pain full if Chinese setvioside will enjoy the Indian market if govt will approve the stevioside as a sweetener because our domestic supply of the stevioside and stevia leaves is near to zero.

Please find the initial details about the Stevia Cultivation. As we Know that Stevia is most profitable crop for the coming future. It is having the Stevioside content, the 300 time calorie free sweeter alternate of the sugar. The demand is increasing day by day due to the calorie free property. Which is good for the diabetic patients. We can provide you the complete solution for the stevia plantation.

Brief details,

1. Investment Rs 1,50,ooo/=( including the drip irrigation charges) only first year

2. Annual maintenance Charge :- Rs 30,000/=

3. Average Net Output at lower side:- Rs 1,50,000/year/Acre ( every year)

4. Crop cycle:- 5 year plantation

5. Buyback:- Rs 100/Kg

We have complete solution of setvia plantation knowledge and technology to buyback, including planting material to farm input.

If growers are willing to cultivate stevia 5 Acre in one lot. The fix cost will come down and the investment may come down . If there is subsidy of drip irrigation in your land in that condition The investment can comedown up to 1,25,000/-acre. For This growers will have to do the detail technical meeting. In the technical meeting we will discuss on all the aspect . Besides this we will also take growers on field visit of stevia crop. Then you will get an exposure. It will easy to growers to understand the crop.

We also supply good quality planting material. We assist growers in installation of drip system. We can also supply the organic manure. The most important one that we will give you buy back for the grower,s crop production.

Stevioside powder

Stevioside powder is available with us for the home consumption and the industrial purpose. The material is in ready stock. As per the SGS laboratory analysis it is totally pesticide free material. Please contact us for the purchasing of the material. The material is extracted from Indian origin organically cultivated leaves .

Stevia cultivation In Gujarat

Stevia is a successfully crop which can be grown in In Gujarat. The Climatic condition of Gujarat suits the stevia cultivation. We can provide you the complete consultancy for the stevia cultivation. Our representative will help you the get your farm developed. We will also provide you the stevia plants at very competitive rate. Stevia is a very profitable crop. Once it is grown it can be harvested for five years. The stevia leaves are used for the making of the calorie free sweetener. There is huge demand of the natural calorie free sweetener in India due to the Diabetes Disease.

The current stevia marketing is increasing day by day

We can provide you the best price of your stevia leaves. Please contact immediately. This is one of the best times to start the stevia cultivation. 

Please send me your query with contact information we will contact you very soon.