Coimbatore: A gaggle of farmers showcased bottles of neera (candy toddy) at a sales creation meet held within the city on Monday. The farmers, related to the city-based Katchi Saarbatra Vivasayigal Sangam, have began tapping neera and sold them on an ordeal basis.
Though a government order states that neera will also be supplied simplest through firms or co-operative societies registered underneath the Food Safety and Standards Authority Act, 2006, farmers claimed that they've tapped and bottled the drink just for trial functions. "We are planning to give the bottled samples of the drink to people and food outlets who are interested. We are doing this to see whether setting up a neera plant will be economically viable," stated AS Babu, secretary of the Coimbatore Coconut Farmers Association.
He stated they have fastened a value of Rs 20 for a 200ml bottle of neera. The drink, extracted from coconut trees, should be saved in cold prerequisites. If kept in room temperature, it will ferment to toddy. This was once a reason the drink was once banned within the state. "Through this meeting, we are also trying to create awareness on the drink among various stakeholders," Babu added.
He stated the Coimbatore Coconut Farmers Association, which has round 60 participants, has petitioned the collector to grant them permission to extract neera from coconut trees. "It will take around Rs 3 crore to set up a plant to process neera and supply it to outlets. We don't know whether we can afford it," Babu stated.
He added that if officials say their try to distribute neera samples to other people and shops is illegitimate, then coconut farmers will request officials to grant them permission and assist them arrange neera processing plant. "Even if we can't set up a plant, we want the government to procure the drink from coconut farmers and process and sell it themselves," Babu added.
An official of the agriculture division stated the farmers may no longer have identified the particulars of the government order, because it was once a contemporary. "But we will look into the issue and inform the farmers about the official procedures," the official added.
Though a government order states that neera will also be supplied simplest through firms or co-operative societies registered underneath the Food Safety and Standards Authority Act, 2006, farmers claimed that they've tapped and bottled the drink just for trial functions. "We are planning to give the bottled samples of the drink to people and food outlets who are interested. We are doing this to see whether setting up a neera plant will be economically viable," stated AS Babu, secretary of the Coimbatore Coconut Farmers Association.
He stated they have fastened a value of Rs 20 for a 200ml bottle of neera. The drink, extracted from coconut trees, should be saved in cold prerequisites. If kept in room temperature, it will ferment to toddy. This was once a reason the drink was once banned within the state. "Through this meeting, we are also trying to create awareness on the drink among various stakeholders," Babu added.
He stated the Coimbatore Coconut Farmers Association, which has round 60 participants, has petitioned the collector to grant them permission to extract neera from coconut trees. "It will take around Rs 3 crore to set up a plant to process neera and supply it to outlets. We don't know whether we can afford it," Babu stated.
He added that if officials say their try to distribute neera samples to other people and shops is illegitimate, then coconut farmers will request officials to grant them permission and assist them arrange neera processing plant. "Even if we can't set up a plant, we want the government to procure the drink from coconut farmers and process and sell it themselves," Babu added.
An official of the agriculture division stated the farmers may no longer have identified the particulars of the government order, because it was once a contemporary. "But we will look into the issue and inform the farmers about the official procedures," the official added.
City farmers launch neera samples, call it a trial
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