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    Tobacco Operations: Basic Activities From Seedbeds To Leaf Packing

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    Tobacco Operations

    Basic Activities
    From Seedbeds
    to
    Leaf Packing
    Tobacco Operations .. ..
    • Tobacco 
    • Flue-cured tobacco is a major agricultural commodity upon
    which thousands of farmers and related agri-business people
    depend for most on significant part of their livelihood.
     
    • Marketing of Tobacco 
    • FCV : Cigarette Type FCV (Flue Cured Virginia) Tobacco is
    sold through Auctions conducted by the Tobacco Board which
    is statutory body under Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India
     
    • OTHERS : Cigarette Type non-FCV tobacco and non-cigarette
    type tobacco is directly bought from the farmers by Traders /
    Manufacturers / Exporters
    NURSERY PLANTATION HARVESTING CURING FARM GRADING

    TAPS FCV

    CLASSIFICATION TOBACCO
    TRADE
    BPs NON FCV

    PROCESSING DEALERS’ BUY {UNPROCESSED / PROCESSED}

    EXPORT
    SALES
    STORAGES INTERNAL SHIPMENTS
    SHIPMENTS
    DOMESTIC
    SALES
    • First process in which the
    TOBACCO SEEDBED seeds are sown and seedlings
    raised for transplantation in
    the main field

    • Seedbed : Carefully prepared,


    disinfected piece of earth in
    which tobacco plants are first
    raised from seed. Depending
    on the climate and their
    position they may be left
    unprotected or covered with
    mats or gauze, glass or plastic
    etc., until they have hardened
    off .
    • Process in which the
    MAIN FIELD – EARLY STAGE seedlings are transplanted
    in the fields tobacco crop
    is grown in semi-arid areas
    under rain-fed conditions
    or under irrigation

    • Plantation : Type of
    extensive farm in the
    tobacco industry,
    consisting of large estates
    owned by one person or
    business using permanent
    employees, who lived
    there to grow tobacco on a
    large scale.
    TYING – HARVESTED LEAF • Process in which ripe leaves of
    the plant are plucked for further
    processing .
     
    • Usually the leaves in the lower
    plant positions are harvested
    first. Upper plant positions are
    harvested later.

    • Harvesting : Reaping tobacco


    is usually carried out by hand.
     
    • In US and Canada only,
    harvesters ( Tobacco
    Harvesting Machines) are used.
    • A method of drying freshly harvested
    CURING tobacco leaves in such a way that the
    desired qualities are produced in the
    dried leaf. There are four main
    methods of curing (Air-, Flue-, Fire-
    and Sun-) each of these methods
    influences the smoking characteristic
    of the tobacco.

    • Curing : The treatment of freshly


    harvested tobacco leaves which
    transforms them to the point where it
    can be used to manufacture or further
    processing. At the end of the process
    the leaf is devoid of natural sap, which
    has been removed by a carefully
    controlled system of moisture loss.
    GRADING OF LEAF TOBACCO • The sorting of cured leaves
    into lots which are, for their
    manufacturing purpose,
    homogeneous according to
    plant position styles and
    external appreciation.
    • Farm grading : Roughly
    sorting (grading) the tobacco
    (based on quality) which
    require further manipulation
    before use.
    • TOBACCO AUCTION
    PLATFORMS (TAPs) are
    the places where the
    TOBACCO BOARD
    conducts auctions of
    FLUE CURED VIRGINIA
    TOBACCO.
    • Registered companies /
    dealers participate in the
    auction and buy the
    tobacco.
    • The BUYING POINTS
    (BPs) are the places
    where TOBACCO is
    purchased from the
    farmers directly by the
    traders.
    • The NON-FCV Crops are
    purchased from BPs
    The TOBACCO
    purchased in the
    TAPs and the BPs
    is taken to
    Aggregating
    godowns where it
    is CLASSIFIED
    according to the
    COLOUR, PLANT
    POSITON And
    PLIABILITY of the
    TOBACCO.
    • Tobacco Handling
    Operation or Grading:
     
    • A process wherein each
    leaf is segregated
    based on its colour,
    plant, position, length
    and pliability

