Chhattisgarh Forest Department / NWFP Certification

Certification of Non-wood forest produce Including Medicinal, aromatic and dye plants

Group – I - Topic –Discussion on FAQs (Fair Average Qualities) norms.

Designation during Working Group discussion

Name

Profile

Chairman

Mr. R.K. Agrawal

Chairman & managing Director, Natural Remedies, Bangalore

Convenor

Mr. Dhirendra Sharma

Chief Conservator of Forests, Chhattisgarh Forest Department

Members

Dr. A.A. Boaz

Executive Director, State Forest Development Corporation, Chhattisgarh

Mr. Anoop Bhalla

Chief Conservator of Forests

Mr. G.A. Kinhal

Coordinator GEF & other Projects, FRLHT

Mr. B.L. Saran

General Manager, Chhattisgarh State Minor Forest Produce (Trading and Development) Cooperative Federation Ltd.

Dr. S.S. Bisen

Senior Scientist, Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur

Mr. S.K.S Chauhan

Conservator of Forests, Chhattisgarh Forest Department

Mr. J.A.C.S Rao

Deputy Conservator of Forests, Chhattisgarh

Dr. Dinesh Rastogi

Baidhyanath Ayurvedic Bhawan, Jhansi

Mr. Tula Ram

Progressive Farmer, member of Primary Forest Produce Society

Rapporteur

Dr. Pratibha Bhatnagar

Senior Scientist, State Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur.

The working group comprised of representatives primarily from the industry or the non-wood forest produce/medicinal, aromatic and dye plants based pharmaceutical companies. The group was entrusted with evolving fair, average quality norms, which would outline standard quality methods. For this, Fair, Average Quality (FAQ) norms will need to be developed by the industries. This will provide a benchmark for the producers entailing requisitions from industries for pre-determined specifications. The group therefore deliberated upon the various FAQs for various kinds of products.

They considered the importance of maintenance of a fair average quality for NWFP in the state. The committee arrived at a conclusion that average standard quality is to be maintained for NWFP in general and required recommendations for particular standard maintenance are being given:

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