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THE IFEAT 2013 STUDY TOUR TO SOUTH INDIAJUNE 9 - 18 2013George PaulIFEAT Executive CommitteeChairman of Local Organising CommitteeINTRODUCTIONAs Chairman of the India Study Tour Local OrganisingCommittee it is a great pleasure to give you a brief preview ofthe next IFEAT Study Tour.Following the success of the past five study tours to SriLanka, Egypt, southern Italy, Indonesia, Brazil and Paraguay,IFEAT is organising a sixth Study Tour to southern Indiafrom Sunday June 9th to Tuesday 18th June 2013.Summary of ItineraryFirst Leg! 9 – 11 June (Sunday to Tuesday) - Madurai! 12 June (Wednesday) - Coimbatore! 13 June (Thursday) – Ooty! 14 June (Friday) - Mysore! 15 June (Saturday) - Bangalore/CochinSecond Leg! 15 - 18 June (Saturday to Tuesday) - CochinNo. of Participants: 40Tour Operator: Mr. Lancy George, Govan Travels, CochinMost of the arrangements are now in place. Thereare two legs to the Tour, and delegates can selecteither or both. The first leg of seven days coversMadurai, Coimbatore, Ooty, Mysore andBangalore, while the second leg of three days iscentred on Cochin (or Kochi as it is now known.)The Tour will be limited to 40 participants. TheTour Operator who is assisting us in organising theTour is Govan Travels, a well-established touragency based in Cochin.STUDY TOUR OBJECTIVESThis study tour has been designed to allowparticipants:To gain an intimate knowledge of the field,production and processing facilities of floralextracts, oleoresins and essential oils in the flowerbelt and spice extraction farms of southern India.The global importance of Indian flowerextracts and oleoresin production was illustrated inthe two of this morning’s presentations.Participants will visit facilities producing jasmine(grandiflorum / sambac), mimosa, tuberose,champaca, and rose, palmarosa, eucalyptus,geranium, rosemary, marigold, sandalwood, as wellas spice oleoresin and other essential oils.To see the field/production and processing facilities of floral extracts, spice oilsand oleoresins including:- Jasmine (grandiflorum/sambac), mimosa, tuberose, champaca, rose etc.- Concrete/absolute manufacturing unit- Palmarosa, eucalyptus, geranium, rosemary, marigold distillation units• Spice oleoresinsStudy Tour Objectives• To have the opportunity to meet up with producers, processors and exportersas well as other delegates from the F&F sector• To achieve this with just over a week out of the office307