    1111
    DEALER BUY

    • Purchases of Tobacco from market to augment own purchases –


    in the form of green Leaf, Strips or Threshed lamina
    PROCESSING

    • THE CLASSIFIED TOBACCO / DEALER TOBACCO IS


    PROCESSED AS FOLLOWS :

    • GRADING ( Manual Process )


    • STRIPPING ( Mechanical Process )
    • BUTTING ( Mechanical Process )
    • THRESHING ( Mechanical Process )
    • REDRYING ( Mechanical Process )
    THRESHING :
     
    • A process wherein MID-RIB of each leaf (STEM) is removed
    from the body through a mechanical process of shearing and
    pneumatic separation. The leaf with out the STEM is called
    LAMINA

    1414
    REDRYING :
     
    • A process wherein leaf / strips / lamina is redried and uniform
    moisture applied. This enhances longevity of Tobaccos Quality
    for further Processing.

    1515
    STRIPPING:
    • Stripping is a process wherein MID-RIB of
    each leaf (STEM) is removed from the
    remaining part of the leaf is called STRIPS

    1616
    BUTTING:
    • Butting is a process where in lower portion of
    the MID-RIB of each leaf is removed

    1717
    INDIAN CIGERETTE TOBACCO
    VARITIES & CROPS

    CIGERETTE TOBACCO

    FCV (Flue Cured Virginia) NON-FCV

    BURLEY AIR/SUN OTHERS


    TRDL
    CURED

    SLS HDBRG O RIENTAL


    YELESWARAM

    NLS ELURU FIRE


    VINUKONDA (EAC) C URED

    KUENO O L
    MYS TELANGANA
    (NATU)

    Note : FCV (Flue Cured Virginia) is called as VFC (Virginia Flue Cured) also 1818
    NURSERY PLANTATION HARVESTING CURING FARM GRADING

    TAPS FCV

    CLASSIFICATION TOBACCO
    TRADE
    BPs NON FCV

    PROCESSING DEALERS’ BUY {UNPROCESSED / PROCESSED}

    EXPORT
    SALES
    STORAGES INTERNAL SHIPMENTS
    SHIPMENTS
    DOMESTIC
    SALES
    Some of the Abbreviations
    used in the Tobacco Operations

    • 1. TAP : TOBACCO AUCTION PLATFORM


    • 2. BP : BUYING POINT
    • 3. AGGs : AGGREGATING GODOWNS
    • 4. OHPs : OUTSIDE HANDLING POINTS
    • 5. GLT : GREEN LEAF THRESHING PLANT
    • 6. TBGR : TOBACCO BOARD GROWER REGISTRATION
    • 7. PCS : PLATFORM CONTROL SHEET
    • 8. CR : COMPANY REJECTION
    • 9. RR : RYOTS REJECTION
    • 10. HT : HIRE TRANSPORT
    • 11. CFCs : CARDBOARD FIBRE CARTONS

    2020
    LIST OF TOBACCO AUCTION PLANTFORMS
    (To be updated as and when Tobacco Board opens a new TAP)

    TAP TAP TAP


    NO. NAME NO. NAME NO. NAME
    MYSORE AREA CENTRAL AREA SOUTH AREA
    1 H.D.KOTE 11 NANDIGAMA 19 VELLAMPALLI
    2 HUNSUR - I 12 KANCHIKACHERLA VELLAMPALLI II
    3 HUNSUR - II 13 TADIKONDA 31 MEDARAMETLA
    4 PERIYAPATNAM – I 20 ONGOLE I
    5 PERIYAPATNAM – II NORTH AREA 23 ONGOLE II
    6 PERIYAPATNAM – III 9 BHADRACHALEM 24 TANGUTUR
    7 RAMNTHPURA – I 15 THORREDU 25 KONDEPI
    8 SHIMOGA KEESARA 22 PODILI I
    GOPLAPURAM 21 PODILI II
    61 KAMPALAPURA – I 17 DEVARAPALLI 26 KANDUKUR I
    62 KAMPALAPURA – II 18 J.R.GUDEM I 27 KANDUKUR II
    63 RAMANATHPUR – II 30 KOYYALAGUDEM 28 KALIGIRI
    64 HUNSUR - III 32 J.R.GUDEM II 29 D.C.PALLI

    2121

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