Information Profile @ a Glance
- India is the largest producer of
safflower (2.0 lakh tones) in the world with highest acreage (4.3 lakh
hectares) but with an average productivity of only 465 Kg/ha.
- Plants are 30-150 cm tall with
globular flower heads (capitula) and commonly, brilliant yellow, orange
or red flowers. Achenes are smooth, four-sided and generally lack
pappus.
- Safflower produces oil rich in
polyunsaturated fatty acids (linoleic acid 78%) which play an important
role in reducing blood cholesterol level.
- Safflower requires a minimum of about
120 days to produce a crop, but 140 to 170 days is more common for March
planted crops, and allows for sufficient time for seed moisture to reach
8%, the level required for harvest.
- Safflower should be harvested when
the moisture content of the seed is 8% or less.
- Safflower oil or
kardi oil Available , contains PUFA in the form of linoleic acid. Like sunflower
oil, this oil too should be used in combination with red palm oil
or palmolein oil.
- India has 63.2% of the
world acreage of safflower, and accounted for 43.9% of the world
production seed yield was 69.4% of the average world yield
- In India, safflower occupies the
seventh place in the area dedicated to oilseeds. Nearly 99% of the area
under the crop is located in the southern plateau.
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