Saturday, December 31, 2011

Agarwood/Gaharu Grading System

(taken from : https://sites.google.com/a/te-resources.net/www/gaharubussinessdevelopment) 


There are 16 species from Aquilaria genus which provides high commercial value of Agarwood/Gaharu according to the data from the World Gaharu Convention in Vietnam (2004).
  1. Aquilaria Subintegra            -Found at Thailand
  2. Aquilaria Crassna                -Found at Thailand, Cambodia
  3. Aquilaria Malacensis            -Found at Thailand,Malaysia,India
  4. Aquilaria Apiculata              -Found at Philippines
  5. Aquilaria Baillonil                 -Found at Thailand, Cambodia
  6. Aquilaria Baneonsis             -Found at Vietnam
  7. Aquilaria Beccarian             -Found at Indonesia
  8. Aquilaria Brachyantha         -Found at Malaysia
  9. Aquilaria Cumingiana           -Found at Indonesia, Malaysia
  10. Aquilaria Filaria                   -Found at P.New Guinea, China
  11. Aquilaria Grandiflora            -Found at China
  12. Aquilaria Hilata                   -Found at Indonesia, Malaysia
  13. Aquilaria Khasiana               -Found at India
  14. Aquilaria Microcapa             -Found at Indonesia, Malaysia
  15. Aquilaria Rostrata               -Found at Malaysia
  16. Aquilaria Sinensis               -Found at China
Aquilaria Subintegra was declared as the only Agarwood/Gaharu species that stand above the rest. It produces Super Grade agar resin, high yield of agar essential oil and pleasant aroma.

Business Development   

 
Agarwood/Gaharu trees can be farmed by the following practices.
  • Smallscale = Domestication in small plots of land / home gardens / individual home gardens managed by participants / farmers.
  • Commercialscale = Government agencies, Private companies / State Forest Enterprises / Collaboration with    TE-Resources.



Farming Management

Farming techniques such as;
  • Intercroppedwith aromatic herbs/herbal plants.    
  • Agarwood/Gaharu trees can be planted in Tree PlantingPrograms or at the Forest Reserve without losing the natural landscape.
  • Integration of Agarwood/Gaharu trees into the local agroforestry system.
  • Introduction of TE-Resources Agarwood/Gaharu Biotechnology cultivation techniquesi.e Systematic inducement of high quality resin by wounding and inoculation.
  • Quality assessment, productionand grading.

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